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Guest-blogging: 5 albums that shaped me

Over at the music-blog Global Texan Chronicles I’m writing about five albums that shaped my life and made a lasting impression. (Including Sinéad O’Connor’s ‘The Lion And The Cobra’.) Check it out here: 5 Albums That Shaped Music Blogger/Author Maria Haskins. I tried to dig deep, and dig back in time for this list, so there… More Guest-blogging: 5 albums that shaped me

#PoetryMonth – @MariaHaskins on Translation

Originally posted on A Life Among The Pages:
Maria Haskins is on the blog today for her second Poetry Month contribution! She’s sharing another poem from her collection ‘Cuts’. This time it’s a little bit different. Maria is sharing both the Swedish (original language the poem was written in) and English versions of a poem. If…

#PoetryMonth – Story Time Friday with @MariaHaskins

Originally posted on A Life Among The Pages:
See those two images up there? It wasn’t a mistake. Even during Poetry Month there’s room for Story Time Friday! Like STF in general, I include poetry as the “story” part of the series title. Today, I have a poem from poet Maria Haskins to share. To go with…

Poetry by Warsan Shire

Warsan Shire’s poetry is beautifully sharp, and I love the way it cuts through the world she sees and feels. You might have seen some of her poetry online, like the amazing ‘Home’ which was widely shared online when the refugee crisis hit Europe: no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark you… More Poetry by Warsan Shire

Two poems by Pär Lagerkvist

Pär Lagerkvist is one of my favourite Swedish authors. His poetry is brilliant, and so is his prose. There’s a sadness and longing in most of his writing: sometimes more of the longing, sometimes more of the sadness, but usually both of them tightly wound together. Lagerkvist often expresses the kind of direct, raw emotion that… More Two poems by Pär Lagerkvist

9 exceptional fantasy & scifi short stories

My latest haul of fantastic speculative short fiction from around the ‘net. It really is an embarrassment of riches. Foxfire, Foxfire, by Yoon Ha Lee at Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Battle-robots, shape-shifting, and a fantastic chase (with life and death hanging in the balance) come together with gorgeous prose in this fantastic story. It weaves together strands of… More 9 exceptional fantasy & scifi short stories

Flint, steel, tinder – images that spark stories

Later this year, two of my short stories will be appearing in the next Mind’s Eye anthology. The idea behind this book-series is that all the short stories and poetry are inspired by photos provided to each writer. As a writer I found the concept liberating: allowing the inspiration to came from someone else, sparking something… More Flint, steel, tinder – images that spark stories

Eden’s Exchange talks to author @MariaHaskins

I don’t recall the exact moment I connected with poet and author, Maria Haskins. All I know is she has been extremely supportive of my work, and when I dug a bit deeper, I was not surprised to learn how talented she is. For the past couple of months, we have both read for The…

“The best writing is rewriting”

Recently, I’ve been working on several short stories. Two will surface in a new Mind’s Eye anthology, two (so far!) saw the light of day in R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast (you can check them out here), others have been submitted to various places but don’t have homes just yet. It’s been a rather intense few months of writing for… More “The best writing is rewriting”

‘Nemesis’ – a story for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast

You can hear me read this story on Episode #55 of R.B. Wood’s The Word Count Podcast. The three-word story prompt was: Dog. Wheelchair. Addiction. It’s a terrific podcast, and in this episode you can also hear stories by C. Thomas Smith (‘Doug Needs Mary’), and Eden Baylee (‘The Runner’). Nemesis What do I remember? I remember blood and… More ‘Nemesis’ – a story for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast