The following story is taken from Basement Tales. See afterword for details on how to order from Amazon, or direct from the author. You can find other free fiction over in the Fiction section of the site including stories from You Could Make a Killing - If you like horror/ dark fantasy go for Basement Tales,... Continue Reading →
As should be fairly obvious by now I love a good story (and can stomach, even write, a mediocre one.) I also love music - I generally have something playing in the background when I'm writing, driving, cooking, whatever. And sometimes I even listen to that music - I mean properly listen to it. This... Continue Reading →
Now, I fully appreciate that recommending 'Final Draft', which has been around since 1990, to anyone who is remotely interested in writing screenplays is a bit like standing up at Comic Con and announcing you've discovered this cool new book called 'The Watchmen' (and yes, the 'the' is ironic...) However, this series in resources is... Continue Reading →
* That aren't actually Novellas. So, having defined in overly simplistic terms the novella in part 1, and discussed five books which could, sort of in a general kind of way, be considered to be novellas in part 2, this post blurs the line even further by looking at 5 short novels that all fall... Continue Reading →
So, in an earlier post I wrote about what a Novella was, in broad terms. With those thoughts in mind, here are five great novellas according to that 17.5 to 40k word count definition* . (*Except where one of them isn't...) This list is not obscure at all; the chances are they're all familiar to... Continue Reading →
Writing my most recent short story - a submission for a forthcoming print anthology - I raced past the minimum 7k and at some point realized I'd passed the 13k maximum with half of the story left to tell. I ended up with a 24k beast. I'll reduce it down - it certainly needs it,... Continue Reading →
Thanks to everyone for the reads and likes of part 1 of Great Short Stories As promised, here is part 2. As I said in part 1, these aren't necessarily what I consider to be the best stories of all time, or even the best of the respected authors. They are all stories I think are great... Continue Reading →
This is the first in a series of 100 - in no particular order, and covering books/ web stuff/ software/ hardware/ and anything else that might come to mind which I think are worth looking at if you're a writer/ wannabe writer or just interested in writing/ movies and pop culture. Not quite an autobiography/... Continue Reading →
Given the amount of short stories I've been working on recently, I got to thinking about some of the stories that have been so important to me, and authors I go back to time and again when I'm struggling with a story myself, looking for inspiration, or just after a damn good read. What follows... Continue Reading →
