Icy's Blunt Pencil

I don't normally like to "big up" other things, unless I'm reviewing a book I've found particularly helpful, or a web ...

There are a lot of creative writing manuals available, most of which teach the technicalities of grammar, style or theme. Occasionally these...

I had another story accepted and didn't even realise! You may remember my earlier entry in which I praised the Postcard Shorts website...

Writing. It's a funny old game, isn't it? You want to write, you really do, but you find yourself making all sorts of daft excuses n...

I just came across a delightful little flash fiction website which requires stories of 250 words or less - the ethos springs from the concep...

I've hit a mini milestone in that my tenth short story has now been published online - you can read it here . I'm particularly proud...

God, where is this year going?! It seems like New Year's Day was only yesterday. Oh well. Plenty more of experience means plenty more id...