Category Archives: fiction

Dorothy Parker in Reverse

Posted on April 6, 2013 by blogmywiki

An unsuccessful attempt to get a book club to pick The Collected Works of Dorothy Parker as their next book reminded me that I once rewrote her short story ‘A Telephone Call’, swapping the genders to see if it still … Continue reading →

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Sidebar of literary shame

Posted on September 8, 2012 by blogmywiki

There is, of course, no earthly reason why anyone would be interested in what I’ve just read, but I’ve been ignoring my personal reading record, my sidebar of literary shame, so I decided to tidy up the blog, dump this … Continue reading →

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Flash fiction

Posted on March 6, 2012 by blogmywiki

Flash fiction is an appealing thing. There’s no set definition, but the general idea is a very short piece of writing, perhaps 500 words or fewer, which should be written quickly. 16th of May is National Flash Fiction Day – … Continue reading →

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Winter holiday reading

Posted on January 4, 2012 by blogmywiki

A quick wintery ‘recently read’ roundup… Just My Type by Simon Garfield. My favourite of the bunch – an inspired Christmas present from @gwithiansunset. Apparently this was serialised on Radio 4, which is a bit odd for a book about … Continue reading →

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November spawned a monster

Posted on November 26, 2011 by blogmywiki

Or, My NaNoWriMo Hell It was a mad, spur-of-the-moment decision. I hadn’t thought it through. A couple of friends were doing NaNoWriMo – and I thought, what the hell, why not? 50,000 words in a month, 1666 words a day. … Continue reading →

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