Yes! The book is ready for pre-order! It will be out on the 31st of October and I can't believe it. I really worked to the wire with this one... The paperback is fully illustrated and the ebook is just the stories (no illustrations). It is also registered in Kindle Unlimited, so you can download it for… Continue reading Shadows Close is ready for pre-order
Tag: short story
A challenge that has led to an exclusive sneak-peak of ‘Shadows Close’.
I have been challenged to take up 777 by Kimberly. Basically to post the seventh page after the seventh line for seven lines of a work in progress... Does that make sense? Hope so. But Shadows Close is due to be published on the 31st of October so I thought, what about the whole of… Continue reading A challenge that has led to an exclusive sneak-peak of ‘Shadows Close’.
Will be out on Halloween!
Ill-health and a writerly struggle
I have a deadline coming up for an anthology of short stories. It is going to be tight, but it is still do-able. Except I did something silly. For the last four months I've been on iron tablets. I go anaemic easily and this time it was enough to worry to doctors. But after the… Continue reading Ill-health and a writerly struggle
Busy!
I am SO busy. Why is it all deadlines seem to clump together? I have a theory that they are actually sentient beings and they follow a migration route. The one they are using at the moment reaches its conclusion at the end of September. Of course the result of this is that I am… Continue reading Busy!
The Tracks
Loneliness is an interesting feeling. It hits you in the center of your chest and leaves you standing there feeling as if you have lost something but not knowing what. I suppose I do know what is missing. I suppose.Once, a while back, I walked this part of the line, listening with one ear for the… Continue reading The Tracks
Tweet, Clang, Crash
I have always wanted to play an instrument. When I was a kid I signed up for playing an instrument. There was a choice; the flute or a brass instrument. But they wanted people who showed some sign of aptitude for music. I was given a time and I went to the interview. It was… Continue reading Tweet, Clang, Crash
I have an idea…
Basically I want to write a serialized story, told from one person's point of view. Kind of like '24' but in a blog format. Once it's finished I'll publish it. The blog would be updated once a week or more and would tell a fictional story in real time. A disaster story. I don't have… Continue reading I have an idea…
#Lucky 7’s Game
I have been tagged on Facebook to post an extract from page 77, 7 lines down in my book... So here it is. From 'Love Just Is': There was no sense in arguing. It was at this point that I showed an aggression that I felt bad about afterwards. I opened my hand and the… Continue reading #Lucky 7’s Game
Tea and biscuits.
"How long?" Sasha said, hardly believing what the man had said. "Six hours," he said, with a nasal voice that made Sasha want to ask him to speak up. Although at the moment she felt like grabbing his perfect blue uniform and screaming at him that he had to be joking. The man wasn't even… Continue reading Tea and biscuits.
Kate Murray - Cleaver 