Anyone who knows me will know that I have a fascination for urban exploration, and for those places that are ‘lost’ to regular habitation. I have a particular fondness for abandoned houses, theatres and so on, and I find these spaces both sad and mysterious. They don’t always give up their stories easily, and […]
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15 Habits – Update
On Wednesday, I discussed the fact that I’m starting Jeff Goins’ 15 Habits for Great Writers series. Jeff’s running a post every week day for three weeks, and as I said I’d do periodic updates, that’s what this post is about! Day Two (Wednesday) of the series was all about belief, and I was supposed […]
Photo Prompt 89
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 […]
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#FridayFlash – The Usurper
Alicia stood in the living room, drawing patterns in the thick pile of the carpet with her toe. She’d only started dating Sean three weeks previously, and this was the first time she’d visited his house. On the way from the station, Sean confided that she was the first woman outside of his family to […]
RIP Ray Bradbury
I was saddened yesterday to hear that Ray Bradbury, the legendary writer, had died at the age of 91. The author of such classics as Fahrenheit 451 and Something Wicked This Way Comes has been widely credited as a huge inspiration to hundreds of writers, and is often believed to be the figure most responsible […]
