Category: My creative writing

Blog posts with my creative writing experiments

Writing Successes: celebration

cheering on Ruth Livingstone writerTwo little successes this week.

You must forgive me for some moderate boasting, but it seems I have been trudging through a writing desert recently. When I come across the occasional waterhole, please don’t blame me for wanting to linger in its shade and enjoy the view.

This week I had both a letter published and, much more importantly, a short story chosen to appear on a website.

1. A letter published

I had a letter published in Writing Magazine. Yes, it is only a letter, but it is my letter, written by me, and something the editor thinks other people might enjoy reading. Continue reading “Writing Successes: celebration”

Letter published: Writing Magazine

Hijacked by your characters

I had a letter published in Writing Magazine. It was the first time I had written into the magazine and I did so in response to another reader’s comments: describing how their characters had hijacked the novel and changed the story.

My letter describes my similar experience when I sat down to write The Reluctant Scribe. It’s only a small item in my publication history, but every one is significant.

Short Story Anthology: 44 Square Fiction

44 Square Fiction anthology, by Birkbeck writers, book cover

Anthology Launch

I have been to book launches before, but never to one which has involved my own work. So this was a big FIRST for me. Some contributors had been selected to do readings, but I was one of the lucky ones who just got to sit back and enjoy it all. Also, as a contributor, I got a free drink. The readings went well and I was awed and humbled by the talents of my fellow writers.

The 44 Square anthology is available to download from the 44 Square Fiction website and here are three good reasons for taking a look:

1. You will read some excellent pieces of work,
2. written in a variety of styles and covering diverse subjects,
3. and it is absolutely free!

Along with the 44 Square Fiction anthology, there is a 45 Square Poetry collection and a 46 Square anthology of non-fiction writing. Both of these I am looking forward to reading.


Note: 44 Square Fiction is a new anthology produced by the final year writers on Birkbeck’s BA in Creative Writing course. Work was selected and edited by the fourth year students, with submissions open to all years.

Short Story Accepted: Being Tim

 

Short Story Anthology

Fiction - short story published in anthology

One of my short stories is published in a literary anthology, 44 Square Fiction, published by Birkbeck. The contributors are listed on their website, including a very nice set of caricatures of all of us.