I may be gone some time…
I’m lucky enough to be judging the New Writer Magazine short story competition this year, and I’ve just received the very exciting looking bundle of entries. I’m saving them for later, when I’ve got...
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Two offers that have to be value for money…. The podcast of my short story, Dictionary of Death Dreams is now up and available – free! – from the Monkeybicycle website. And my short story, For the Sake...
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May is Short Story Month over on the excellent Emerging Writers Network. Well, it’s been going for several weeks obviously since, er, the 1st May, but well worth a catch up for some great...
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SHORT CIRCUITING….
A lovely lovely night yesterday reading in Soho, London for the new guide to writing short stories, Short Circuit. (photo from my facebook page courtesy of Elizabeth Baines) My chapter in the book is...
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THE BRISTOL SHORT STORY PRIZE
How could I not love the Bristol Short Story Prize? Most of the pictures on their website are of people writing and reading short stories on benches! So it’s a particularly thrill to be invited to...
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Some publication news…
I’m very pleased that one of my short stories, For the Sake of the Children, first published in Night Train was chosen for the Chamber Four Fiction Anthology, a selection of ‘outstanding stories from...
View ArticleConsequences – a short story with nine authors…
You know it’s National Short Story Week here in the UK, right? The length falls right between the 24 hours given to National Poetry Day and the whole month given to writing a novel this November. Very...
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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AMERICAN AND BRITISH SHORT STORIES
My Trip to the USA – Part 1: Short Stories Five years ago, I went to New York for the first time. I was so excited that I kept turning to people in the queue at the airport ‘I’m going to New York!’...
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Kurt Vonnegut explains how to write a great short story…
View ArticleWEEKLY NEWS UPDATE
Lots and lots been happening, so I am delighted to give you these links: 1. Writing this piece for the Travelwrap Company on climbing Kilimanjaro last year made me want to do it all over again. 2....
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