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Apathetic

I read recently that winning the battle at Prestonpans gave the Jacobites military control of Scotland. In other words, 5000 Highlanders could dictate to the whole of Scotland on pain of being slaughtered and their […]

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Why Journalism

I’m moving along to do some non-fiction again because it opened up so many character sketches and short story lines as well as being enjoyable and getting me involved with other people. Let me do […]

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Lighting a Muse Fuse

Dead or dying I’d have described my muse over the last year or so but my Writing Group triggered a remarkable recovery with a challenge to write a short story on the subject of photography. […]

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The store of stories

I ‘ve been asked where stories come from and I give several logical replies; they come from history, Sir Walter Scott’s Tales of a Grandfather is full of story lines and even plots; they come […]

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Disaster management

 I’m in the middle of making a wardrobe. I could have got one in flat pack but I wanted it to fit the space I had for it. I knew what I was doing, just […]

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A Phoenician tale

An escapade with Phoenicians.

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Short story analysis

I’ve talked about the short story competitions in Writing Magazine several times but have yet to give it a try. The trouble is, I’ve other things to write up and there’s no point in submitting […]

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A List-less story

Once again I have been guilty of not looking carefully at a competition brief. I rushed off making plans for the ‘List’ flash fiction story in Writers Journal and found I was only allowed ten […]

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Listing in a flash

I like to try the flash fiction competition in Writers Journal because it is always intriguing. This month it is to tell a story in a list. The editor suggested it could be a shopping […]

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Prize winning story

I’ve added O’Reilly’s Daughter to the short stories. It won a prize in Writers Journal and I am rather pleased with it. I love characters who don’t conform and Elizabeth is one of those. In […]

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