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  • #Fridayflash 31 (0r 131) Word Creative Flash Fiction Comp

    This series of articles running through January will explore ways of keeping our head above water in physical, mental, emotional and creative areas. There will be creative challenges, competitions and giveaways. For the full background see here. To receive all the 31 posts, sign up for email notification on the sidebar. On twitter it’s at…

    alisonwells

    January 4, 2013
    31 ways to keep your Head above Water
    31 flash fiction comp, friday
  • 31 days: Why flash fiction can change your life

    This series of articles running through January will explore ways of keeping our head above water in physical, mental, emotional and creative areas. There will be creative challenges, competitions and giveaways. For the full background see here. To receive all the 31 posts, sign up for email notification on the sidebar. On twitter it’s at…

    alisonwells

    January 3, 2013
    #FridayFlash, 31 ways to keep your Head above Water, Fiction
    creative challenge, flash fiction, head above water
  • 31 Days: Finding your space and time to create

    This series of articles running through January will explore ways of keeping our head above water in physical, mental, emotional and creative areas. There will be creative challenges, competitions and giveaways. For the full background see here. No-one has the time None of us really have time to write or follow other creative pursuits not…

    alisonwells

    January 2, 2013
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  • 31 Days: How walking & running make you creative

    This series of articles running through January will explore ways of keeping our head above water in physical, mental, emotional and creative areas. There will be creative challenges, competitions and giveaways. For the full background see here. Walking & Running New Years Day is a traditional day for getting out and shaking off the inertia…

    alisonwells

    January 1, 2013
    Uncategorized
    31 ways, head above water, walking and running
  • 31 Ways to Keep your Head above Water

    GOOD INTENTIONS Jan 1st 2013. We get out of bed and we want to do things better this year even though we might just slide back into the old ways, we’re starting with resolve and a heightened optimism. As we stare out the window and think, yes, i should get out there we know that we…

    alisonwells

    January 1, 2013
    31 ways to keep your Head above Water, Creativity, Mindfullness
    31 ways, good intentions, head above water
  • Your favourite books of 2012?

    2012 was the year that I took the plunge and self-published by own debut novel Housewife with a Half-Life as A.B. Wells as well as some small short collections as Alison Wells. I’m looking forward to submitting my literary books as Alison Wells to agents in 2013. But as well as writing I’ve enjoyed making more…

    alisonwells

    December 29, 2012
    Uncategorized
    2012, Books, favourite books
  • 50% off a Housewife

    My novel Housewife with a Half-Life is available in a variety of formats for all e-readers over at Smashwords and you can get 50% off with this coupon code: AL24Z. TRY HOUSEWIFE WITH A HALF-LIFE OR GIVE IT AS A GIFT HERE AND DON’T FORGET THE CODE! Original and imaginative… glorious scientific allusions and illusions…

    alisonwells

    December 29, 2012
    Uncategorized
    Housewife with a Half-Life, sale
  • 11 word, last word #fridayflash Look at that meteor

    “Look at that meteor! It seems to be coming straight for

    alisonwells

    December 21, 2012
    #FridayFlash
    mayan apolcolypse
  • Next Big Thing: The Exhibit of Held Breaths

    I was tagged to join in The Next Big Thing, by the lovely Niamh Boyce, I first met Niamh at the Hennessy Awards in 2010 and later at the WOW awards in Galway when we were both shortlisted. Niamh won the Hennessy Awards for new Irish writing in 2012 and her novel The Herbalist will…

    alisonwells

    December 12, 2012
    Uncategorized
  • Of poetry in stories

    The writer Tom Gillespie has interviewed me on my new short story collections and on how poetry comes to play in my writing. I really enjoyed answering the questions and talking about influences on my writing style and what I want my prose to do. Here’s the interview. 

    alisonwells

    December 10, 2012
    short stories
    poetry, short stories, Stories to read on the train
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