My Writing
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I continue to plug away. Having written a couple of new novels which were not coming together in any sane or cohesive manner, and having started a couple of others (works in progress), I decided to work on some shorter pieces where I could achieve some sort of completion.
Why? You might well ask. All I can say in my own defence is that for me, as for many people who do this activity, writing is some sort of weird compulsion, part desire to communicate, part desire to tell ourselves a story, part way of thinking something through, and the major part, wanting to create something nice.
So, in the spirit of smaller projects, I've been writing poetry, short stories, and over the Christmas break a book of song lyrics and writing prompts which I have impulsively published on Kindle Direct Publishing.
If you are curious, follow this link to take a look.
No, I haven't written the music (I have much too much respect for musicians to attempt such a thing) but I have made the lyrics available royalty-free for anyone who wants to try putting anything to music. Yours to play around with if you feel so inclined. There's also a print version (Print on demand).
Again, why do such a thing? The answer: fun. to free up my writing and shake things around. to cater for a diminishing concentration span (mine).
And a plug for another compilation. I attend a writing group at KSP in Western Australia. Each year the group puts out an anthology of work by group members. If you want to check it out, follow this link. This year's anthology is called "When There's a Moment" and I can boast three (very) short stories in that one.
So that's what I've been up to.
Also, I will be getting back into interviewing for the podcast this year. The last few months of 2019 was tough and sent me and a few others spinning off-course, so here's hoping for a better time for all of us in 2020.
