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Yesterday & Today: 30th April

So Twitter have made another one of those knee-jerk random decisions and with no notice at all withdrawn the ability of WordPress users to automatically post to their Twitter accounts. Facebook took a similar, but slightly less extreme measure, a year or two ago (only allowing you to post to a page). This is what … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 30th April →

Yesterday & Today: 29th April

After all the emotion on Thursday at the Athol Fugard event, perhaps inevitably yesterday was something of a damp squib. Just about the only meaningful thing I managed was some work on “C”, the rest of the day being sacrificed to domestic ‘life’ things which had to take priority. But that’s what life does, right? … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 29th April →

Yesterday & Today: 28th April

In many ways yesterday was something of a ‘monster’ day, four chunks of time spent doing very different things – one of which was astonishingly moving… The first two of these time-segments – me, alone, working in my study – were pretty run-of-the-mill: a read-through of Crash, and some drafting of “C”. In terms of … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 28th April →

Yesterday & Today: 27th April

For the record, this is day 118 of consecutive posts..! So what did yesterday – day 117 – deliver? A new podcast episode for a start. “The Big Red Button” is taken from my short story collection, An Irrelevant Piece of Sky, which is published next month. The podcast – WalkingThruFire – can be found … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 27th April →

“The Big Red Button” – new podcast episode!

I have just published a new episode to my “WalkingThruFire” podcast. It is the short story “The Big Red Button” taken from my forthcoming collection An Irregular Piece of Sky. I hope you like it.

“Kick the Latch”

Admittedly you probably need to have a soft spot for the subject matter in the first place, but surely what makes Kathryn Scanlan’s Kick the Latch so eminently readable is the style in which it is written: a collection of flash fiction pieces which, when strung together, make a coherent narrative. If there are joins … Continue reading “Kick the Latch” →

Yesterday & Today: 26th April

It is both interesting and understandable how writers fixate on word count when producing longer works of fiction. What else is there by which to measure them? And it’s a useful boasting chip! I know I’ve referenced word count in this diary to demonstrate progress. But the thing I find more meaningful is number of … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 26th April →

Yesterday & Today: 25th April

Yesterday was the best day for a week in terms of time spent on projects. I had hoped for as much, but when you come out of a flat spot – for whatever reason – you can’t be certain how long it will take you to get going. Do you find that too? Oh, and … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 25th April →

Yesterday & Today: 24th April

After three unproductive days, I finally managed to put a few miles on the clock yesterday. It was a great relief. The one thing I’d planned to do – more drafting of “C” – took place as expected. With the word count now at around 42,600, I’m about two thirds of the way through. I … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 24th April →

Yesterday & Today: 23rd April

Sleep! It’s so underrated! The highlight from yesterday was waking up this morning with the bed looking like it hadn’t been slept in. I moved so little in the night! I’ve probably not fully caught up, but I feel fired-up enough to kick on. Indeed, I’ve already had an idea for another Villanelle, those really … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 23rd April →