Tag: literature

QuickFic: The Aesthetically Beautiful Life Enterprise (Table)

QuickFic: The Aesthetically Beautiful Life Enterprise (Table)

This is another story I submitted to Faber's QuickFic challenge - where each Friday at 9.50am a prompt was posted online so that foolhardy people could try writing a story of 250 words or less, inspired by it. The results of this labour had to be submitted by 2.50pm the same day, not a minute after... Hope this shot of microfiction, prompted by the photograph above, makes you smile 🙂

An open letter to the publishing industry

An open letter to the publishing industry

An open letter to The Publishing Industry (namely literary agents and publishers...) If you're in the publishing industry and reading this, then thank you. I know how busy you are, so I'll try and be brief. (If you're another disillusioned writer: chin up, friend - you're not alone.) I'm guessing you got into this industry … Continue reading An open letter to the publishing industry