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Teenage Wasteland 2: The Legend of Catherine of Gawthwate Continues!
So, people seemed to enjoy reading my horrifically bad early writings, last week. Favourites including my unique spelling of the word accent ‘exuent’ and Sir Richard’s horse, Belinda. For kicks and giggles, and so you can find out what happens … Continue reading
Posted in Free Fiction, writing
Tagged Ro Smith, sporking, story, Teenage Wasteland, teenage writing, The Legend of Catherine of Gawthwate, writing
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Teenage Wasteland: Old Manuscripts
Inspired by Lou Morgan’s post on discovering an old manuscript, I dug out a few. It wasn’t hard. I knew exactly where they were. I know some people who are happy to throw out their writing – one person who … Continue reading
Posted in Free Fiction, writing
Tagged bad writing, nostalgia, old manuscripts, sporkage, teenage writing, writing
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I had an idea, but I’m unsure how to realise it
So, I had what I thought was a really great idea. I checked it with some trusted friends who would have pulled faces at me if it were utterly daft, and they agreed that it sounded like a pretty good … Continue reading
Exciting News!
My short story, ‘The Will to Live’, has been short-listed for the Dark Fiction Magazine Epic Flash Fiction Contest. I am most excited about this and really hope to win, but I’ll be thrilled if this is as far as … Continue reading
Writing News: The Giant
After really helpful and insightful comments from the awesome Steve Cooper, N K Kingston, Paul Stephenson, and Derek Muir, who carefully read through all 25,000 words, I have now performed the final, pre-submission edits on my novella, The Giant. Credit … Continue reading
Part II of my article on the end of The Dark Tower
So, things are somewhat less than 100% serene in Wombledonia at the moment, but one awesome thing that happened yesterday is that the second part of my article on the end of the Dark Tower came out in Hub. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Hub, Stephen King, The Dark Tower, Theories
Tagged cross-genre, epic, fantasy, Homer, Hub, literary analysis, literary criticism, review, science fiction, Stephen King, The Dark Tower, Tolkein, Virgil, western, writing
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