I have a new story up at Daily Science Fiction! It’s my third publication there, and the first with a conventional narrative structure. It’s a good example of the short stories I like to write these days – very short, psychological sci-fi in the vein of Philip K Dick. I have a few others like […]Read Post ›
My writing buddies at GSFWC wrote a prompt list for Inktober, to be used as inspiration for drawings, writings or whatever creative itch they set a-tingling in one’s skin. I started off in a fairly impulsive, tongue in cheek direction, but things evolved into a bigger narrative (still with tongue firmly in cheek) Drawing’s clearly […]Read Post ›
Well, obviously 2020 has been a relentless waking nightmare of a year, but on a personal level it’s been a relatively good one. As a ‘key worker’ I’ve had the advantage of a steady income and routine, and the bairn has been a source of beautiful variety in the monotony of life in lockdown. Writing […]Read Post ›
Checksum (n): a digit representing the sum of the correct digits in a piece of stored or transmitted digital data, against which later comparisons can be made to detect errors in the data. Merriam-Webster, 2019 I spent a lot of writing energy last year trying to learn how to write stories that would sell. As […]Read Post ›
I’ve not blogged as an author before, so I’ve not done a year-end round-up before. Now here I am, rounding up a year of many things I’ve done this year that I’ve never done before. I’ve been writing seriously (writing with sincerity anyway) for the last 10 years. Its been a largely introverted pursuit. I […]Read Post ›
Don Redwood 