Tag: fiction
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Writings from Write-ins 2: November
Here are some more little stories, this time from the November weekly Write-in sessions. As a reminder, in write-ins the host gives random prompts and timers (between 3 and 10 minutes in our case), and participants write whatever they can think of to match the prompt in that time. I like to write a story…
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Why don’t I write in my native tongue?
My first language is Welsh, and I don’t write in it. Apart from a near-constant quest to write a decent englyn, I haven’t written a piece of fiction in my native language since secondary school. I’ve barely thought about it. Why don’t I, though? That’s the question mam asked me a few months ago, making…
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Unlearning Fanfiction Crutches and Habits
Before I get into this post about bad habits I’ve been unlearning from my fanfic-writing days, a note to say: I love fanfiction. Totting up the ones with the biggest word-counts that I remember off the top of my head, I’ve written over a million words of fanfic, and read over fifteen million. This is…
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Writings from a Write-In
Working on my novels, I don’t usually write anything short-form enough to share on a blog/newsletter like this, but I started taking part in a weekly virtual write-in recently and might as well share some snippets. If you’ve not been to a Write-In before, it goes like this: the host gives prompts, along with a…
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Three Sentences from Black Narcissus
I thoroughly enjoyed poring through The Mabinogion in search of lovely sentences, so I’ve decided to do the same with a more recent favourite of mine: Rumer Godden’s 1939 novel, Black Narcissus. Honestly, skimming through it now, I don’t know how one could choose just three sentences from this book. It’s artfully written. Every sentence…
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