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Blog postI am pleased to announce my latest short story collection The Long Wait (and Other Stories) is out now in paperback and on Kindle.
http://getbook.at/TheLongWait
It contains twenty-five stories that cover a range of themes: from dragons swooping through a forest, to a soldier coming home to meet up with his sweetheart, to a Prime Minister and his meeting with the Loch Ness Monster, to a family sitting watching television in a bombmaker’s home, to a tale of revenge and ambition -
Blog postI am very proud to announce that I will be having two short stories published in the upcoming collection Trumpland: Divided With Stand. It will be released on 18th February for Kindle and paperback.
This collection features work by some incredible authors (and me) and all profits go to charity.
The book’s description:
Brainwashing implants in your head, segregation, division, mass murder, time travel, and the controversial red hat. It is all part of the landscape of a -
Blog postUmmmm, I just realised that it’s been almost three weeks since my last flash fiction volume. I need to post these more regularly otherwise there will be hundreds of little stories for you all to read in one go.
As before all the stories are written in response to a daily prompt word and found under the Twitter hashtag #vss365.
If this is the first volume you’ve read you can go back and read Volume 1 and Volume 2 if you wish.
I’m going to try something new and fancy — e -
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Blog postSince my 2nd July post – Flash Fiction #vss365 – I have continued writing daily little snippets under the #vss365 hashtag and posting them on Twitter. Some days I got carried away and wrote multiple stories lol. Here they are for you to enjoy:
Prompt: Equanimous She stood under the outstretched arms of Cristo Redentor. She was equanimous as the meteoroid hit the water below her. Her faith that his protection would save her from the waves already engulfing the city was sure even a -
Blog postI’ve been taking part in the #vss365 writing game on Twitter recently. This is where you are given a prompt and have to write a flash fiction piece incorporating the prompt word and fit it within a tweet, which is not a lot, only 280 characters, about the size of this paragraph.
I’ll be collating these little flashes of fiction and posting them here. I can’t promise they’ll all be good. They take me a couple of minutes to write, and another minute to correct the spelling mistakes. It’ -
Blog postA meteoroid circles the globe. Round and round and round it goes, and where it’ll stop nobody knows.
If you prefer to read offline you can download a PDF copy of this story here.
Gang Aft A-gley – Short Story
The meteoroid streaked across the twilight sky, a dark smoky trail following, stretching across the horizon, breaking up the orange, red, blue and purple shades of the setting sun. Vehicles stopped, and people left their cars to watch it as it passed, they -
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Blog postOver the past year, I have read many books written by Independent Authors. It’s my way of giving back to the writing community on Twitter that, on a daily basis, inspires me and cheers me on. This blog post is a recap of this journey of discovery.
What is an independent author, anyway? According to ALLi (the Alliance of Independent Authors) an author is independent if they:
have self-published at least one book. recognize that ‘indie’ does not necessarily mean ‘self-pub -
Blog postI’ve been very lucky to receive some excellent reviews for my novel A Young Man’s Game. I thought I’d share them with you.
Literaturelove.uk – https://literaturelove.uk/2018/08/01/a-young-mans-game-by-paul-blake/
‘This third-person narrative has it all: action, suspense, even romance. And just when you think it’s all over… WHAM! .. another twist in the tale where events of the past put him in danger yet again. Alec Foster is a fantastic character and I hope this isn’t the last -
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Blog postThere is more information than you could ever want to know about me in these three interviews.
https://www.rebeccayelland.com/blog/author-interview-with-paul-blake
In this interview with Rebecca Yelland, I discuss my writing career, how writing affects my family, and other very interesting matters.
https://www.mochapman.com/paul-blake-young-mans-game
In this interview with Mike Chapman, I discuss A Young Man’s Game, my research trip for the novel, the publishin -
Blog postI thought my readers would be interested in the various covers I designed and rejected before deciding on the final cover for my novel A Young Man’s Game.
I knew from the beginning I wouldn’t be able to afford for someone to design me a cover. As part of the competition I entered, I knew the publishers could provide a cover, however, browsing their site I wasn’t too enamoured with the ones on there so I decided to make my own.
My first cover was designed simply as a placeholde -
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Titles By Paul Blake
TRUMPLAND: DIVIDED WE STAND
Feb 18, 2020
by
M.D. Parker,
Paul Blake,
Jay Bower,
Scott J. Couturier,
Leland Lydecker,
Duane Pesice,
Margret A. Treiber,
Sarah Walker,
Maxwell I. Gold,
Shayne K. Keen
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A Few Hours After This: Short Story Collection
Apr 26, 2019
by
Paul Blake
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