Category: Short Stories

Sonnet Man #20 – “Compulsion”

https://videopress.com/v/QPlL77rO?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true "Compulsion" from Not the Sonnets Amazon UK - Waterstones - Barnes & Noble #poetry #poetrylovers #poets #writers #writingcommunity #readingcommunity

Sonnet Man #19 – “Constructive Criticism”

https://videopress.com/v/serKZbEM?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true "Constructive Criticism" from Not the Sonnets Amazon UK - Waterstones - Barnes & Noble #poetry #poetrylovers #poets #writers #writingcommunity #readingcommunity

Sonnet Man #18 – “Frost & Fog”

https://videopress.com/v/YdNZcksf?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true "Frost & Fog" from Not the Sonnets Amazon UK - Waterstones - Barnes & Noble #poetry #poetrylovers #poets #writers #writingcommunity #readingcommunity

“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” →

Sonnet Man #17 – “Conversation with my Muse”

https://videopress.com/v/ikRRgOKA?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true "Conversation with my Muse" from Not the Sonnets Amazon UK - Waterstones - Barnes & Noble #poetry #poetrylovers #poets #writers #writingcommunity #readingcommunity

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.

Sonnet Man #16 – “The Claims You made”

https://videopress.com/v/mBQYT1IU?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true "The Claims You Made" from Not the Sonnets Amazon UK - Waterstones - Barnes & Noble #poetry #poetrylovers #poets #writers #writingcommunity #readingcommunity

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 →

Sonnet Man #15 – “Fearing Dementia”

https://videopress.com/v/iROk2T3u?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true "Fearing Dementia" from Not the Sonnets Amazon UK - Waterstones - Barnes & Noble #poetry #poetrylovers #poets #writers #writingcommunity #readingcommunity

Sonnet Man #14 – “On Not Accepting Your Faith In The Stars”

https://videopress.com/v/WMAJ4hvW?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true "On Not Accepting Your Faith In The Stars" from Not the Sonnets #poetry #poetrylovers #poets #writers #writingcommunity #readingcommunity