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Articles that were previously published elsewhere and reproduced on this blog in order to collect them all together in one place.
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There are some interesting little curiosities in our village and the surrounding area, such as the Foxhole bus stop at the end of Long Lane that has “No bus services currently operate in this area” displayed on it."
When I was a child, my family used to go out for walks at the weekend, usually after Sunday lunch. Seaford Head, Hope Gap, the Cuckmere, Friston Forest and on the other side towards Newhaven, the Tide Mills."
This is the story of how I came to write the book given that my primary emphasis has been on writing text books and adult crime/thriller/speculative fiction rather than children’s books. 2019-10-10 📂 Children’s Illustrated Fiction Creative Writing 🔖 Re-published Story creation The Foolish Hedgehog
I’ve been wondering what’s my all-time favourite book. My tastes have changed over the years.
Living languages have an interesting fluidity. They evolve with the people who continually use them.
Exploring the South Norfolk countryside. I’m not lost, honest!
Writing a first draft is hard.
The problem with the twenty-first century is that when technology fails we can be in a worse state than we might’ve been in when that technology didn’t exist or only existed in a primitive state.
Novel beginnings are hard to write.
The story of the creation of an unusual wedding anniversary gift.Where do you get your imagination from?
What’s the significance of an open window? 2019-10-25 📂 Creative Writing 🔖 Conservation of Detail Re-published Story creation The Private Enemy
The story behind the illustrated children’s book “Quack, Quack, Quack. Give My Hat Back!” 2019-10-25 📂 Children’s Illustrated Fiction Creative Writing 🔖 Quack, Quack, Quack. Give My Hat Back! Re-published Story creation
The inspirations and other information about my crime and SF works. 2019-10-28 📂 Crime Fiction Speculative Fiction 🔖 I’ve Heard the Mermaid Sing Re-published The Fourth Protectorate The Private Enemy
The Private Enemy is a crime fiction novel set in the county of Norfolk in East Anglia. 2019-10-29 📂 Creative Writing Crime Fiction Speculative Fiction Language Norfolk 🔖 Dialect Re-published Story creation The Private Enemy
The Fourth Protectorate is an alternative history novel where the principle point of departure is the Brighton bomb in 1984.
2019-10-30 📂 Creative Writing Speculative Fiction 🔖 Alternative History Re-published Story creation The Fourth Protectorate
I had an interesting encounter with a couple of children as I was heading back into the village after walking around the muddy footpaths and byways around the area.
An application that supports localisation is one that is designed to allow textual information to be displayed in different languages, and (where necessary) to format certain elements, such as dates or currency, according to a particular region.The current secondary education system discriminates against students on the Autistic Spectrum, who may have a wide vocabulary, good spelling, punctuation and a firm understanding of grammar, but because they can’t understand sub-text, emotional responses and non-literal phrases they fail the English Language GCSE.
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- A crime fiction short story (available as an ebook) set in the late 1920s on the RMS Aquitania. See the story’s main page for further details.
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- A crime fiction short story (available as an ebook). See the story’s main page for further details.
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- A cybercrime fiction short story (available as an ebook). See the story’s main page for further details.
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