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PENSTRICKEN: COLLECTED STORIES – OUT NOW!

19/12/2020

There are short stories, there are very short stories and then there is flash fiction: the delicate and often tricky art of telling a story…
To Judge a Book (Not By its Cover)

19/12/2020

I didn’t actually know what I wanted. I just wanted new books. Exciting stories, riveting stories, poetically crafted and well researched works of fiction. Unfortunately,…
‘Hills Like White Elephants’ – A Masterclass in Dialogue

18/12/2020

There is an old and for the most part true adage among writers that a good writer will ‘show and not tell’. In other words,…
5 Simple Steps to Avoid Becoming a Writer

17/12/2020

So, there’s a writer inside you and he’s already sowing the seeds of a best-seller in your brain. Your inner-writer’s urge to write that story…