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A government minister prepares to defend controversial welfare reforms on television. But an unexpected conversation in the green room threatens to change everything that evening.
by Chris Harris Over the past few months, I’ve been documenting something I’d talked about doing for years: writing and publishing a book. These pieces were written as it happened, recording the ideas, the writing, the mistakes, the editing and the occasional moments when I wondered what on earth I’d started. The book now exists, … Continue reading Welcome to Denham. Bringing A Village to Life: Part 4 Building an Audience from Scratch
by Chris Harris Over the past few months, I’ve been documenting something I’d talked about doing for years: writing and publishing a book. These pieces were written as it happened, recording the ideas, the writing, the mistakes, the editing and the occasional moments when I wondered what on earth I’d started. The book now exists, … Continue reading Welcome to Denham. Bringing A Village to Life: A Writer’s Journey Part 3. Lost in the Forest of Publishing
An innocent rhubarb growing competition between a couple of best friends escalates into full scale growing combat and violence in Part I of this tragi-comic satire. Part 2 later this week. by Chris Harris Illustration by Louise Turner Big Dave and CJ were the best of friends. They spent the first twenty years of their … Continue reading Custard, Crumble and the Roobarb Punch. Part 1
by Chris Harris Over the past few months, I’ve been documenting something I’d talked about doing for years: writing and publishing a book. These pieces were written as it happened, recording the ideas, the writing, the mistakes, the editing and the occasional moments when I wondered what on earth I’d started. The book now exists, … Continue reading Welcome to Denham. Bringing A Village to Life: A Writer’s Journey Part 2. The Short Story and the Art of Navel Gazing.
by Chris Harris Over the past few months, I’ve been documenting something I’d talked about doing for years: writing and publishing a book. These pieces were written as it happened, recording the ideas, the writing, the mistakes, the editing and the occasional moments when I wondered what on earth I’d started. The book now exists, … Continue reading Welcome to Denham. Bringing A Village To Life: A Writer’s Journey Part 1
Part one of a short story, the Sussex pub game Toads, the local church roof is callously stripped, incompetence, character assassinations, indignation, in a fast-moving tragi-comic yarn in two parts. Set in the fictitious village of Denham and Lewes, East Sussex. by Chris Harris Original artwork by Louise Turner. Podcast about the story etc. Toads! Our … Continue reading The Great Denham Lead Heist. Part 1.
BY Chris Harris In week 1, you may recall that I was struggling with my 6th novella, an apparently uninspiring story set at a BBQ where big things actually unravel. I found it really difficult to write and went through a third draft this week. I suspect there will be more. Story number 7 was … Continue reading Writing My First Book. A Diary. Week 2: Speeding Along At Last.
by Chris Harris This is the first of an occasional diary about writing my first book, the writing of the book and then the probably more difficult process of getting it read. I think it’s fair to say that, for the creation of a book, this process will be unconventional, and I hope interest, This, … Continue reading Writing My First Book Diary. Week 1: Hitting My First Challenges.
Sorry if you have read this on my Rights of Fans blog, this a new blog I have set up specifically for my writing endeavours, that I will hopefully get to grips with in the next few weeks. Let’s cut to the chase. Four months ago, I decided to partially semi-retire (yes, I know, a contradiction in … Continue reading My First Book Background: An Introduction of Sorts
Oh dear, there’s a clear gap in this diary, a three-month hiatus. Let me explain. Readers will know, about six months ago I decided to blog part-time for the enjoyment of it. I already had an occasional football blog but decided to expand the subjects covered. In the first couple of months I took to … Continue reading Week 8: A 3 Month Hiatus But My First Novel Finished- My Blogging Diary