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An Encounter With Some Immortals (Well, They Said They Were Immortal)

As a junior reporter, my first-ever assignment was to interview a group of self-professed Immortals. It was their word against mine…

Nov 22, 2024

An Encounter With Some Immortals (Well, They Said They Were Immortal)

Nov 22, 2024

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The day I went horse-riding with angels

It’s like any other riding lesson — only with disembodied entities.

Dec 2, 2024

The day I went horse-riding with angels

Dec 2, 2024

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I Spent 365 Days Celebrating Fake Holidays — And It Changed Me

National Hermit Day, Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day, National Cabbage Day… In 2022 I decided to observe a different silly holiday or…

Dec 10, 2024

I Spent 365 Days Celebrating Fake Holidays — And It Changed Me

Dec 10, 2024

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The Day My Dad Met Padre Pio

In 1945, while stationed in Italy, my Dad visited a monk who was drawing crowds with rumours of miracles and stigmata. This is his account.

May 7, 2024

The Day My Dad Met Padre Pio

May 7, 2024

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How To Write A Short Story

10 practical steps for finishing your short story — with examples

Nov 16, 2020

How To Write A Short Story

Nov 16, 2020

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How Do I Work Out The Genre Of The Book I’m Writing?

Genre is a key tool to help reader choose their next book — but how do you know where yours will sit?

Oct 26

How Do I Work Out The Genre Of The Book I’m Writing?

Oct 26

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Conversations With a Beachcomber

Tracey Williams scours her part of the Cornish coast for relics of our shared pasts.

Oct 7

Conversations With a Beachcomber

Oct 7

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Something He Said

The day before yesterday, my son said something wonderful.

Oct 6

Something He Said

Oct 6

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Emotional multi-tasking

How as writers do we balance the work that makes ends meet without giving up on the work we owe to our writer souls?

Sep 25

Emotional multi-tasking

Sep 25

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Players and Wombats

A confidence player capable of missing a shot from anywhere on court, he was working hard on his shit-to-champagne ratio.

Sep 24

Players and Wombats

Sep 24

dan brotzel

dan brotzel

Funny-sad author of Thank You For The Days; order at amzn.to/40yOfXr | The Wolf in the Woods, Hotel du Jack, Work in Progress

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