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Reading A Writer's Mind: Exploring Short Fiction - First Thought to Finished Story
Reading A Writer's Mind: Exploring Short Fiction - First Thought to Finished Story

Coaching advice from initial idea up: the detailed thinking behind ten fiction shorts across a range of genres.

2013

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Linda Acaster
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About Me — Linda Acaster

Fiction writer, history lover, map junkie — Hi! I’m Linda Acaster and thanks for stopping by my Profile. We are all busy so I’ll keep this short. I’m a Brit from the English county of Yorkshire, situated halfway up the country. My close family currently lives a short walk from the chilly North Sea, which has proven…

About Me

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About Me — Linda Acaster
About Me — Linda Acaster
About Me

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Six Word Photo Story Challenge

·Apr 30

Mother Nature Does Its Thing, Regardless

April Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Life” — Spring colour rejuvenates our lacklustre Souls. Since the first snowdrops opened in February, Mother Nature has been awakening at an ever-faster rate, regardless of frosts, rain, unseasonable Arctic winds, and a decided lack of enthusiasm from this warm-weather gardener. Yet, from the image of one of our borders, taken yesterday on a rare bright day, it…

Six Word Photo Story

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Mother Nature Does Its Thing, Regardless
Mother Nature Does Its Thing, Regardless
Six Word Photo Story

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Writers’ Blokke

·Apr 7

Gaining Medium’s Book Author Badge and Coping with Amazon’s Customer Support Run-Arounds

A tale of two cities — sort of — This morning I gained Medium’s Verified Book Author badge — Woo-hoo! — and this afternoon I returned my latest ebook novel to Amazon for a refund of cold, hard, cash. The timing is significant. Let me assure that it had never been my intention to return my own ebook, and…

Writing

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Gaining Medium’s Book Author Badge and Coping with Amazon’s Customer Support Run-Arounds
Gaining Medium’s Book Author Badge and Coping with Amazon’s Customer Support Run-Arounds
Writing

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Mar 29

Self-Reliance Gone Mad — Making Butter

Is it cheaper than store-bought? — I guess it began during the train of British Covid lockdowns. While we put life on pause, waiting to see how bad the forecast pandemic shortages would become, I looked to develop more self-reliance. Like many others, I started baking bread. It’s the family joke that my loaves can be…

Foodies

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Self-Reliance Gone Mad — Making Butter
Self-Reliance Gone Mad — Making Butter
Foodies

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Six Word Photo Story Challenge

·Mar 12

Tend your Gut Microbiome and your Gut Microbiome will tend you. Hopefully.

Six Word Photo Story Challenge: Freestyle — When life offers cabbage, make Sauerkraut I have an autoimmune disorder, sub-clinical Hashimoto’s Hypothyroidism. For the uninitiated, the thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland at the front of the neck and is the main controller of both metabolism and the immune system. It needs to work well. Mine doesn’t. I suspect I haven’t been feeding it properly…

Healthy Foods

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Tend your Gut Microbiome and your Gut Microbiome will tend you. Hopefully.
Tend your Gut Microbiome and your Gut Microbiome will tend you. Hopefully.
Healthy Foods

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Six Word Photo Story Challenge

·Feb 19

Racing to be Spring’s First Flower

February Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Love & Hearts” — Sanctity of Snowdrops stir the soul. There is nothing better to swell the heart than to see snowdrops coming into flower in the dreary first days of a British February. Spring is on its way! It was, though, a close-run thing this year. A tiny lone aconite, tucked into a hidden corner, managed to unfurl its…

Spring

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Racing to be Spring’s First Flower
Racing to be Spring’s First Flower
Spring

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Jan 23

A Game of Books and Thrones

There’s nothing like easing the mind while lighting the imagination — Early January is my time for winding down after the festivities, of recuperating walks along the beach, of reading for pleasure rather than work, and viewing any likely movies that catch my eye, all aimed at allowing my blood pressure to ease and my stamina rebuild for the coming year…

Reading

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A Game of Books and Thrones
A Game of Books and Thrones
Reading

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Six Word Photo Story Challenge

·Jan 18

A Taste of Something Different

January Six Word Story Challenge: “Hometown Pride” — Hull — the birthplace of Chip Spice! Okay, stop laughing. First, let’s settle what a British “chip” is. It’s not a deep-fried wafer-thin potato “crisp”, nor does it have any resemblance to a stringy “French fry”. A traditional British “chip” is a potato peeled and cut into batons about as long and as fat an index finger…

Humour

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A Taste of Something Different
A Taste of Something Different
Humour

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Jan 14

Dare You — Walk Half A Mile In An Older Person’s Shoes?

A cheery smile can change your day — and theirs. — Yesterday morning, across a busy street, I saw a lady I recognised. I’ve no idea of her name, or where she lives; somewhere in my neighbourhood because our paths cross occasionally. In the past we’ve exchanged smiles, sometimes a Good morning, sometimes a quick chat about the weather. …

Mental Health Awareness

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Dare You — Walk Half A Mile In An Older Person’s Shoes?
Dare You — Walk Half A Mile In An Older Person’s Shoes?
Mental Health Awareness

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Dec 22, 2022

Creating Waste to Save the Planet??

Is this a Sustainable Plan or a Virtue Signalling joke? — I have been wrapping the final Christmas gifts and the task has proved less than joyful. In fact, it left me seething. Most people want to do their bit in cutting back overuse of the planet’s resources. Food is not thrown away in this house, it is eaten; clothes are…

Recycling

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Creating Waste to Save the Planet??
Creating Waste to Save the Planet??
Recycling

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