This week I read Bad Dreams, Tessa Hadley’s short story collection. I have been reading an awful lot of short stories lately, partly because I went on a literary journal buying spree a while ago and they have been slowly arriving in the post. But I bought Bad Dreams because Tessa Hadley judged The BridportContinue reading “Bad Dreams by Tessa Hadley”
Category Archives: short story
A Week Where I Spent More Time Submitting Than Writing
I made a lot of new submissions of short stories this week. I had two entered into the same short story contest and neither won, so that freed them up to get sent elsewhere. I know it’s a bad way of doing it but I was so keen on this one prize in particular thatContinue reading “A Week Where I Spent More Time Submitting Than Writing”
The Importance of Structure
One of the things that is most important for me when writing is that I should understand the structure of what I am trying to write. I might not always know what the structure is when I start, but it is essential that I figure it out along the way. Often when I write IContinue reading “The Importance of Structure”
Something To Say And A Voice To Say It In
So recently a big box arrived from Oregon with my free copies of Glimmer Train issue 100. I had been so eager to get these because this is the first time I have had a story accepted, and I badly wanted to see it. I have to tell you, it is a weird feeling seeingContinue reading “Something To Say And A Voice To Say It In”
Before You Were Born
So I finished formatting my small collection of five short stories and have now uploaded it to the kindle store. Here’s a link to its page on Amazon and here’s a link to my page on this blog about it. I can remember when I first started pursuing writing seriously and saying that I would never self-publish.Continue reading “Before You Were Born”
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