Richard Dee's Blog, page 54

Maybe you were right. Festive Flash Fiction

Taken from my collection Flash Fiction 2, here’s a short story for the season. Maybe you were Right The crew had drawn straws and Martine had lost. I hadn’t bothered, I was happy to stay and let someone else go. … Continued

The post Maybe you were right. Festive Flash Fiction appeared first on Welcome to the worlds of Richard Dee..

Well, that’s NaNo over for another year!

NaNo was a success for me this year. In the end, I managed 51865 words of my next story. As always, there’s a mixture of feelings, relief and amazement that I actually managed to finish and sadness that I will … Continued

The post Well, that’s NaNo over for another year! appeared first on Welcome to the worlds of Richard Dee..

The ghosts of NaNoWriMo past. 2019

Welcome to the last of this year’s retrospective NaNoWriMo posts. Today, I’m telling you all about last year’s attempt. Let me tell you a little bit more about The Hitman and the Thief. The idea for the novel came from … Continued

The post The ghosts of NaNoWriMo past. 2019 appeared first on Welcome to the worlds of Richard Dee..

The ghosts of NaNoWriMo past. 2018

To continue my series of posts about NaNoWriMo, this week I’m telling you about my 2018 project. I had an idea for a Steampunk novel, in the style of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. It would be set in Norlandia, … Continued

The post The ghosts of NaNoWriMo past. 2018 appeared first on Welcome to the worlds of Richard Dee..

The ghosts of NaNoWriMo past. 2017

Welcome to the third of my retrospective NaNoWriMo posts, we’re now up to 2017. Unlike 2016, this year there was no short story to base my attempt on. I was starting from scratch. As well as Andorra Pett and the … Continued

The post The ghosts of NaNoWriMo past. 2017 appeared first on Welcome to the worlds of Richard Dee..

The ghosts of NaNoWriMo past. 2016

Welcome back to my trip through the NaNo projects of the past. This time, I’m looking at 2016. I didn’t attempt NaNo in 2015, I was otherwise engaged in adjusting to life after work, as I mentioned last week. My … Continued

The post The ghosts of NaNoWriMo past. 2016 appeared first on Welcome to the worlds of Richard Dee..

The ghosts of NaNoWriMo past. 2014

As it’s November and I’m busy trying to complete NaNoWriMo for the sixth time; I thought that it would be a good idea to show you some extracts from previous years NaNo projects. I actually wrote all these posts a … Continued

The post The ghosts of NaNoWriMo past. 2014 appeared first on Welcome to the worlds of Richard Dee..

It’s that time of the year, the veil grows thin. Flash Fiction for Halloween.

Once again, it’s time to feature a short story for Halloween. I wrote The Veil for a Circle of Spears performance at the Museum of Witchcraft in Boscastle. back in 2016. They left the subject up to me, but I … Continued

The post It’s that time of the year, the veil grows thin. Flash Fiction for Halloween. appeared first on Welcome to the worlds of Richard Dee..

The Next Big Thing

Here’s a story from my first collection of short work, Flash Fiction. It’s not really a Sci-fi tale, it’s set in space but it doesn’t need to be. Totally unconnected to any of my other work, here is my take … Continued

The post The Next Big Thing appeared first on Welcome to the worlds of Richard Dee..

Talking your way out of trouble

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. Do you embrace dialog or narrate your way around it? Why? I’m a big fan of dialogue, it can be used for so much more than conversation. A … Continued

The post Talking your way out of trouble appeared first on Welcome to the worlds of Richard Dee..