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The Legend of the Merry Milkmaids

Posted on January 14, 2024 by blogmywiki

This Christmas and New Year I was going to delete this blog, or archive it and start again. I was going to finish writing one of my many unfinished novels. I did neither, but I did write a short story … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Ghost Story: The Tedious Case of Room 623

Posted on December 15, 2022 by blogmywiki

Had an idea for a story while walking the dog. I was going to abandon it, or at the very least change the narrator’s preposterous name, when I discovered that Agatha Christie wrote over a dozen stories about a man … 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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My Christmas gift to you

Posted on December 24, 2014 by blogmywiki

Here’s my Christmas gift to you – a short story inspired by two of my favourite books. You can also download it in .mobi format for Kindle, or .ePub for other devices. Merry Christmas! No Service A Tale of Two … Continue reading →

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