Ideas, inspiration

A Change of Scene

Had a great writing day yesterday. I went down to the local coffee shop (I say local; it was a Costa) and typed for around two hours. It’s amazing how a change of scene can inspire you and help you concentrate on the job at hand. I got around one thousand two hundred words down of my WIP, so I intend to smash that figure today. On a side note, I was sent an amazing audioplay by a very talented writer, Jessica Gilbert, last night. Definitely a name to look out for in the future, and I’m continually impressed by the resilience of my Canadian writer friend, Caroline Herbert. She’s writing her debut novel “The Things We Find in the Apocalypse” and it’s a corker. That’s all for now. And remember, keeeeeeep writing! Or reading, or both 😄

Flash fiction, Ideas

Live Action Writing

I’m really enjoying my Live Action Writing Show. I’ve completed 11 of them now (on instagram live). The concept is that I spend 10 minutes typing a piece of flash fiction (in this case, 100 words) and then read it out live on air. Obviously, this has a high possibility of personal embarrassment, but it’s gone surprisingly well. I’ll publish a select few on here over the coming months.

drama, Ideas, science fiction, thriller, time travel

‘No Way Back’

Hello again. I’ve not posted any updates for a while, but rest assured, I have been working hard. I’ve started writing my new novel, which is a cross between ‘The Time Machine’, ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’, and possibly ‘Bridget Jones Diary’, although, having never read that last one, that description might not be entirely accurate. I’ll give you plot details in future posts, but for now, here’s the first draft of the prologue.

A Beginning of Sorts


Hi. I’m Rhys. Rhys Baker. It’s been a rough few months – or is it years? – it’s hard to tell with all the time travel in my system. Anyway, a few months back, or whatever – that’s when all my troubles started. Maybe your life’s been even worse – I can’t really see how – and my story will be a welcome distraction from your pain. If so, I’m glad to be of service. I think.
Sometimes, events are beyond our power. We like to believe that we ultimately have control over our fates, but, as my tragic tale will prove, control is as much an illusion as the belief that our pain lessens with the passing of time. In fact, although I couldn’t have known it at the, well, time; time is the very thing that caused all my pain in the first bloody place. I kind of did it all in the wrong order. Don’t worry; you’ll get what I mean, eventually.

I’ll start at what I thought was the beginning…

Ideas, inspiration

Unlearning…

One poor writing habit that I am working hard at unlearning is the habit of waiting until I have something profound to talk/write about and waiting until the feeling to write grips me before I do so. Waiting for such fine moments emanates from that underlying need for control and perfection, which is basically impossible. […]

Unlearning…

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