When negative is positive
January 20, 2023
Covid caught up with me in December 2022.
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Final PuN
June 3, 2022
Where is Napoleon’s tongue? Am I anything like my character, Marjorie Campbell? Bringing you more great artwork and a final round of questions about ‘Pumping Up Napoleon’ from students in South Korea studying dystopian science fiction.
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More PuN in South Korea
May 27, 2022
More questions about ‘Pumping up Napoleon ‘ from the lovely students in South Korea. Once again all the illustrations are original creations, inspired by their reading of dystopian science fiction.
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PUN: Questions from South Korea
May 20, 2022
My short story ‘Pumping up Napoleon’, now 21 years old, gave a little kick of life recently, with some interest from young students in South Korea. This is the first of three posts in which I try to answer their questions about a story written before they were born.
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Words and Washi
April 29, 2022
In ‘Quilt’, an exhibition appearing at the University of South Wales, two-hundred-year-old letters written on Washi – Japanese paper – are layered into works of art. We were asked to send our own brief words to appear alongside.
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Sharing a post! ‘Levels of Editing’ by Cate Whittle via Thoughts Become Words
April 8, 2022
Here’s a chance to check whether your manuscript really is ‘submission ready’. Thanks to Gretchen of ‘Thoughts become Words’ for letting me share her original post with guest Cate Whittle on: ‘Sending Your Book Baby Out Into The World’.
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Winter into Spring
March 25, 2022
Snapshots of the Moon and Dorset with snippets from the diary at what turns out to be a difficult time.
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Filling in the blanks
February 18, 2022
An old way of writing yields new work; I feel a connection to a dear lost friend through her gift of a pen.
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Friday flash – People of the Village
December 17, 2021
The text of my one-page story – a complement (and a compliment) to Daniel Trivedy’s artwork ‘Welsh Emergency Blanket’.
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November 15, 2021
Paula’s bookdar is second to none so it’s a particular honour that she featured my most recent blog post in her weekly roundup (tbr here in this reblog). Thanks, Paula!
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, take a peek at at two new posts relating to Wales, and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
Winding Up the Week #196
Maria Donovan 