This weekend is World Storytelling day. To celebrate the occasion Blandford Literary festival have organised an online production on Facebook with authors providing videos of themselves reading short stories, poetry, extracts from their books and a myriad (told you I loved that word) of all things literary. Circumstances prevented me from producing my own video …
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It’s been a busy week with the development of my new YouTube channel ‘Val’s Tales.’ Covid-19 has caused delays with the logistics of combining people and equipment but where there’s a will, stubbornness comes into its own. 😊 More news as it progresses. The post is one day early this week, as I thought it …
A fellow author mentioned the number of hits on his blog, which started me thinking about the crazy world of social media and how information was collected. This might be one option, so make sure you speak nicely to your gadgets. 😀 You have 647 friends. Your most popular post was on the 29th February. …
A friend woke from a weird dream about a zombie invasion, and only having her cooking utensils with which to defend herself. She thought no one could follow the plot of her dreams. Here’s one I made earlier. 😀 It wasn’t fun being one of the undead. Since I’d been killed in a robbery gone …
The final part of my short story. ‘No police. No hospital,' Sapphire said . 'That scumbag of a step-father didn’t like it when I turned the tables on him. He caught me unawares or I’d have handled him myself.’ ‘You must report it. There was a restraining order against him. He shouldn’t have come anywhere …
Continuing the short story started last week while I consider other options for revising the blog. Where does the time go? The allotment. Part 2 Some readers were surprised last week at the turn the story took, expecting it to be a romantic love story. Read on. 😀 I totally lost it. Grabbing Jason by …
There was some really useful feedback last week, which I'll be taking into consideration when revising the blog format. Thanks to everyone who responded and messaged me. After a very busy week, here's the first part of the traditional short story for you to enjoy while I work out why and where the traditional set-up …
I'm considering changing the format of my blog and rather than post short stories, to concentrate on providing more variety relating to my work as an author. Since I started the site, approximately 4 1/2 years ago (how time flies!) there have been approximately 1,000 individual visitors who either follow or like my posts, but …
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The final part of the short story. A figment of my imagination, but truth can be stranger than fiction. It was the first time a Code Red had been implemented, so it must be serious. It also meant with Geoff being away from the office Mandy wouldn’t be able to tell him about her discovery. …
The second part of the story posted last week. I had hoped to have it finished today but the unusual circumstances of current life got in the way. 😀 ‘Geoff, have you got a minute? There’s something I’d like to discuss with you.’ 'I’m due at a meeting shortly, Mandy. Can it wait until this …
