My website has had: nearly 7,000 views around 3,000 'likes' nearly 4,000 visitors and I have written 1,008 posts So a simple 'Thank You' to all those who have contributed to those numbers! Note: sculpture Seated Man II by Elizabeth Frink, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK
Category: Fiction
Putting pen to paper – w/c 16th October
Time to look back / forward. How did I get on last week? Meetings and Events - host Derby Stanza; YES attend Lincoln Creative Writers' meeting. YES Writing projects - start drafting a new short story; YES continue working on Bound; YES work on Character profiles and timelines for the possible futuristic novel; NO recording … Continue reading Putting pen to paper – w/c 16th October
New podcast episode!
I have just published a new episode on my Walking Thru Fire podcast. I am intending to read all of the poems from my collection Not the sonnets; in this episode I read sonnets 15 thru 21. Walking Thru Fire is available on all good podcast services: Audible, Spotify, Apple podcasts, Amazon Music, Deezer etc.
“Reality and Other Stories”
Although I liked John Lanchester's "The Wall", I have to confess to a little disappointment with "Reality and Other Stories". This is partly down to the nature of the stories - more subject than style (I've never been into the supernatural) - and partly down to the fact that I think he has been let … Continue reading “Reality and Other Stories”
New podcast episode!
I have just published a new episode on my Walking Thru Fire podcast. I am intending to read all of the poems from my collection Not the sonnets; in this episode I read sonnets 8 thru 14. Walking Thru Fire is available on all good podcast services: Audible, Spotify, Apple podcasts, Amazon Music, Deezer etc.
Putting pen to paper – w/c 9th October
Time to look back / forward. How did I get on last week? Meetings and Events - attend North Yorkshire Stanza; YES attend SoA workshop on 'Twitter for Writers'. YES Writing projects - start drafting a new short story; NO continue drafting the new poetic monologue (working title Bound); YES recording seven more sonnets for … Continue reading Putting pen to paper – w/c 9th October
New podcast episode!
I have just published a new episode on my Walking Thru Fire podcast. I am intending to read all of the poems from my collection Not the sonnets; in this episode I read sonnets 1 thru 7. Walking Thru Fire is available on all good podcast services: Audible, Spotify, Apple podcasts, Amazon Music, Deezer etc.
Taking stock – again…
If you're a writer like me then you are always asking yourself questions about your work: what? why? is it any good? That kind of thing. It's a kind of navel-gazing that is possibly inevitable. I do it regularly - and usually by asking a question of myself and then trying to find the answer. … Continue reading Taking stock – again…
Does a new phase of writing start on Wednesday?
Now the proud owner of a Lincoln University Associate Reader's library card, on Wednesday - for the first time - I will find a desk somewhere in the English section on the second floor of the library and open my laptop. Then I will sign-on to the guest network. Then open Apple Pages, or Scrivener. … Continue reading Does a new phase of writing start on Wednesday?
Faber: sharp practice or incompetence?
As a Faber Member I received an unsolicited email offering me 25% off a range of Short Story titles. I decided to take them up on their offer. At the checkout however, the discount code in the email failed to work. I decided to buy the books and sort the discount out afterwards. When I … Continue reading Faber: sharp practice or incompetence?
Ian Gouge - Writer 