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  • May 14, 2022

    Misadventure: A cut below

    Misadventure: A cut below

    There’s a certain type of person in the world who thinks that, if they ask you something, and the answer is “no”, that they should just keep annoying you about it and going on and on until the answer changes. My sister is one of them. This isn’t about her. It is about two someones…

  • May 12, 2022

    Weekly writing prompt: Galaxy

    What do you think of when you imagine a galaxy? A swirl of stars and planets, space dust and other wondrous sky stuff? Or are you going straight for the chocolate bar? Is that a thing where you live? I know in Britain and Ireland there are galaxy bars but I honestly can’t remember if…

  • May 11, 2022

    How self-sufficient are you? Skills check

    Food, water, shelter, clothing and hygiene are our basic needs. Some people say “sleep” or “warmth” instead of shelter but I’d argue both are met by a shelter. I mean, even clothing is debatable, especially if you’re a naturist! To be self-sufficient in SHTF or in life as it is at the moment, where we…

  • May 9, 2022

    How to build a tribe on Facebook

    Facebook is the most time-intensive platform to master. I successfully grew my author page to 3k likes/follows before I closed that account. Why did I close my Facebook author account? What an admission at the beginning of an article about how to grow an audience on Facebook! Consider the dead donkey dropped (if you don’t…

  • May 7, 2022

    Misadventure: Catching a dog in a spy base

    Misadventure: Catching a dog in a spy base

    When I was eleven we got a dog. His breed was brown, white and waggly. He looked like a Jack Russell but he was the size of a labrador. And he needed a lot of walking. We lived on a bizarrely-designed council estate which had its front doors at the back and the back doors…

  • May 6, 2022

    Should you get your books translated?

    I’ve pondered over this question back and forth for several years and I’m still not sure what the answer is. I’ve even reached out to translators who haven’t replied. It’s funny how people say they are looking for translation work and don’t know why they can’t get it, but when you actually contact them they…

  • May 5, 2022

    Weekly writing prompt: Game

    Game the bird? Game the thing you play? Game the system? Game smell? What’s your interpretation? This week’s writing prompt challenge is “game”. Here’s how to take part: Write a post, including your 100-word response to the challenge, any words of explanation or inspiration you wish to share, and a link to this challenge page.…

  • May 3, 2022

    I hired a $5 ghostwriter via Fiverr. This is how it went…

    I hired a $5 ghostwriter via Fiverr. This is how it went…

    Tl;dr: Badly. It went very badly. So I’ve been having a lot of joint issues lately. Worse than usual. I’m in the midst of a flare-up. This usually nixes me being able to write long, well-researched authority posts. So I thought I’d look on Fiverr to see if someone could help me write a couple…

  • April 30, 2022

    Misadventure: Shipwrecked

    Where I grew up, there was a brook, which is something a bit bigger than a stream but smaller than a river. The brook was probably the most interesting thing about Cheadle. Its path spanned the town. It meandered through the fields between my concrete council estate and the next estate over (a decidedly upmarket,…

  • April 28, 2022

    Writing prompt challenge: Gate

    Writing prompt challenge: Gate

    I was driving home yesterday and saw a red gate amongst dozens of brown ones, and it got me thinking it would make a great story opener. The whole village was abuzz. A new scandal was in progress. This one was more exciting than the time Mrs. Foyle had accidentally hung her knickers to dry…

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