This is a list of all my writing related posts.
Hello everyone. My short story Entrepreneur has been short listed in the Parracombe prize short story competition. My story will be included in their anthology and will be available for purchase from Monday 27th May onwards. If you want to buy a copy of the anthology I will be sharing a link on my social …
Happy World Book Day everyone! I love World Book Day and I’ve wanted to make an article about it for several years. I wanted to combine my love of literature with another passion of mine, conspiracies theories. I enjoy reading conspiracy theories and some, admittedly a very small number, turn out to be true. You …
Hello everyone, I’m delighted to say that my short story, The Signalman’s Son, has been published in this month’s version of The Wise Owl Online Magazine. A link to read my story can be found below. https://www.thewiseowl.art/jack-dowd My story is also available as a podcast, read by me. The recording can be found here: https://www.thewiseowl.art/podcasts …
I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with J.R.R.Tolkien. While I love the fantasy world he created and the impact it has had on the fantasy genre and the world as a whole… I’m sorry but I find him incredibly difficult to read. The Hobbit is fine but Lord of the Rings is a mammoth and …
Happy New Year’s Eve everyone. 2023 is drawing to a close. I hope you all plan on having a wonderful evening and seeing the new year in with a smile. I will be using this space to review my goals from the start of the year, seeing what I achieved, what I failed to and …
NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) has arrived. I’ve been competing in NaNoWriMo for several years now but if you are unaware, the aim is to write fifty thousand words over the thirty days of November. This divides down to one thousand six hundred and sixty-six words a day or five hundred and fifty five words …
Hello all, One of my flash fiction stories, Black Star, has been published by Yorick Radio Productions. My story is one of three in their latest podcast episode which can be found by clicking the link below, on iTunes or other podcast distributors. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1084415/13386436 I wrote the first draft of Black Star all the way …
Hello everyone, I’m happy to announce that my short story, The Ranch, has been published on the Stay Word’s website. You can read my story by clicking on the link below: https://www.straywords.co.uk/post/the-ranch My story was inspired by Danielle Bregoli who appeared on the Dr Phil show in September 2016. In her now infamous episode, Bregoli …
Hello everyone and welcome to 2023. Can I say I am cautiously optimistic about this year? Am I allowed to say that? Or am I jinxing it? I have big of plans for 2023, starting with… 1 – Edit and submit stories into competitions Last year I spent most of my time working on my …
Hello everyone and welcome to my review of 2022. These twenties really aren’t roaring, are they? Let us reflect upon my goals of the year. 1 – Move into my own flat I’m still living in the family home. Although I came close to moving out several times, on each occasion it fell through for …