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  • Take heart

    Take heart Have no fear Be kind Reinvest the aching Strive Rake leaves Stride Flatten the mutterings Kiss Take hold Whoop Fly Stop Breathe Dance to the Artic Monkeys Dance in general Have no fear HAVE NO FEAR Expect nothing, hope for something, enjoy many things Forgive, let go Begin, again and again Love without…

    alisonwells

    January 3, 2011
    A river of stones
    aros
  • In love with second hand books

    A friend of mine recently sent me a Christmas present of a book by Vladamir Nabakov which I’m currently enjoying reading for the rich prose and the captivating story. But what I loved most about the book was that it was second hand, it’s pages mostly yellowed, the name of a previous owner scrawled in…

    alisonwells

    December 27, 2010
    Books and Authors
    Bantry., first edition Steinbeck, Second hand book stores, second hand books, the Winding Stair
  • Mousetrapped by Catherine Ryan Howard

    Review of Mousetrapped (beware, spoiler alert!) I’ve just finished reading ‘Mousetrapped’ by Catherine Ryan Howard. It’s a captivating account of a year and a half spent working in a hotel at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, from the stark reality of settling in, to the magic and the mayhem of a girl from Cork,…

    alisonwells

    December 13, 2010
    Book reviews, Uncategorized
    Book review, Catherine Ryan Howard, Mousetrapped
  • #fridayflash Cheese and Memory

    When James told me to burn my diaries I did, so now I can’t be sure of anything. There was a man I used to see every day at the bus stop, at least I think it was there. He had a face the colour of render, a big craggy jaw from which a cigarette…

    alisonwells

    December 10, 2010
    #FridayFlash, Flash fiction
    #FridayFlash, brain injury, cheese, eccentricity
  • Words are always there

    Words are always there bubbling up from all the years, all the thinking, all the hearing, all the seeing, all the memories, layer on layer. Words are in the night and early morning between waking and sleeping, wisp cloud phrases evaporating Words are on the underside of dreams, in the dragged behind blanket of the…

    alisonwells

    December 9, 2010
    Uncategorized
  • Talli Roland’s The Hating Game

    Today I’m helping with Talli Roland’s blog splash for her debut novel The Hating Game. Check out her book, all the details below. Help Talli Roland’s debut novel THE HATING GAME hit the Kindle bestseller list at Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk by spreading the word today. Even a few sales in a short period of time on Amazon helps push…

    alisonwells

    December 1, 2010
    Uncategorized
  • Fabulous Charity Books for Christmas

    There are several anthologies that I or friends have been involved with or that I just think are fabulous both for the cause and the content and would be great and worthy presents for Christmas. The beauty of the anthologies is that you can dip in and out and everything will find something to enjoy.…

    alisonwells

    November 30, 2010
    Fundraisers
    ‘A Pint and a Haircut’, charity books, charity presents, Poetry for Cancer, Shamblelurking, stories for pakistan, The Big Book of Hope
  • NaNoWriMo – Now it’s all over, would I do it again?

    Funny one this year, NaNoWriMo, the 50000 word marathon for the month of November. I did it firstly last year and in the intervening time got myself a complete novel, Housewife with a Half-life an escapist comic novel with a sci-fi slant and a very endearing main character. It was a difficult process and churning…

    alisonwells

    November 29, 2010
    Uncategorized
  • #Fridayflash Until Somebody Eats the Shoe

    It always begins in the cinders. The last sparks, hot black in anthills of ash. She expects nothing, stooped over the fire, her fist moulded over the poker like melted wax. For the likes of her drabness is the requisite mantle. And a mantle is what they wore – what all the women wore, the…

    alisonwells

    November 11, 2010
    #FridayFlash
    #FridayFlash, Cinderella, legends, sean nos singing
  • Short Story Delights – Bridport Prize and more

    A quick post to say that the results of the Bridport Prize are now official and I’m absolutely delighted to say that one of my stories has been shortlisted in this popular and very well known competition. Being on the shortlist means that the story reached the last 100 out of 6000 entries. On hearing the…

    alisonwells

    November 6, 2010
    short stories, Uncategorized
    BBC Radio 4, Bridport Prize, Fish Prize, Francis McManus, Nicola Morgan
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