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Continue reading →: MaidynThe pair trudged onward. They believed their legs would ache by now but it was their souls that ached first. The journey was long. Soon enough, they would meet their creator, Maidyn. Being all that was left of humanity, there was nothing for them to fix, to make, to go…
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Continue reading →: Followed the rules but missed the pointWhen I think about writing a new piece, I always remember this quote. There are distinct rules when writing fiction. Spelling and grammar are obviously well established, alongside sentence construction, not forgetting all the rules that publishers set out in terms of the layout and format of your work. There…
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Continue reading →: Writing is riskyIt was always going to be a risk to send out my work for other people to read. I have always tinkered around with writing but never really put my work out there for consideration. Until a few years ago, when the pandemic hit and lets face it, people had…
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Continue reading →: Gordy’s placeGordon woke to find the lawn in front of his small bookshop on fire. The flames licked the trunk of a Magnolia he planted last summer, for his wife. The lawn would regrow, but the books. He needed them to not be burned. Not again.
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Continue reading →: More with nail please!
What movies or TV series have you watched more than 5 times? I have probably watched Withnail and I over 30 times. A cult classic, infinitely quotable. It is not just the main characters but the little cameos I love, especially Jake the poacher and of course, Uncle Monty. They…
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