For the first time since I began blogging in 2013, I need to take a little break. My wonderful and most excellent Dad passed away on April 17th.
Excuse Me While Real Life Takes Over A Bit
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Uh-Oh. There Goes Dignity Again. VOTE FOR MY PANTS
Oh, dear. There you are, minding your own business, when along comes another needy whiny blog post asking for support. Do you want to vote for me? It’s doesn’t really matter, because I’m asking you to do it anyway. Which is only logical. Also, Donald Trump naked on the toilet. It’s true. It’s the truth.
10 (Elaborated) Reasons Why Being A Writer Is Like Being Santa Claus
A word of warning to you all, this festive season: henceforth, I am going to be insufferable. Because I’m only after getting a coveted guest post slot, over on US comic mystery author and SuperBlogger Anne R. Allen’s site today. This is about as good as it gets in blogging. I’m not even going to…
I Am Not There
Or there Because I am here And here And here And here. Where blogging from one’s phone is a minor irritant on the pebbled beach of life. See you later. If I come back. If.
Want to slag off this blog? Now’s your chance
If you’re the sort of person who loves helping people (or issuing snappy takedowns to other opinionated types), then this is the post for YOU! Aren’t you glad you got up today? Or maybe you’re lying down. I don’t mind. I’m not positionist. Today, as a placeholder – because I have a post I can’t release until…
Flash Fiction Competition Update
Some news on the competition front! Remember the Book Title Generator/Flash Fiction contest? Which closed for entries last week? And which will enable one lucky entrant to end up with a lovely €/$50 Amazon voucher to spend through the computer of their choice? Well, I don’t have a winner yet. So don’t get excited. What I did get…
What is Assisted Publishing, Anyway?
One thing which keeps cropping up in my investigations into the world of non-traditional publishing is Assisted Publishing. Not quite self-publishing, but definitely not traditional publishing either. So what is it? For instance, people I’ve spoken to in the US have very different ideas of what Assisted Publishing is in comparison to those in Ireland or…
A whole host of Guest Posts for December. Christmas stories from around the world…
I’m guesting today over on Annmarie Miles’ fiction blog, with a little piece for Christmas. Annmarie had the mighty idea of advent-calendaring her blog, posting one piece of short-short fiction from all over the world every day from now until December 24th. I’m very proud to be first up, for December 1st, with a flash…
Tara Sparling writes 