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  • A French Fiction Revolution

    A French Fiction Revolution

    In October 2015, the small but vibrant French publishing company Short Édition distributed eight ‘Distributeur d’histoires courtes’ (that’s ‘short story distributors’ to you and I)…

  • Being Ernest

    Being Ernest

    I have commented in the past that I have a penchant for long-windedness. Unfortunately, lengthy or complex sentences can be frustrating to read and easy…

  • Ideas from the Everyday

    Ideas from the Everyday

    Not everything you write needs to be published. Therefore, it’s okay to write rubbish. For example, a few years ago, on one particularly snowy winter,…

  • The Nightmare After Christmas

    The Nightmare After Christmas

    I really hate dream sequences. I can count on one thumb the amount of dream sequences I’ve seen or read in any story that I’ve…