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Posted on May 29, 2025

#vssphd long overdue update

Sorry for the long absence from writing in any form. A quick re-cap: I am writing a novel using short posts via social media. This is inspired by the projects I have been closely involved with over the years, and others who have used this method. The PhD I'm working on has taken a great …

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Posted on March 21, 2024

The Swaying Towers of Rendlesham (a short story)

A work of fiction created as part of the #vssPhD project. Short story created and published : Feb to March 2024 For details of the project click here. This is the second #vssphd story (as released on social media).The story tense was selected by an anonymised poll. Both present and past tense scored highest. Which …

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Posted on March 4, 2024March 4, 2024

VssPhD: The Silent Scream Vending Machine (a short story)

A work of fiction. Short story created and published : Jan to Feb 2024 For details of the project click here. This is the first #vssphd story (as released on social media).The story location and main character name were chosen by anonymised polls. (c) 2024 Mark A King. This is a work of fiction. All …

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Posted on December 13, 2023January 2, 2024

Starting a New Story. The Big Questions.

Soโ€ฆ Iโ€™m about to do something monumentally stupid. Worse than that, Iโ€™m performing this extreme stupidity in a very public way. Iโ€™m truly terrified (and maybe a tiny bit excited) of my next creative project. The short of it Iโ€™ll be writing a novel, using Twitter/X (if it can survive long enough), Bluesky, and maybe …

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Posted on May 26, 2023January 2, 2024

Subbing, writing yips, and into PhD-land

Submitting: "Welcome to the Desert of the Real" In the highly influential film The Matrix, the first time Neo is taken beyond his fabricated world he is theatrically welcomed to 'The Desert of the Real'. This it turns out, is the reality which greets most writers when they enter the harsh wastelands of agent submissions. …

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