This year’s Book a Break short story competition was the third. And the last. The competition won’t be held again. As a competition, it was quite unique as regards the prize to be won… End of the Competition

We don’t have a lot on our walls. The older I get, the more I appreciate whiteness, emptiness, the serenity of a blank surface where my mind strolls at leisure, without fear of tripping over… What’s in a picture?

On the whole, compared to novels, short stories don’t sell well. That’s because we like to get absorbed in a story, and the shorter it is, the harder it gets to achieve that. It takes… Anthology Ahoy!

Is Sephora overrated? Can a tagine be sad? What’s at the bottom of the well? To these and other questions, you’ll find the answer in Second Taste, the 2018 Book a Break Anthology. 27 stories… Second Taste

writingandwelness.com Among the many writing ideas I have is one about death, specifically my own. Ideally, I’d write it after the actual event, which would not only allow me to give you the whole picture… A Dead Brilliant Idea

I read Jo Nesbo’s Police not long ago. It wasn’t a barrel of laughs. Of course, you wouldn’t pick up a Jo Nesbo as you would a Bill Bryson, but it left me wondering (as… The Dark, The Cosy and The Giveaway

The results are in! Below is the judge’s report from Sherry Morris, last year’s winner, who kindly took it upon herself to handle the final stages of the decision – always the most difficult. So… Book a Break short story competition results

I should be revising Mystery Manor, book 3 in the Magali Rousseau series. And I am, a little, but since I’m travelling in India, the required concentration is hard to find. There’s too much to… Samuel’s Smile