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I have 129 stories published in 11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 342172 times and 183 of my stories have been cherry picked.
882 of my 4,255 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 946 votes

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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!

 

 

 

 

882 of my comments have received 946 Great Feedback votes

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Explosive ending - oh no, not

Posted on Wed, 08 Jun 2016

Explosive ending - oh no, not Marc!  You capture the grubbiness and seediness of power play, and the sadness of the individual lives destroyed on all sides.  This has been a really gripping and enjoyable story.

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Posted in EBOLOWA 44

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You tell that Freddy where to

Posted on Tue, 10 May 2016

You tell that Freddy where to go.

 ​I loved the description of your childhood efforts to stay awake, and the skilful way you marry them up with your present situation.  I hope you had a great day at the ballpark.

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Posted in Resistance and Rejuvenation

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I really enjoyed this.  It's

Posted on Sun, 08 May 2016

I really enjoyed this.  It's a cliche to say 'we've all been there', and maybe not exactly in that way, but the emotions are so recognisable, and the remedies, with personal variations, are pretty universal.  The bit about social media made me...

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Posted in Tara

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Really interesting, the sick

Posted on Sun, 08 May 2016

Really interesting, the sick but not-feeling-sick perspective.  Good to know that your writing is helping you through this.  Please keep posting the updates!

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Posted in Sick and Tired and Strong

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The strands all coming

Posted on Mon, 28 Mar 2016

The strands all coming together and it is still well controlled - the reader feels confident that you have command of the plot! (Not always the case with thrillers).  Marc has a real depth of character - I like the way you present the loving...

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Posted in EBOLOWA 34

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The opening paragraphs of

Posted on Thu, 08 Oct 2015

The opening paragraphs of this chapter are absolutely splendid writing.  For me, Marc is the most vivid of all the characters.  The bit about the hip being a pestle and mortar is particularly striking.

Also another development in this...

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Posted in EBOLOWA 22

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Hi

Posted on Wed, 12 Aug 2015

Hi

I'm rattling through this - enjoying very much.  The details you have put in to evoke the period are very effective.  I was very struck in a previous chapter how you caught the murk and grime of seventies Britain, and the feel you have...

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Posted in EBOLOWA 15

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One of the things I really

Posted on Wed, 27 Apr 2016

One of the things I really like about this story is the way you anchor it with precise detail and description - lots of day to day stuff that gives the people and the place solidity and believability,  so important when your plot centres on the...

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Posted in Switchback. Ch14 pt2

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It is difficult to read,

Posted on Wed, 20 Apr 2016

It is difficult to read, particularly on a screen.  The words themselves provide the cumulative effect you seem to be aiming for, powerfully building to the denoument.  I don't think you need this particular formatting. 

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Posted in WW1 ghosts

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 You have not put this piece

Posted on Tue, 19 Apr 2016

 You have not put this piece as fiction so I am assuming it is at least partly personal experience.  It must have been very difficult to write.   You've captured the heightened emotion of such an occasion, the artificiality and sometimes surreal...

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Posted in A Fathers Secret

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