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Posts tagged 'short story'

Time for another story

Monday, June 21st, 2010

Isn’t that picture gorgeous? Well, it’s the first piece of original artwork I have ever owned, and it’s by the Wonderful Candra Hope of Candragon Art. It was commissioned by Shadowcast for the featuring of my short story ‘In The Bag’ which was sent out to my short story club a couple of months ago. [...]

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Feeding the hungry reader

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

When was the last time you read a book from cover to cover, in one sitting? When I was young and free of such horrors as a mortgage and being the breadwinner for a young family, one of my favourite past-times was reading a book all in one go. I devoured each one, like a [...]

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What makes a good short story?

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

One of my favourite people online, the splendid Diana Maus, has been making me think about this today. She was talking about a story I wrote for a competition and e-mailed to her for a little ‘thank you’. I don’t have enough money to buy some of her art (I almost didn’t link to it, [...]

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Confession

Monday, June 1st, 2009

I can’t help but smile, eyes down, a private moment of satisfaction as I think back to last night. My skin is glowing, my eyes have regained the sparkle they lost some time ago and I am radiant with new found confidence. I’m sure that if I went outside into the sunshine right now, every one would [...]

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The first short story I have written in the last fifteen years!

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Well, I never thought I would write a short story again, and here I am entering a short story contest! I haven’t written one since the short story that got me into university. When I finally broke the ten year writing block, I went straight into novel writing and never looked back. Weird how things [...]

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