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June 28, 2023
WiP - Another 366 Days of Poetry: A Colonist's Joy
What kinds of poetry will our future selves write? What will they be doing? What would a future colonist write at the surprise of being chosen for a colony they really wanted to be a part of?
June 27, 2023
WiP - Another 366 Days of Flash Fiction: Chosen Exile
From science fiction to fantasy, flash fiction is where I go to play with words...and ideas.
June 26, 2023
WiP - Another 366 Days of Poetry - A Falling Out
Poetry is another place where I like to explore. For instance, can you really tell a story in verse, as short as it is, with the different conventions that govern it...and do poems have to be 'literary' or can they be 'genre-fun.'Well, I don't know...so I tried some fantasy rogues to see what happened. A Falling Out Sotto voceYour voice carriesIt echoes ‘roundthe caveIt echoes down the
June 25, 2023
WiP - Another 366 Days of Flash Fiction: Risky Business
Exploring worlds a long way from my own possibilities - flash fiction is where I go to play.
June 24, 2023
WiP - Another 366 Days of Poetry: Red Wine Recalls
I like to try and poetry from the perspective of someone else, someone looking at something a different way...or trying to write away a memory they'd rather not have. While I initially had a fantasy setting in mind for this piece, it could be set anywhere, from a space station to a 1980s pub. It's the character dealing with the memory and its trigger that is central, here.
June 16, 2023
Upcoming Smashwords 2023 Summer/Winter Sale
Summer is coming – and Winter, too – and my entire ebookcollection will be discounted in the @Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale, which runsfrom July 1 to July 31, 2023. Watch this space for updates and links to thesale as it draws closer.
May 28, 2023
The Writer Reads Flash Fiction from Another 365 Days of Flash Fiction–Da...
Today's flash fiction reading is a simple science-fiction escape story. Enjoy :-)
May 25, 2023
WiP Extract - Dark God's Rise - Chapter 1
What are we working on, now we've finished the fourth book in the Strays of Lunar One series?Well, there are several, but I always have a focus project, and the others get done as I can fit them in. The next focus project is rewrite of Dark God's Rise, the second book in the Chronicles of a Dark God trilogy.And here's the first chapter, in draft: --------------------------------------------------
May 24, 2023
The Writer Reads Poetry from Another 365 Days of Poetry – Day 09: “The D...
Yesterday's poem was modeled on the echo verse form...and is, of course, about dragons:
