Category Archives: fiction

Thoughts upon entering a secondhand bookshop

Posted on October 23, 2017 by blogmywiki

Secondhand bookshops really are the most wonderful things, especially for those, like me, with brains but not brass. It is like being allowed into a salon filled with the greatest minds of our age (Faulkner, Shakespeare, McEwan) whose thoughts you … Continue reading →

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Tomorrow Never Knows, Chapter 2

Posted on April 8, 2016 by blogmywiki

Only 8 months after chapter 1, here’s chapter 2. Enjoy! Tuesday morning ‘Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, Kimberley,’ were the words that greeted me this morning. Father was unpacking a huge delivery of books and putting them in … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriYo

Posted on January 2, 2016 by blogmywiki

I’ve written before about how badly I got on with NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month. Each November loads of people sign up to a challenge to write a 50,000 word novel in a month. I wonder what proportion succeed. … Continue reading →

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Tomorrow Never Knows, chapter 1

Posted on August 1, 2015 by blogmywiki

Instead of finishing the various stories I have have hanging around (including the one that’s The History Boys meets An Education meets Doctor Who, that one is a doozie) I started a new one. I’m stumbling after 4 chapters so … Continue reading →

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Review of the Year – only kidding

Posted on December 31, 2014 by blogmywiki

I hate New Year’s Eve, I hate looking back at the last 12 months and I hate making resolutions. Especially when years suck as much at 2014 did. I won’t bore you with the details, but it included death & … Continue reading →

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