I’ve been listening to a lot of books lately. Because I’m such a skinflint bargain hunter, I almost never pay full price for anything, and pounce on free stuff with the ferocity of a starving lion. In fact, I’m the sort of idiot who will sometimes harvest cut-price goodies and freebies irrespective of whether or… Continue reading Betraying the written word
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Book release day!
The time is finally here—after months of hard work from all of our authors, In Memory: A Tribute to Sir Terry Pratchett is available for sale. To grab your copy, check out the below: Don’t forget that every penny of the proceeds goes to the fantastic charity Alzheimer’s Research UK, for research into fighting dementia. Below are… Continue reading Book release day!
How and Where I Write
How and where I write Jane Austen wrote by hand on small sheets of paper hiding them if anyone came into the room. Anthony Trollope paid his manservant to call him at 5.30am so he could get in three hours writing before he left home for his day job. Proust wrote in a cork lined… Continue reading How and Where I Write
On memories and doors
Last Friday, I printed my almost finished story and put it on the table for my parents to read. It caused my dad to stay up later than he’d planned to, which I’m taking as a good sign. The next morning at breakfast he told me that the story reminded him of something I used… Continue reading On memories and doors
School to desired temperature: Mr Lanaway
Welcome ye to my third and final post about the three teachers who have most influenced/damaged me. I’ve sort of made it a series of episodic posts so that a) after the first one you know that they’re related, and kind of what to expect; and b) after the first one, you can just look… Continue reading School to desired temperature: Mr Lanaway
The Who and Why
Hi! My name is Michael, nice to meet you. You have found this blog, so you must love stories – I know we’ll get along just fine. As this is my first post in the blog, I think it makes sense to write about why I’m contributing to this anthology. Writing this post is a… Continue reading The Who and Why
My first post
My name is Charlotte. It’s probably too early in my life to ask me who and what I expect to be in 10 years time because I honestly don’t know. But for now I’m going to tell you about what I love. Writing. It’s that simple. I love writing and how it makes me feel… Continue reading My first post
School to desired temperature: Mrs Bradley
Last time, after the obligatory waffle, I told you about the most significant memories I have of my English teacher Mr Moody. Now, let me do the same for the memories I have of Mrs Bradley. Nothing about buttocks this time, sorry. Mrs Bradley was what any good teacher – in fact, what any good… Continue reading School to desired temperature: Mrs Bradley
School to desired temperature: Mr Moody
Generally speaking, it is the memories you don’t remember that define you. I’m not talking about traumatic experiences that are suppressed in the mind and then go on to shunt a personality one of several ways, although that can sometimes happen (and I’m not just saying that because I’ve been watching a lot of Dexter… Continue reading School to desired temperature: Mr Moody
Terry Pratchett: Neither gone nor forgotten
Hello. My name’s Luke Kemp, or at least that’s what my parents tell me. Through what I can only presume is a series of mistakes similar to those leading to Mr Bean vandalising Whistler’s Mother, I have been allowed to contribute a story to this upcoming anthology. Remember, 100% of profits go to Alzheimer’s Research… Continue reading Terry Pratchett: Neither gone nor forgotten