Maybe you were right. A short story for the season.

Here’s something I wrote a few years ago now, for a competition. It didn’t win, or even get a mention but I’ve had a few good reactions whenever I post it. The story deals with the magic of Christmas, seen … Continued

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2023’s NaNoWriMo is over, now things get serious.

NaNoWriMo is over for another year. In the end, I managed to write 57338 new words of Where’s Lizzie? in November. These were added to the 5847 words of notes and ideas that I had before I started. Here’s my … Continued

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NaNoWriMo 2023. Looking back at NaNoWriMo’s of the past, part 4.

As I mentioned, I’m busy writing this year’s NaNoWriMo project, Where’s Lizzie? As I won’t have time to write posts, I’ve put together this series of retrospectives from my past NaNo challenges in advance, so that I can have a … Continued

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It’s NaNoWriMo 2023. I’m looking back at NaNoWriMo’s of the past, part 3

As I mentioned, I’m busy writing this year’s NaNoWriMo project, Where’s Lizzie? As I won’t have time to write posts, I’ve put together this series of retrospectives from my past NaNo challenges in advance, so that I can have a … Continued

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NaNoWriMo 2023. Looking back at NaNoWriMo’s of the past, part 2.

As I mentioned, I’m busy writing this year’s NaNoWriMo project, Where’s Lizzie?. As I won’t have time to write posts, I’ve put together this series of retrospectives from my past NaNo challenges in advance, so that I can have a … Continued

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NaNoWriMo 2023. Looking back at NaNoWriMo’s of the past, part 1.

As I mentioned, I’m busy writing this year’s NaNoWriMo project, Where’s Lizzie? As I won’t necessarily have time to write posts, I’ve put together this series of retrospectives from my past NaNo challenges in advance, so that I can have … Continued

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NaNoWriMo 2023. The winning project is.

Over the past two weeks, I’ve been trying to decide which project I’m going to work on for NaNoWriMo this year. I’ve looked at all three. And I’ve made a decision. The project for this year is, Where’s Lizzie? The … Continued

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It’s that time of the year again. The veil grows thin. Flash Fiction for Halloween 2023..

Once again, it’s time to feature a short story that I wrote for Halloween. I was asked to write a ghost story for a Circle of Spears performance at the Museum of Witchcraft in Boscastle, way back in 2016. They … Continued

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