Tag Archives: short stories

Robot Writing

Posted on November 14, 2017 by literarylad

I’ve heard reports that an increasing number of articles are being written by robots. This is a worrying trend. We’ve become used to robots in manufacturing, and accepted that while they might have displaced some human workers, at least the … Continue reading →

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The Rabbit that decided the Election

Posted on May 17, 2017 by literarylad

It’s still not clear how a rabbit got into the cabinet room. And in fairness to the then Prime Minister, it had been a difficult meeting. Her ministers didn’t like the new policies they had been made to announce, as the election drew … Continue reading →

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The Short Story as Abstract Art

Posted on May 3, 2017 by literarylad

They say that in art, it’s impossible to be truly original. There can be nothing new, because everything has been done before. But in the world of fiction writing, some people are going to extreme lengths to make their writing different. Maybe their … Continue reading →

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Writing Is Taking Over My Life…

Posted on March 8, 2017 by literarylad

I wouldn’t mind, but there are a few other things I’d like to have some time for. Eating and sleeping, for instance. OK, it’s not actually that bad, but I think it is getting out of hand. I’ve spent quite a … Continue reading →

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Writer’s Retreat

Posted on March 8, 2016 by literarylad

Why is it that ambition always exceeds the reality of what can be achieved? My writing holiday is now a fast-fading memory, and I’m left wondering how I could have imagined I would have got  so much done (see my … Continue reading →

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The Mile High Poets Society

Posted on February 3, 2016 by literarylad

I’d like to share with you a poem that I wrote yesterday, while sitting in an aeroplane somewhere over Southern Europe. I say yesterday, but I can’t be sure of that, having crossed several time zones since then. And I … Continue reading →

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Do I look like Roald Dahl?

Posted on August 19, 2015 by literarylad

Recently, I submitted one of my stories to a popular writing magazine. I’ve not had a great deal of success so far (despite some positive feedback) so I’m hoping for a change of fortune. The magazine in question has some very fixed, rather strange … Continue reading →

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Fifty Shades of Graham

Posted on February 20, 2015 by literarylad

Warning: May contain scenes of a sexual nature (but don’t count on it)… I’ve been continuing to make occasional submissions to short story competitions, and in the spirit of ‘Fifty Shades’, I recently submitted a story to the Stringybark Erotic … Continue reading →

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Would you Pay for Feedback?

Posted on October 6, 2014 by literarylad

I’m in the middle of a spate of submitting stories to competitions. All of the competitions I’ve identified charge a fee for each story submitted, which I suppose is fair – they need to cover their costs. Some of them … Continue reading →

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Lad, interrupted…

Posted on July 22, 2013 by literarylad

Work on my second novel has temporarily stopped. At around 10,000 words I realised I had been for too long dancing around an incident that would not be explained until later on in the book, and of which, of course, … Continue reading →

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