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Meet the WritersBlogLife & LivingWriting AdviceThe QuickiePolitics, The Smut StoriesDrabblesFlash FictionBooks Five Am on a Sunday morning and here I am wide awake and wondering where all my bloggers have gone. Are there lives so empty that they have no confessions for us or so busy that they cannot find time for even a quickie? Are we all in the procrastination mood. Is it time for me to send…

LIFE Story: The early years. My life story begins in Altringham, South Manchester. Manchester is the greatest city in the UK and, although I no longer reside there, it is still my home, my life. With two brothers, one older, I felt ignored through my childhood. My older brother loved football and has supported the blues all his life. He had hopes of being a professional. His dream became my…

The short story Hitchhikers by Nigel Hare is available now in the WWA-Imprint store, on Amazon or other good e-book retailers. Before you Read the extract, do you want to know what Hitchhikers by Nigel Hare is about? You can read that here. Hitchhikers by Nigel Hare An Extract. I poured the three of us night caps but only two drank them. Hettie lay with her head on Monica’s lap asleep with a…

The short story, Hitchhikers by Nigel Hare is available to buy in our store, and is also for sale on Amazon and other good retailers. In the frigid solitude of a remote cottage, a mysterious middle-aged writer battles both the biting winter cold and the disdain of the nearby villagers who brand them as eccentric. As the snow blankets the village, cutting off all escape routes. The writer extends…

In the vast universe of music, certain artists possess an extraordinary ability to transcend time and space. Her melodies echoing through the years like whispers of a secret lover. Judie Tzuke, the underrated singer-songwriter, is undeniably one such artist whose musical tapestry has woven its way into the hearts of listeners across generations. As we embark on a journey through the sonic…

Medular Sinclair shines when she is moved to write. She glows as she grows as a writer. Working on a novel, she will on occasions write blog posts for us here. Blog Posts Who Wants to Know? Medular Sinclair Speaks! A Guide To Survival As an Immortal Human Have you got what it takes to be A Writer? The Quiet Happiness of an Introvert on a Modern Close. The Language Of Cake Bored bored…

What Is A Quickie? A quickie is a blog post. Normally a writer sends a blog post to another writer. The writer edits the piece and returns this copy to the sender, along with any suggestions or notes. This exchange goes on till the original writer (and editor) are happy and a finished post is ready to publish on a website. A quickie is self-edited. The writer drafts the quickie directly onto…

You have worked it out. You must be immortal. That childhood you spent with barely an illness, and if you did succumb to a disease, you felt back to your wonderful self within a day. All through your twenties and thirties those shop assistants kept asking you for ID. Even now as your age is galloping towards fifty you still look twenty something. You are getting envy from the people you work…

What jobs have you had? Serfs Up The Modern Serf – a definition. Education fails the modern serf leaving a life of dead ends. What if you do not climb upwards? What happens when ambition isn’t nurtured? Work ambition is not for everybody. There is a large section of society that want to work hard with the ambition to live a good life. To find a partner, have children, but mostly experience…

The single girl’s weekend. The freedom, the joy The fun days. As it is fun Friday what better excuse could there be for a Joe Jackson song to remind us of past fun days. At fifteen I would put this album on while I was getting ready to go out on a Friday night. I had a paper route back then. Mr Chambers paid us all on a Friday. The same day my father was paid and he always took my pocket money…

A Personal Opinion from Medular Sinclair As a writer, You Are not Entitled to a best seller but be a writer, you might achieve one. Once upon a time. If you type those on to a doc (whatever you use) you are already a writer. The desire to tell a story, your own or a creative spark inside you equates to you being a writer. The process is difficult. Nothing good comes without pain, doubt, or a…

A compilation of he work of Nigel Hare. You have read his bio, now read how he thinks. From Fiction and Writing advice, Personal Stories and political rage. Writing Advice and FictionLife And LivingPolitics, Economics, Social Commentary. Writing Advice and Fiction The Kitten that Spoils George’s End The Drabble Rabble Difficult Drabble Love Connection Runaway The (F)Art of Writing The…

Co-Founder of the Wingerworth Writers Association. Owner of WWA-Imprint. Where We Start Born in the mid nineteen sixties, Nigel, a British fiction author, does not discuss how old he is, believing once you reach a certain number every year ceases to have any relevance. However, he was born in Lincoln in the East Midlands of England. With three elder sisters, he was the eldest boy of five…

On the street I lived in as a child, all the families knew each other. A small close with a dozen houses, four down the side and four across the end. Even now I can remember the family names that occupied each house. I am not going to write them out for you. That would be a bore, you will have to trust me.  My mother would chat to all the neighbours, and I played with all the children within…