Just a quick post here to promote the open evenings at Leicester Writers’ Club that are running through July and August this year (2023). This is a great place to learn about workshopping your work, and get an insight into how a professional writers’ club operates. Check out more details at the club’s website.
Author Archives: forgedtruth
Reflections On My Weekend At The Fringe
Reflections on the Edinburgh Festival? Nine shows in a weekend. That’s pretty good going for anyone. Something like 40,000 steps covered according to the Fitbit. It’s a big city. What were the shows like, you ask. Here’s my rundown for anyone who has the chance to go and catch something in the last week ofContinue reading “Reflections On My Weekend At The Fringe”
‘West’ by Carys Davies
I don’t usually do reviews. I have to get really, really excited about something to bother reviewing it. 2pm on a sunny Bank Holiday Saturday I sat in the garden with Cary Davies’ novel. 4pm, I was released from her magical spell. Done too soon. Done too soon. Did I say I was a fan?Continue reading “‘West’ by Carys Davies”
A Bit Of Success To Report
I’m delighted to report that my short story, ‘The Walker’, has won this year’s ‘Words With Jam’ Short Story Competition. Yes, it’s true and just to prove it, you can read the story on the ‘Words With Jam’ site (http://www.wordswithjam.co.uk/search/label/Competitions). The story is an odd one, I must admit, written in the second person (thankContinue reading “A Bit Of Success To Report”
Review of My Christmas Story
Some people emailed to ask us for a complete list of the parts of the ‘Pride, More Pride and Quite a Lot of Extreme Prejudice’ story, our editor’s great work that was serialised over Christmas. Some readers were clearly either too drunk or too full of turkey to keep up. But now they are fullContinue reading “Review of My Christmas Story”
