By Alexander Ballard Published April 29, 2013 Well it’s my last Monday here in Mexico and after an enjoyable month in the sun I have to head back to cold rainy England. So I’ve decided to go a little post-apocalyptic for this week’s inspiration Monday Anonymous Story Day 0: An oppressive heat hung in…
By Alexander Ballard Published April 26, 2013 Well after starring at pages 100 to 106 of my novel Legacy for three days struggling to rewrite a scene that I never liked to begin with I’ve finally managed to make a decent go of it. For a while there I just banged my head against a…
Well for this week’s inspiration Monday I thought I’d play a bit with idea of a how people forget that there a lots of highly skilled people out there who aren’t at the top of their field but nearly as good. I also wanted to try out a bit of a sci-fi theme so I decided…
By Alexander Ballard Published April 18, 2013 I’d just finished off a sufficiently alcoholic Strawberry Margarita, and an order of corn ice cream at little place off the beach in Mexico. The night air was warm and the breeze cool and refreshing. I found myself sitting on the balcony looking out into the bay and…
By Alexander Ballard Published April 15, 2013 For this week’s inspiration Monday I thought I try one of those writing exercises and challenges you see. This one was to have the protagonist trapped underground and they have to get back to the surface. I decided it would be fun take a whimsical and comical approach…
By Alexander Ballard Published April 8, 2013 Ever stare at page nothing coming to mind, or spent so long working on the same piece that it’s in danger of becoming stale and tired. I know I have. So I figured the best thing to do to stay fresh was to flex the old creativity muscles…
By Alexander Ballard Published April 6, 2013 Well sadly I didn’t get me short story “The World without Wind” done in time from the March 31st deadline for the writers of the future competition. So, it will have to go into the next one in three months time. But in many ways that’s a good thing. The…
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