There has always been Night, then Man came with his fear and Darkness was born. Hypnos is one of the stories found in the anthology, Monsters Amongst Us, published by … Continue reading Monsters Amongst Us anthology (2017)
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Helios Quarterly Vol 1 Issue 2 featuring the Nameless Writing Group’s very own B. Anne Adriaens.
My short story, Hypnos, is one of the slices of the very sickly cake above. Monsters Among Us is the first anthology by Australian publisher, Oscillate Wildly Press, and will be available to gorge on shortly.
The Banquet
I have not been so disturbed by something inanimate as when I stood before this installation on Saturday. The Banquet by Ana Maria Pacheco, on show at the RWA’s Strange Worlds: The Visions of Angela Carter exhibition in Bristol.
What Is It Really About?
The werewolf is used as a trope for many societal issues. Like that particular shapeshifter, I’m discovering that my story, Hashtag Rewilding works on quite a few levels too. Although, this is not a bad thing, I feel that is important to keep a short piece of fiction simple if you want to keep the reader engaged.
In preparation for the first edit, which – rightly or wrongly – I’ve undertook with hardly any downtime, I asked myself what is this story really about. This time around the answer – a clue to which is the title – was found when I asked myself a different question: why did I start to write a serious werewolf story when two weeks before I believed it would be many years before I could write such a thing without it being a spoof.
With that in mind I have begun eliminating any thread that may obscure the true nature of this story; any sentence that does not draw the reader in to hear what is whispered between the lines. I guess I’m editing, aren’t I?
My point here is this: Ask yourself what you’re trying to say before you begin to edit.
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First draft finished! I also have three possible titles for my werewolf story: Autumn, My Hero, or Hashtag Rewilding.
Which one is the most evocative?
Silver Crow Soars
Silver Crow Books, a collaborative self-publishing venture for Frome authors, was launched this month by the Frome Writers’ Collective.
Any local authors interested in exploring the self-publishing route should contact either Silver Crow Books directly, or enquire through the FWC.
The late William Trevor on short story writing: “I think it is the art of the glimpse. If the novel is like an intricate Renaissance painting, the short story is an impressionist painting. It should be an explosion of truth. Its strength lies in what it leaves out just as much as what it puts in, if not more. It is concerned with the total exclusion of meaninglessness. Life, on the other hand, is meaningless most of the time. The novel imitates life, where the short story is bony, and cannot wander. It is essential art.”
(source: The Guardian)
First fire of the season. Now to sit down in the armchair and write an autumn werewolf story.
Eric Nash 