The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
Tag Archives: Nano
Nano Completion and All That
Ok, so I made it. Nano’s 50,000 words have been banked (indeed it’s reached 68,000) and I now have the first draft of magical realism novel. It’ll take a while to make it ready for publication so, to keep you … Continue reading
Nano – What To Do About That Urge: Six Lessons #nanowrimo #writing
(the images are from my garden; I cannot believe the colour that has extended into November) National Novel Writing Month is an exercise in many things: patience, persistence, imagination, robust typing skills. To arrive at November 30th with 50,000 words tucked away is … Continue reading
Posted in miscellany, nanowrimo, short story, writing
Tagged Nano, NaNoWriMo, prompts, short story, writing
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The Help #shouldbewritingbutamponderinginstead
Nano is time consuming. Useful, sure. Satisfying, eventually. Fun? Well yes and no. It seems to involve a lot of bashing at the keyboard – my ‘e’ is looking pasty and, oddly, my ‘s’ has developed a squint – followed … Continue reading
Nanthology – Till Death Do Us Part?
Nanowrimo is a compelling challenge to write 50,000 words during November: that’s an average of 1667 words per day. My plan is to write a set of 30 short stories each 1667 words long instead. Each story comes from a prompt, a lot from fellow … Continue reading
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Tagged ghost, memory, Nano, NaNoWriMo, nanthology, Romance
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Done it #nanthology #nano
So there we are; the last short story written and my cheat Nano is complete. Tomorrow at 1.00pm GMT the last short story goes live. When I started this I wondered how to end it and I hope you like … Continue reading
Nanthology – Derek Dongle: Uncowed
Nanowrimo is a compelling challenge to write 50,000 words during November: that’s an average of 1667 words per day. My plan is to write a set of 30 short stories each 1667 words long instead. Each story comes from a prompt, a lot from fellow … Continue reading
Posted in miscellany, nano 2015, nanowrimo, nanthology
Tagged Derek Dongle, Mrs Pickwick, Mystey, Nano, NaNoWriMo, nanthology, thriller, wrap up
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Nanthology – The Power of Love
Nanowrimo is a compelling challenge to write 50,000 words during November: that’s an average of 1667 words per day. My plan is to write a set of 30 short stories each 1667 words long instead. Each story comes from a prompt, a lot from fellow … Continue reading
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Tagged gay, lovers, Nano, NaNoWriMo, nanthology, Romance
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Nanthology – Gods or Flannelled Fools?
Nanowrimo is a compelling challenge to write 50,000 words during November: that’s an average of 1667 words per day. My plan is to write a set of 30 short stories each 1667 words long instead. Each story comes from a prompt, a lot from fellow … Continue reading
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Tagged dilemma, faust, Nano, NaNoWriMo, nanthology, short story, sport, striving, uncertainty
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Nanthology – Alice In Cognito
Nanowrimo is a compelling challenge to write 50,000 words during November: that’s an average of 1667 words per day. My plan is to write a set of 30 short stories each 1667 words long instead. Each story comes from a prompt, a lot from fellow … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice, but I smile anyway, celebrity, Charles Dodgson, Lewis Carroll, Nano, nanthology, Racism, ritu, young adult
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Nano, Halloween and that writing process
If there’s one lesson from Halloween, at least as portrayed in the movies, it’s that whatever bad is happening, it’s happening behind you. There’s even the Biblical take on this concept with Lot’s wife being turned into a pillar of … Continue reading
