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The Hunger Games
I have a new obsession! A teen series I can believe in. One with a strong female lead and not one I want to punch in the face (Bella!). I give you... The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.This series is...
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The Girl with the Alien Spaceship
I went to the cinema to see Prometheus last night. My other half was deliriously excited about seeing Ridley Scott's latest Alien movie (I know it's not, but it is really, isn't it?); so much so I...
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Writing for anthologies
Yesterday rather than start writing something new (I know, I'm bad), I decided instead to trawl through The Horror Tree, an excellent website I've recently found, and see if any anthologies were...
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'Sharks'
The short film I wrote is finished!Our director Matt Shiel sent me a DVD of the finished film and I was amazed. I couldn't imagine, while filming in the bar and the rainy streets of Liverpool, what...
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Yesterday afternoon, after finishing my stock check, packing the last books away in boxes ready for the library to be repainted, said goodbye to the pupils and listened to an interminable round of...
View ArticleBeauty salon hell; a cautionary tale
I'm not normally a regular customer at spas and beauty salons. And last week I had an experience that reminded me why that is!Background info - me and The Ladies Who Lunch from work visited a spa for a...
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A worthy project
During the sunny days we enjoyed last week and the week before, I was working on a top secret project which I am only able to reveal now! My other hard-working half went on a trip to Spain - sounds...
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An Irish wedding
Greetings! I have just returned from a family wedding in Ireland and it was an amazing experience! I flew into Shannon and was picked up by my other half, whose second cousin twice-removed was the...
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Olympic mania
I know I'm not the only person who is obsessed with the Olympics - loads of us are and spend every spare second we can watching them! I think it has been amazing so far and I can't get enough of the...
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Beam Me Up!
The title of this post is a reference to the genre of sci-fi, as I am writing a short story in this genre for a competition.It's the first story I've attempted in ages - the summer holidays were a...
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The benefits of feedback
I recently posted about writing a short story for Writing Magazine. It's done and I uploaded my entry online today so I have the results of that to look forward to! I emailed my first draft to my...
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My short story published in the Scareald!
A while back, while trawling The Horror Tree - a brilliant website which lists markets looking for horror fiction, I came across a call for submissions for an American magazine called The Scareald. I...
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Dear John, Dear Anyone
Last weekend (I know, shameful blog post delay!) me and my better half travelled to Amersham to attend the premier of Dear John, Dear Anyone.Amersham is a tiny village in Buckinghamshire and the...
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Starting a novel
Hello everyone,For the last couple of years now, I have concentrated on writing short stories. I always planned to start a novel one day but kept putting off that day. My main problem is my 'butterfly...
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How to have a less stressful Christmas!
I have spent most of the day with my sister and niece, discussing how to make Christmas less stressful (not my neice - she's only a toddler and blissfully unaware of what lies ahead for her in the yeas...
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The magic of Dickens
The Reading Room in St George's HallLast night, me and my Dad spent the evening in the lush setting of St George's Hall in Liverpool to hear Gerald Dickens, the great man's great, great grandson,...
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My worst writing nightmare!
Something awful has happened that has stopped my fledgling novel in its tracks. True, I had only completed one and a half chapters plus a lot of notes but a few weeks ago (I have been paralysed,...
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Book review for 'A Long, Long Sleep' by Anna Sheehan
YA sci-fi is a genre on the rise, which is a great thing. I’ve also noticed a trend emerging within the genre – authors blending fairy tales with science fiction. It’s a fascinating idea and one I...
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Sci-fi story writing competition
2011 Winner Nancy FulderFor anyone interested in writing a short story about manned space travel of up to sixty years in the future, then the free-to-enter Jim Baen Memorial Writing contest may be for...
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Amazing opportunity!
One of Miranda's books!A friend recently posted a link on Facebook to this fabulous opportunity. Author Miranda Dickinson is offering five lucky writers the chance to be mentored by her for a year....
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