by Neil | Apr 21, 2008 | Personal, rambling post that goes all over the place, The Woodsman, Travel, Writing
Well, been a bit quiet around here hasn’t it? Sorry about that. As mentioned last week I’ve spent the weekend in Weymouth working on The Woodsman. G was there for a photography course in preparation for a wedding she’s shooting later in the year and...by Neil | Apr 18, 2008 | Fiction, flash fiction, Free Online Fiction, Friday Flash Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Short Stories, short story
As long as I’ve been doing the Friday Flash G has been asking me to write a specific type of story. On weeks where I find myself clawing for ideas the answer from her is often: do that one I want you to do…or words to that effect. And so finally I have....by Neil | Apr 17, 2008 | Comment, Rejection, Thoughts, Writing
There has been considerably less blogging activity than I would have liked this week due to the day job being a bit needy at the moment. Anyway, I’ve wanted to post about this for a little while because I continue to be surprised by writers who moan about being...by Neil | Apr 14, 2008 | Personal, Random, Thoughts, Writing
It’s been a strange day thus far. I awoke – it’s fair to say – in a bad mood having slept quite intermittently but then due to a speedy writing session I was feeling quite good. I had done something. My commute was also reasonable – seat...by Neil | Apr 11, 2008 | Fiction, flash fiction, Free Online Fiction, Friday Flash Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Short Stories, short story
Ok. I went slightly over. As ever please feel free to comment. Here goes: Pixies By Neil Beynon The thing looks at her looking at it. Its skin is the colour of Jane’s father’s battered and faded leather jacket, as wrinkled and crumpled as one of his shirts. Its heavy...