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• Hurray for National Flash Fiction Day & Free Housewife!

  Well I’ve spoken before about National Flash Fiction Day and now it’s here! Congratulations to director Calum Kerr for the initiative and to all those involved in the mass of events in the UK and those in Dublin. It’s a lively celebration of a wonderful form! Here’s an interview I did with Calum. To celebrate…

  alisonwells

  May 15, 2012

  Fiction, Flash fiction, Housewife with a Half-Life, Uncategorized

  flash fiction, Housewife with a Half-Life, Jawbreakers, National flash fiction day

• The Alliance of Independent Authors: Inaugural Dublin Meeting 24th April

  The publishing world is changing with increasing challenges for publishers and authors alike. The traditional model faces the many challenges of sustainability, digital rights management, and in the case of smaller publishers survival itself. Some would argue that publishers, particularly among the Big 6 are risk averse, giving rise to homogeneity within the industry and…

  alisonwells

  April 23, 2012

  Self-publishing, Uncategorized

  Alliance of Independent Authors, Dublin Chapter

• Random Acts of Posting: April 15

  Here are some of my writing.ie posts that you may have missed in the last while. Enjoy! Historical Fiction: Hazel Gaynor’s Titanic Novel The Girl Who Came Home Hazel Gaynor explains the intricacies of writing historical fiction for her Titanic novel. Love: Writer & Journalist Lucille Redmond on her short story collection Writer and journalist…

  alisonwells

  April 15, 2012

  Uncategorized, Writing Tips

  Ailsa Cox, flash fiction, Hazel Gaynor, Lucille Redmond, short stories, titanic novel

• Help Michael’s dream to walk

  My eldest son’s classmate in St. Cronan’s school, Bray, Co. Wicklow is Michael Tiron. Eleven year old Michael has Cerebral Palsy and has been in a wheelchair since the age of three. He has just been accepted for a significant operation in the USA in St. Louis Children’s Hospital which will give him greater mobility…

  alisonwells

  March 8, 2012

  Uncategorized

  Michael’s hope for independence

• Flash 365 plus 1

  Calum Kerr the organiser of National Flash Fiction day is also writing a flash a day on his Flash 365 blog. With this, Feb 29 being a bonus day, he has got lots of us to provide the bonus day stories on his blog including one of mine to be put up. With some great…

  alisonwells

  February 29, 2012

  Flash fiction, Uncategorized

  Calum Kerr, flash fiction, flash365

• New Beginnings by Rebecca Emin Launches!

  Last April I interviewed the lovely Rebecca Emin as part of my mother writer series. I first connected with and got to know Rebecca over Twitter and since then she has become a fantastic friend and my writing ‘twin’ as we share similar experiences of writing, submitting etc while looking after our young families. Many…

  alisonwells

  January 23, 2012

  Uncategorized

  Bullying, Grimoire Books, New Beginnings, Rebecca Emin

• Nothing special about this writer, but…

  There are billions of novels out there. There are millions of fabulous writers and tales. There are well known writers who’s talent may be so so but who have captured something that connects with people. There are wonderful wordsmiths who remain obscure. There are authors who managed to get a book deal but then suffered…

  alisonwells

  December 29, 2011

  Uncategorized, Writing Adventures

• Christmas Table

  Christmas Table with Decorated Cookies, Yule Log, Apple Pies, Choc Mud Christmas Cake and Gingerbread House in the distance.

  alisonwells

  December 27, 2011

  Uncategorized

  christmas choc mud pie, christmas cookies, gingerbread house

• NaNoWriMo in the bag

  I’ve been quiet here for a while because I’ve been spending any spare time completing the 50,000 word challenge of NaNoWriMo. I’ve been working on something that I’m very excited about The Exhibit of Held Breaths and for which I’ve been awarded a retreat in the summer to continue work on it. It’s been a…

  alisonwells

  November 29, 2011

  Uncategorized, Writing Adventures

• #fridayflash Do not forget the girl forgotten

  I’m very happy to have been invited by Johanna Harness to post my #fridayflash today on the #amwriting website. This beautifully designed website has plenty of terrific articles by writers who use the #amwriting twitter hashtag to connect. If for any reason, you can’t access or comment on the story there, here it is: It…

  alisonwells

  November 18, 2011

  #FridayFlash, Flash fiction, Uncategorized

  #FridayFlash, cat’s cradle, flash fiction