Tag Archives: SORB

Imma Huntin’ Beta Readers


If you missed it a couple of weeks ago, Harper Voyager, an arm of HarperCollins, is accepting unsolicited manuscripts for a two week period at the start of October. Since the genres they’re looking for includes fantasy, I’m racing against … Continue reading

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Its The Job That Never Gets Started As Takes Longest To Finish


One of my favourite quotes from The Lord Of The Rings. Not earth shattering, or deeply moving, just plain, sensible advice. And from one of my favourite characters; Sam Gamgee. He’s quoting his dad of course – the Old Gaffer … Continue reading

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Six Sentence Sunday 22/07 #24


Back to fiction! After last Sunday’s little autobiographical piece, I’ve now moved on. Still working through the letters of my A-Z of Flash Fiction, we’ve hit ‘O.’ The trigger word for this was ‘opulent‘ and it took me to my … Continue reading

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People talk a lot about the Writing Bug. ‘When did you catch the writing bug?’ ‘When did the writing bug bite you?’ In truth, I feel like I’ve always had some desire to write, but pin pointing the exact moment … Continue reading

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80 Post Challenge – Post 68


Describe 5 things you want to see or do before it’s too late. Hmm. Five things? Okay that should be easy enough. Behold…! My things in no particular order: Visit Egypt I’m sure this has come up before, but I … Continue reading

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