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I have 132 stories published in 11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 441786 times and 192 of my stories have been cherry picked.
995 of my 4,451 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 1081 votes

Assorted writers' groups, the odd anthology, occasional readings. Lots of looking out of the window. Hello, and thanks for dropping by.

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Readings of Episodes One and Two of the Pad Life Journals are now available on Sound Cloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-968566758 More to follow!

995 of my comments have received 1081 Great Feedback votes

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I hope he does! I sympathise

Posted on Fri, 26 Feb 2021

I hope he does! I sympathise with the distraction problem - I'm blaming lockdown, but I think it's really just my butterfly mind.

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Posted in Mr Alfred N.Muggins : Time Travel to the Time of Good Old King Henry

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What a wonderful image -

Posted on Thu, 25 Feb 2021

What a wonderful image - capturing the day in a bottle to open when the magic is needed again. This is beautiful, Jenny.

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Posted in Timely Leisure Spent With You

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Our priorities do change as

Posted on Thu, 25 Feb 2021

Our priorities do change as we get older, and this last year has made us re-evaluate what's important more than ever. There's a lovely feeling of peace in this poem, much appreciated at this time.

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Posted in An Older Age

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I was in one of our local

Posted on Wed, 24 Feb 2021

I was in one of our local parks yesterday, thinking how glorious the birdsong sounded, so it's lovely to read this and find it so well captured in words. I love the fact that it's also for the young people in Myanmar. Beautiful poem.

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Posted in Getting Ready

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Welcome to ABC Tales

Posted on Thu, 18 Feb 2021

I'm intrigued by this - I assume, from the intro on your page, that this is part of something longer? If you are open to feedback on the structure of the piece, I'd say maybe start with a bit more action or dialogue, rather than such a long...

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Posted in Lore

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Marvellous poem, and I

Posted on Wed, 17 Feb 2021

Marvellous poem, and I absolutely love that video. I have a dim memory of seeing it before at some time. (I don't think there's any video with David Attenborough in that I haven't seen at some time!)

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Posted in Lyrebird

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I think competitions are a

Posted on Mon, 15 Feb 2021

I think competitions are a good way of sharpening your focus and keeping to a word limit. I find it difficult to stop waffling in my stories, so it's a helpful discipline for me. And then when I get nowhere, I can reassure myself I'm only doing...

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Posted in The Banquet (Competition entry max 1,000 words)

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I have no idea how you keep

Posted on Sun, 14 Feb 2021

I have no idea how you keep coming up with these marvellous pieces, each one enriching and heartbreaking. Wonderful image of the dwarf planets. A beautiful thing.

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Posted in The Opposite of Love

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