Tag: Random Acts of Optimism

• #CultureNight2023 Reading of Without the Light Pollution, you can see the stars.

  For #CultureNight2023, I’ve recorded one of the stories from my newly launched short story collection Random Acts of Optimism. The story is called Without the Light Pollution, we can see the Stars https://youtu.be/j3ieMx9HZj8 #shortstories The book is available from the publisher Wordsonthestreet, Amazon etc.

  alisonwells

  September 22, 2023

  short stories

  Random Acts of Optimism

• How to write when kids just fight and other stuff

  School’s out in this house and my eldest son whose twelve and a half has ‘graduated’ from Irish primary school so a nice sense of achievement and moving on.  In terms of keeping my ‘Head above Water’ writing wise I’m doing my best to get up in the early hours before the kids wake to…

  alisonwells

  July 4, 2013

  Creativity, Flash fiction

  Calum Kerr, life, Lost property, motherhood, Number Eleven, Random Acts of Optimism, school hols, Writing, writing with children, writing with kids

• My useless writing genius knows no bounds

  Oh this tightrope between delusion and despair, between confidence and crisis! It’s something that is familiar to every writer especially those who are endeavouring, really endeavouring to create something that they hope ultimately might be enjoyed by someone other than themselves. I’ve written a collection of stories called Random Acts of Optimism and that’s what…

  alisonwells

  October 2, 2011

  Uncategorized, Writing Tips

  delusion and despair, Random Acts of Optimism, Self-belief, Writing

• On The View From Here

  Just to say that my story Truth and Silence has been kindly published on the literary magazine The View from Here site. This is one of the stories in my collection Random Acts of Optimism which I’m currently submitting.

  alisonwells

  July 23, 2011

  short stories

  Random Acts of Optimism, short stories, Truth and Silence