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matter of fact – Part 1 & Part 2

September 22, 2012by ordinarylifelessordinary 32 Comments

        (i)   I wasn’t expecting this, or that as a matter of fact yet it was entirely predictable   After all, I laid the breadcrumb trail […]

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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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The Cave

June 30, 2012by ordinarylifelessordinary 44 Comments

  As a child I would explore the magic there a hidden world of washed up treasures string, wood, perhaps an old boot soft edged sea glass nestled in salted […]

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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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Do You See What I See?

June 8, 2012by ordinarylifelessordinary 26 Comments

It’s all aliens and new worlds over at dVerse Poets for Meet the Bar tonight. So this is my spin on the prompt… Lately I’ve taken to hiding from them […]

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Poetry

Revised story for Story Fest

June 5, 2012by ordinarylifelessordinary Leave a comment

CITY TRADER Janet looked across at Aurelia, and felt a bolt of guilt about bringing her here, the kid was a wreck and she hadn’t chosen this after all.  The bricks […]

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Writing for competitions

June 5, 2012by ordinarylifelessordinary 4 Comments

My recently completed writing challenge to create 30 pieces of writing over 30 days for entry into 30 writing competitions has taught me many things, but as the deadlines pass […]

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30/30/30 Challenge Updates, Life After 30/30/30

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