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Spotty raptors: not a moment’s peace

Sam May 15, 2016 ImaginariumOne Comment

It’s fledgling time for the spotty raptors. “Oh hey wow. One of four, eh? Must be tough.” “Dude, you have no idea. It’s impossible to get any peace. It’s all ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME. I can’t even have a bath without one of the others …

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Turning the page – 2016 writing goals

Sam January 2, 2016 ProcessLeave a comment

Towards the end of January last year, I posted a note of my writing goals for the year. I declined to review the year that had just been because it had been a particularly difficult one. I’m not going to dwell on 2015, either, because I want to keep my …

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Hypergraphia — bleeding inky thought onto paper

Sam November 27, 2015 ProcessOne Comment

I have no fixed process for writing. Stories come the way they come. Sometimes that means a single scene from which I have to uncover the rest of the story like an archaeologist digging up a pot or an ancient skeleton; other times it means sitting down with a pen …

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More word fuel: Bread. Nommy, nommy, home-made bread.

Sam August 19, 2015 RandomLeave a comment

What better accompaniment to freshly brewed coffee than soft, delicious, home-baked bread? We make all our own bread. It started as an experiment, because I was having trouble with wheat. Marko read somewhere that the commercial method of bread production, the Chorleywood Bread Process, can produce bread that some people …

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Chemex brewing for the caffeinated caterpillar

Sam August 17, 2015 RandomOne Comment

It’s a common generalisation that writers are fuelled by coffee. (I know of one or two who reserve the coffee for the editing part, but it remains part of their process.) I consider myself one of the unfortunates who was born with a less than optimal quantity of caffeine naturally …

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When the time comes, move with the seasons

Sam January 21, 2015 ProcessOne Comment

It’s a new year already! I can hardly believe how long it has been since I last updated. Last time I posted anything here the weather was still relatively warm and we’d just had a glorious weekend sea-kayaking off the Banffshire coast. Today the snow is falling, there’s a thick …

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When short stories aren’t

Sam August 23, 2014 Fiction / ProcessLeave a comment

Although I’ve been putting words on paper since I could hold a pen (I shall dig out some of my earliest journals sometime), I have written purely for myself, not with a view to submitting to market. I started doing that only recently, and I’m still finding out where my …

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A triathlete’s guide to dealing with rejection

Sam August 31, 2013 Process2 Comments

I’ve been submitting a lot more this year, which inevitably means handling an increased number of rejections. Rejection is never fun, but it’s part and parcel of writing life. There was a time, back in the dim and distant neon glow of the past, when I believed my first story …

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