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31 Dec 2012
For Auld Lang Syne
It was 2007. I was working a particularly unfulfilling job in a law firm in London. With apologies to my former employees, it really was. You had employed a law graduate desperately clinging to the vestiges of his PhD plans, who was only working in document production because it paid reasonably well and it wasn’t a job that I found particularly taxing. Sorry, but that’s the truth. August is a... read more
31 Dec 2012
Thanks for All the Fish
The Beginning It was almost 7 years ago that I first became involved with the blog that would eventually change and grow into the blog you are now reading. I answered a call on a friend’s blog for weekly writers for a new blog about writing. In March of 2006, Write Stuff launched, with me as the Tuesday columnist. I had the third post. Later that year I created the [Fiction] Friday prompt. And... read more
30 Dec 2012
The Last Good-Bye
Just hear this and then I’ll go You gave me more to live for More than you’ll ever know ~ Jeff Buckley Thursday night I went to pieces. It hit me that my biggest life door was preparing to swing shut—forever. My writing partner Adam Byatt (who I met here as a [fiction] Friday punter in 2010!) sat and held a space while everything poured out… down my fingertips, across the wire... read more
30 Dec 2012
Finality
I am writing this article as the new era of the world is dawning; that is to say post-Mayan Apocalyptic date. Admit it, deep down, somewhere there was a thought; even for a second, which sparked the question—”What if it IS the end of the world?” It’s that finality which stops us in our tracks and forces us to review where we have been. Did all your unfinished projects, business and... read more
26 Dec 2012
To The New
What I love about Write Anything is the variety of opinions and experiences regarding writing. There are people here writing science fiction, romance, poetry, non-fiction… There are people who think NaNoWriMo is great, and those who hate it. I’m never bored by what my fellow writers have to say about any given subject. In a world (wide web) of useless advice columns and How-To lists, this is... read more
21 Dec 2012
Wrapping Things Up
Wrapping presents is my least favorite part of the holiday winter season. But it has always struck me as a great metaphor for this time of year. As the end of the year approaches it’s natural to take stick of what’s happened and count what we’ve accomplished in the last year. And when we don’t like what we see, we try to wrap it up in pretty explanations so it looks nicer—and... read more
21 Dec 2012
It’s Okay, or The Continuing Education of a Writer
2012 has been a hard year for me and for so many people I know and love. Friends and family members have died or fallen ill. Work has proven to be frustrating at best and soul-sucking at worst. Devastating hurricanes, minor earthquakes and freak snowstorms have come and while mostly proving to be a nuisance for me they’ve done some serious damage to the homes and lives of people I know. On the... read more
17 Dec 2012
Keep Writing
This is my last post for Write Anything. I’m grateful for the existence of this site for various reasons. Firstly, like many others I cut my short-story-writing teeth here, using the Fiction Friday prompt. It was an enjoyable challenge to produce a piece of writing every week and one for which I’ll always be grateful. It was also Write Anything that brought me my first chance of getting my work... read more
