And now available in paperback as well as on Kindle:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1958333190/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0

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WordWeavers June 8:
If you have more than one story, what’s your best one & why?

A 12 yr old looking for otters in the south of England finds a dark-haired girl, unconscious, under a fallen tree, the morning after a storm. There is a wrecked sail boat on the beach. It is October 1988. The story follows them for the next ten years, Tom in East Sussex, Theresa in Northern Ireland

Why? 2nd of 5 novels, it spooled out page after page, longhand

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WordWeavers 4th June

Describe the mood of the opening paragraph of your story using 3 adjectives

excited wide-eyed happy

'“I can’t believe we’re doing this,” Artemisia gushes. It is March the twenty-first and, because the Equinox happened sometime during the night, it is now officially Spring. “I never thought you would actually ...” She tails off, leaving the rest unsaid, looking round the room.'

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#TidalTeashop
#TormentilScar

WordWeavers 4th June

Describe the mood of the opening paragraph of your story using 3 adjectives

intimate emotional troubled

'“What am I going to say?” she says, as they transfer from the A1(M) onto the M1. He glances across and sees the look of sheer terror on her face. It is difficult. He understands. She has confessed it all to him on the Green outside the cathedral under the starry, starry sky'

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#novelx4
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#ElyssiaGadnall

WordWeavers 4th June

Mood of the opening paragraph in 3 adjectives

despairing tired frustrated

"It was the end. He couldn’t do it anymore. He’d had enough. There was no point, except that there was a point and he knew there was a point and he knew that he had given his whole life and all his energies, all his skills, his expertise, his understanding,... – he had given everything to get the message across but no-one was listening"

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#ClimateBridges

WordWeavers 4th June

Describe the mood of the opening paragraph of your story using 3 adjectives

violent sudden unexpected

"One minute she is standing by her bunk in the forward cabin. balancing herself against the motion of the boat, the next she is upside down, the force of the impact enough to catapult her across her bunk and crash, head first, against the bulkhead..."

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WordWeavers 4th June

Describe the mood of the opening paragraph of your story using 3 adjectives

wet wet wet

"It had, apparently, and quite probably, been the wettest June on record. He had read somewhere that, surprisingly, July was often the wettest month of the year (taking the average over the past thirty or forty years) knocking both December and January into a rain-gauge. This year, it was June."

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WordWeavers Day 3: Is your MC a good cook? Any special dishes?

Broderick A: no
Spaghetti bol

Tom W: no
His Mum's scones
Theresa M-P: Probably
She's good at most things
Chocolate Brownies

Elyssia: When she puts her mind to it
Coq au vin, green beans, mash

Andrew B: no
Stir fry

Jim B: no
Beans on toast

There's a trend here 🤔
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I had my first good sleep in over a week. Looking forward to #writing today.
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"At the time we were told to wear whistles around our necks, and encouraged to run toward the sound of a whistle blower to help our fellow gay man in need."
Read this #blog at https://lttr.ai/ADSOj
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#WritersCoffeeClub 26 April: What kind of conflict do you find most compelling?

As a writer?

I don’t like any conflict
Especially interpersonal conflict

Which makes it tough trying to write a compelling story

Outside applied conflict, maybe - at least then I can blame it on someone else : the government, the system, etc

Internal conflict - I guess I understand this best : conflicting emotions, hopes and fears

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I opened a novel with a scene where the main character is unhappy in his relationship. It just happened to have sex.

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Read this #blog at https://kevinklehr.com/2021/09/05/i-wrote-a-sex-scene-without-realising-it/

Here's an excerpt from #novelx4

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#WordWeavers Mar 28
What gives your characters a sense of self-worth or meaning in their life?

#novelx1
Broderick: working with a team; finding signs of (past) life in the soil

#novelx2
Theresa: sailing; helping people

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Andrew: fighting climate change (even if it is a hopeless cause)

#novelx4
Elyssia: believing in a better world; the love of the man she loves

#novelx5
Jim: surviving day to day; keeping the Tidal Teashop open

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Currently refreshing chapter two of a project I've committed to. Outline has been done as well as the character profiles. Concentrating on sense of place and stronger feel of who these characters are today, before moving on to writing chapter three.
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The dragons set out to tackle the great walls of Corgan. It is said they came, they saw, they melted.

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http://listerfiction.co.uk/2025/03/22/part-8-unexpected-challenges-at-the-corgan-siege/

'Don't worry, have a carrot'. Not all sayings make it into the history books, but this nearly did.

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http://listerfiction.co.uk/2025/03/09/carrots-the-surprising-link-to-dragons/

WordWeavers 6th March
Are any of your characters trying to change the world?

Yep
Elyssia Gadnall is trying to change the world. That's who she is

Andrew Bridges is trying to change the world because he's a climate scientist ... it's not going well

The others?
They're just trying to survive

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