The ghosts of NaNoWriMo past. 2018
To continue my series of posts about NaNoWriMo, this week I’m telling you about my 2018 project. I had an idea for a Steampunk novel, in the style of The League of Extraordinary... READ MORE
The ghosts of NaNoWriMo past. 2017
Welcome to the third of my retrospective NaNoWriMo posts, we’re now up to 2017. Unlike 2016, this year there was no short story to base my attempt on. I was starting from scratch.... READ MORE
The ghosts of NaNoWriMo past. 2016
Welcome back to my trip through the NaNo projects of the past. This time, I’m looking at 2016. I didn’t attempt NaNo in 2015, I was otherwise engaged in adjusting to life after... READ MORE
The ghosts of NaNoWriMo past. 2014
As it’s November and I’m busy trying to complete NaNoWriMo for the sixth time; I thought that it would be a good idea to show you some extracts from previous years NaNo projects.... READ MORE
It’s that time of the year, the veil grows thin. Flash Fiction for Halloween.
Once again, it’s time to feature a short story for Halloween. I wrote The Veil for a Circle of Spears performance at the Museum of Witchcraft in Boscastle. back in 2016. They left... READ MORE
The Next Big Thing
Here’s a story from my first collection of short work, Flash Fiction. It’s not really a Sci-fi tale, it’s set in space but it doesn’t need to be. Totally unconnected to any of... READ MORE
Talking your way out of trouble
Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. Do you embrace dialog or narrate your way around it? Why? I’m a big fan of dialogue, it can be used... READ MORE
NaNoWriMo 2020, it’s decision time.
As I said in a previous post, I have been trying to decide what project to use as my NaNo challenge this year. It’s my sixth year of NaNo, the first five projects... READ MORE