A Sandstorm Summer Holiday – a memory from 1968
A Sandstorm Summer Holiday – not the best advert for Lytham St Annes, I’m afraid. This is an attempt to write autobiographical flash fiction.
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A Dear John letter from my father
A writing prompt on the website of my writers’ group has me counterfeiting a letter my father might have written to me.
A Right and Proper Subject
What is a right and proper subject for a novel today? A discussion of commercial and moral arguments and a vindication (I hope) of authorial freedom.
Counting words, the GDPR and George North
Counting words is only one way to keep track of your writing. A writing diary entry that checks in on my current writing practice, praises the GDPR and knocks the hat off George North.
SWF18: the 2018 Stockholm Writers’ Festival
SWF18 – a writing diary entry about my participation in the 2018 Stockholm Writers’ Festival back in April, together with a preamble about “all the trouble I’ve seen”.
Synopsis of The Long Way to London
A synopsis of The Long Way to London, the first part of Elin’s Story, that I wrote for the Stockholm Writer’s Festival 2018. This version includes hyperlinks to more information about the story and the characters.
I’ll start afresh tomorrow – writing diary
In which I start afresh to keep a writing diary and report from Jessica Hovey’s creative writing course at Folkuniversitet that I attended recently in preparation for the Stockholm Writers’ Festival coming up in April.