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I ASK MYSELF

March 26, 2013by ordinarylifelessordinary 28 Comments

Why do I do this? The habit of self flagellation unbearable yet I find my place here time and again pick… pick… pick… ouch. Why do I do this? Thrown […]

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Melodies of my other life – my new book coming soon

January 7, 2013by ordinarylifelessordinary 6 Comments

So this is it. This is what I have been anxiously waiting for. Here is the first glance at the cover of my upcoming debut poetry collection Melodies of my […]

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River of Regret

August 1, 2012by ordinarylifelessordinary 16 Comments

  River of Regret She sat by the open back door staring out at the glistening white but seeing only black.  She had been sitting there in her night dress […]

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Interview with Tom Chalmers, Legend Press

July 26, 2012by ordinarylifelessordinary Leave a comment

      This month I decided to go behind the scenes of UK publishers Legend Press to find out more about the impact of the changing publishing scene, common […]

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Author Interview – TONY PARSONS

June 26, 2012by ordinarylifelessordinary 8 Comments

AUTHOR INTERVIEW – TONY PARSONS Novelist and newspaper columnist Tony Parsons has already achieved success as a multi-million selling author of novels including Man and Boy (1999), One For My Baby (2001), Man […]

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Permission to Fail – Flash Fiction Photo Story

June 20, 2012by ordinarylifelessordinary 12 Comments

PERMISSION TO FAIL As I walked out into the crowded city streets I reflected on the interview.  I shuddered at the recollection of the way the twenty-something interviewer had actually […]

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A Million Little Pieces – James Frey

June 14, 2012by ordinarylifelessordinary 13 Comments

THE BLURB – At the age of 23, James Frey woke up on a plane to find his front teeth knocked out and his nose broken.  He had no idea […]

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My Very Own Book Club

Calling All Poetry Fans – help needed!

June 7, 2012by ordinarylifelessordinary 2 Comments

Well word is back from the publishers about a poetry collection I submitted a month or so ago.  As with any aspirational tale, there is good news and there is […]

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A Hard Time To Cut The Cloth – competition entry

June 5, 2012by ordinarylifelessordinary 32 Comments

                      A HARD TIME TO CUT THE CLOTH Cutting cloth, but not enough Watch the pay freeze, Childhood squeezed Morsels […]

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Hayley’s House

May 25, 2012by ordinarylifelessordinary 6 Comments

This piece was written in response to a Free Write Friday prompt in which American author and poet Kellie Elmore asked us to write about a moment spent at someone […]

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