Words/phrases/cliches that annoy me
Reading Time: < 1 minute I’m sure there’s more, but these will do for now. Anyone want to add anything? 1. Sleeps (i.e. ‘3 sleepsContinue Reading
Life as a Creative & Professional Writing mature student
Reading Time: 6 minutes When I started the full-time Creative and Professional Writing degree at Canterbury Christ Church University in September 2011, I hadContinue Reading
Short Story Video: Underground
Reading Time: < 1 minute A tweet from White Rabbit‘s Bernadette about this month’s Are You Sitting Comfortably theme – Underground – tempted me toContinue Reading
The difference between ‘less’ and ‘fewer’. (Yes, there is one)
Reading Time: 2 minutes A few years ago I was reading a pedant’s thread on a forum and along with all the usual rantsContinue Reading
Open University A363: Advanced Creative Writing
Reading Time: 5 minutes The OU’s Advanced Creative Writing (A363) course ended in May. Or was it June? I can’t remember. Either way, IContinue Reading
White Rabbit: Are you sitting comfortably
Reading Time: 2 minutes Last night (as you’ll know if you are a friend on Facebook or following me on Twitter where I haveContinue Reading
Flash fiction: Hunger
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hunger ‘Spare some change please?’ There’s a young bloke, maybe twenty-five or so, miserable as fuck, sitting on the pavementContinue Reading
Bagel poem (in a bagel shape)
Reading Time: 2 minutes A bagel poem in a bagel shape. I felt so proud of myself for creating this. I may not beContinue Reading
Review: Bright Shiny Morning by James Frey
Reading Time: 3 minutes I read James Frey’s A Million Little Pieces quite a few years ago, long before The Smoking Gun outed himContinue Reading
Maidstone Book Club: Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
Reading Time: 2 minutes After reading A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby for last month’s book club, this month we met up toContinue Reading