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Fantastic Flash Fiction

Posted on October 22, 2020 by

Its October, the leaves are falling, the witches are abroad, and I’ve opened the blog up to guest writers again. Yes its Indie October. Throughout October some old favorites among my guests will be returning along with some new voices. … Continue reading →

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Complexities and questions

Posted on October 21, 2020 by

Its October, the leaves are falling, the witches are abroad, and I’ve opened the blog up to guest writers again. Yes its Indie October. Throughout October some old favorites among my guests will be returning along with some new voices. … Continue reading →

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Quoting Deadlines…. NaNoWriMo

Posted on October 21, 2020 by

NaNoWriMo is looming on the horizon. As it is want to do. the dark nights are closing in and among other things there is the joy of daily 1664 word deadlines to look forward… Technically of course the term ‘deadline’ … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo : planning for the annual writing fest

Posted on October 14, 2020 by

Its that most wonderful time of the year No not the one in December… NaNoWriMo is almost upon us, and if you are planning to participate this year, you may be plotting already, even if your plotting to take the … Continue reading →

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Seeing The Future

Posted on October 12, 2020 by

Its October, the leaves are falling, the witches are abroad, and I’ve opened the blog up to guest writers again. Yes its Indie October. Throughout October some old favourites among my guests will be returning along with some new voices. … Continue reading →

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Is your work product or art?

Posted on October 7, 2020 by

Its October, the leaves are falling, the witches are abroad, and I’ve opened the blog up to guest writers again. Yes its Indie October. Throughout October some old favourites among my guests will be returning along with some new voices. … Continue reading →

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The Accidental Novel

Posted on October 5, 2020 by

Its October, the leaves are falling, the witches are abroad, and I’ve opened the blog up to guest writers again. Yes its Indie October. Throughout October some old favorites among my guests will be returning along with some new voices. … Continue reading →

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Harvey the website

Posted on September 17, 2020 by

I have, you may of noticed, been extolling the virtues of Harvey Duckman for a couple of years now. I will admit some personal interest as I have stories in every edition. But if that’s not enough to tempt you, … Continue reading →

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The Complexity of a review…

Posted on August 26, 2020 by

A little over six years now I had a odd dream, woke up in a cold sweat, scribbled some rather idiosyncratic notes, and then tried fleetingly to get back to sleep. After an hour of staring at the ceiling, as … Continue reading →

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When inspiration is lacking…

Posted on August 23, 2020 by

Occasionally every writer hits a wall where inspiration seems determined to elude them. On such occasions I find solace in the odd quote or three from other writers, here then are a selection for anyone struggling for inspiration as they … Continue reading →

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