ABCtales Critiquing Service - good reports!

Posted by tcook on Mon, 26 Mar 2012

Over the years many of you have asked for a critiquing service and it has taken a long time to find (a) someone good enough to do it well and (b) someone who will charge what we regard as a reasonable fee. Finally, we've done it! Lorraine Mace is a freelance writer, columnist and tutor for the Writers Bureau. Winner of the Petra Kenney International Poetry Competition (comic verse category), Lorraine's fiction, features and humour have appeared...

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How Do We Know Jesus is the Son of God?

Posted by mallisle on Mon, 25 Aug 2025

The author C S Lewis made a radio broadcast in the 1940s about people who said that they accepted Jesus as a great moral teacher but didn't accept his claim to be God. How could someone who mistakenly claimed to be God be a great moral teacher? The two don't go together. If Jesus believes he is God and he isn't, he is insane, like a man who thinks he is a poached egg. If Jesus knew he wasn't God and was lying, he would be the devil of Hell...

Jane Smith (2025) Community: People and Wildlife on the West Coast of Scotland.

Posted by celticman on Mon, 25 Aug 2025

‘No-one will protect what they don’t care about, and no-one will care about what they’ve never experienced.’ Attenborough’s quote had me thinking about how the rich—who’ve never experienced poverty—demonise the poor. Jane Smith is an artist, zoologist and poet. The combination gives her an authorial voice. Her artwork illustrates her journey. Harris, St Kilda, North Uist, Eigg, Loch Archaig, Argyll Hotspot, Knapdale, Islay, Dumfries, and even...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 22 Aug 2025

Posted by onemorething. Picks of the Week, this week, go to two pieces that are both brilliantly written and also very moving. Poem of the Week is JupiterMoon's last orders at 'the weekend dad'. https://www.abctales.com/story/jupitermoon/last-orders-weekend-dad Our Story of the Week is Lille Dante's A Tale of Four Stones. https://www.abctales.com/story/lille-dante/tale-four-stones This week's Inspiration Point is here: https://www.abctales.com/...

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RUGBY!

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Springbucks Vs Wallabies! Go Bokke !! Mow 'em down you Zulu Warriors!

One Night At Kedasi by Ashton Macaulay: Review!

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 15 Aug 2025

I'm very pleased to announce that One Night At Kedasi by Ashton Macaulay will be out on September 23rd. Ashton writes for ABCTales as mac_ashton and the story was originally posted on our site. If you'd like to pre-order a copy, you'll find the link included in this review by Ewan: One Night At Kedasi by Ashton Macaulay Shadow Dragon Press ISBN 1963832345 Sci-Fi, Space Mercenaries, humour and bugs. Or for some of us, creepy-crawlies. Massive...

Soft waves of a forgotten Dawn

Posted by memphis on Thu, 14 Aug 2025

Soft waves of a forgotten dawn Finding magic by the sea, some place far off; Just below the Great Wall of Beijing. This adventure. finds one in the shadows of the Samurai between Twelve Swords: Known as the Deviant Blades Shikizaki, Kiki, a brilliant master swordsmith and Soothsayer, anime piqued our curiosity. During the Sengoku period, 1467-2615. Of the civil war. Brings us to Tsukiji, a famous place in Tokyo Japan is a primary large fish...

John Sutherland (2025) The Castle

Posted by celticman on Wed, 13 Aug 2025

Write what you know. Former Met Police commander and bestselling author John Sutherland offered a bonus as a marketing gizmo. The book’s release (at the end of April 2025) was paired with a limited edition Speyside Single Malt whisky named after the novel. Fuck. Wish I’d thought of that for my novel Beastie . I could have released a limited-edition child molester fresh from the police cells. Set in the Scottish Highlands, The Castle follows...

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