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 work, as I mentioned last week. My … Continued

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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 the subject up to me, but I … Continued

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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 my other work, here is my take … Continued

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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 for so much more than conversation. A … Continued

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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 are all on sale. Hopefully, whatever I … Continued

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Apple Crumble, need I say more

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. What is your favorite fruit dish? Can you share a recipe for it? While we’re talking about food, pumpkin, yea or nay? Apples have to be my favourite … Continued

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Andorra Pett will return in a new adventure, very soon.

The latest instalment of Andorra Pett’s adventures will be published soon. It’s been out with my beta readers and I’m starting to get feedback. The worry with writing a series is that they can get boring or repetitive, acquiring a … Continued

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I’ve already told you all this, please keep up.

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. When writing a sequel or series with the same characters, do you ever have to refer back to your first book because you forgot what you wrote about … Continued

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