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Author Archives: Mhairi Simpson
An update
I’m hugely flattered, and amazed, to be quite honest, to find that people are still following this blog over a year after I last posted on it. I guess if you arrived here via a Google search or something you … Continue reading
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My new website is ready!
Yes, folks. I might have mentioned it before, but I’ve been sorting out a self-hosted website so that I can branch out a little when the time comes. I hope to offer downloadable stories and podcasts in the future, and that … Continue reading
Agent research – the start of the Yellow Brick Road
As you probably know, I finished my first draft and started editing. Strangely enough, my mind isn’t nearly as focussed on editing as it was on writing. I’m not feeling the pull, mainly because there isn’t one. The story is … Continue reading
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Uphill struggle… the key word is ‘up’
I wasn’t particularly happy this morning. I woke up and looked at the letter confirming my MRI appointment for today, just to remind myself that yes, it was for 10.30am. Except that it wasn’t. It was for 9.20. In an … Continue reading
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Allies and Enemies – Elemental Races #4 What happens next?
Last week, readers voted for Shirrin to go the Great Hall. The story continues… Shirrin creeps along passageways and down stairs. Finally she finds the right staircase which takes her down to the Great Hall. It is dark and silent, … Continue reading
Proactivity
Today has been a somewhat frustrating day. In way that’s good – it means it can only get better. Problems will be solved, some of them simply throwing some time at it, people will move on, etc, etc. Of course, … Continue reading
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Productivity, thy name is not Anne-Mhairi
If you were so kind as to drop by this blog yesterday you will have noticed that there was no Friday Flash piece. In fact, there wasn’t anything new at all. I had decided I was definitely going to do … Continue reading
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Editing. What to expect from a first draft…
I’m exhausted today. Not because I’ve been working my fingers to the bone, slaving over a smoking-hot keyboard (the underside of it is smoking-hot and has slowly been cooking my right leg for the last several weeks). No, I’m absolutely … Continue reading
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Self promotion shouldn’t be a chore…
Last night I went round to my parents’ house. It was great. I got dinner cooked for me. Fabulous. Some face-to-face human contact with people I wasn’t buying things from - spiffing! It was a lovely evening. My father was home (he’s … Continue reading
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Crusading!
Podcast "FRANK: Vol. 1 – Boiling Point"
