Metazen ‘likes odd stories and odd poems, but ones that touch you in a special way’ which is why a few weeks ago I sent them one of my few attempts at flash fiction, just on the off-chance. Since I prefer writing to length (2,000 – 80,000!) and don’t usually put my writing in a particularly edgy or unconventional category, … Continue reading Hold the front page
In my pre-school years, I always believed that the girl who fell down the rabbit hole and the story of her adventures was called Alison Wonderland, and I remember a sense of disappointment when I discovered that Alice wasn’t actually my namesake. Later, of course, I read the story and its sequel for myself and forgot that connection I … Continue reading Alison Wonderland
Even before I decided to give Ailsa a new title, I think I realised the old ‘cover image’, although very appealing, wasn’t quite right for the book, and so I couldn’t resist having a look on Flickr. I was delighted to find an image with the exact phrase I had used, and immediately loved this linocut to … Continue reading A Fine Kettle of Fish
I consider myself more a reader of novels than of short stories, but just as I have found time for writing short fiction, I am also learning to give it a place in my reading schedule – and for pleasure as well as for ‘educational purposes’. For this I am also developing some rules, e.g. I don’t want to … Continue reading Short Story Time
I’m hoping that snow (or any other extremes of weather) will not be a factor when I set out in February for Hertfordshire and the Get Writing conference, but the knowledge that I’ll be making a three minute pitch of my latest novel on that day is already concentrating my mind. I still have some editing … Continue reading Get Writing
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