This post has been taken down as the story is now out for submission – wish me luck!
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The Lost Art of the Letter
On Monday night, I watched an item on BBC News about a new Van Gogh biography that attempts to explode the legend that the troubled artist committed suicide. The primary research materials have been the thousands of letters left by Van Gogh and it got me thinking. So many biographies rely on correspondence either written […]
Looking for Conflict
Writers are forever being told that good stories rely on conflict or drama. “There is no story if the protagonist has to problem to solve!” cry the experts. Apparently the world isn’t full of enough conflict, and we need to inflict yet more arguments, high stakes and the like on our lovely readers. Hell, I’m […]
Photo Prompt 55
New prompt available! If you want to use the prompt, all I ask is that you include a link to this entry and a credit to me for the photograph, and that you post a link to your story in the comments box below so I can see what you’ve come up with! If you […]
Friday Flash – Late
I left the house at 7:30am. I hauled the front gate shut, wincing as the hinge squealed. I glanced up at the window, worried the noise might have woken Barbara. The curtains hung untouched, and the room beyond stayed dark. I heaved a sigh of relief, and checked my watch for what felt like the […]
More books!
Not only will I have a short story appearing in the upcoming anthology by Pulp Press and For Book’s Sake, I also have stories in TWO anthologies put together by Emergent Publishing! I wrote my story for the Chinese Whisperings anthology, The Yin Book, which I blogged about here, back in October 2010. The Strangest […]
