Month: Dec 2025

An Eztraordinary Ezperience: A Short Story

On By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Fiction, Reading8 Comments

Here's this week's free to read short story for your entertainment. This one was entered for a contest and published in the resultant anthology, 'To Hull And Back 2016'. An Eztraordinary Ezperience ‘If you don’t help me, I’ll make you sorry.’ There it was again. Every time he switched on the computer, the same threat …

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Is There Progress In The Work In Progress?

On By stuartakenIn Author, Book, Creative Writer, Fiction, Procrastination, Progress6 Comments

I last wrote about the WIP on the 8th of August. How is it possible I’ve allowed all those days to pass without a single catch-up piece?At that time, the MS stood at 122,237 words over 282 pages. As I write this, it stands at 120,705 words over 280 pages, having been through a number …

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Outline, by Rachel Cusk: #BookReview

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What is ‘Outline’? Is it a novel, a collection of essays, a piece of philosophy, an account of the physical, mental and emotional wanderings of the gifted author? It is all these things, and more.Whilst I discovered it was possible to put the book down, it was not feasible to do so without finishing that …

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Side By Side – A Short Story

On By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Fiction, Romance2 Comments

I'm going to attempt to place a short story here every week. Some will have been published, others, like this one, will never have been seen. I'm doing this to give readers an idea of the scope of my writing and as a way to stimulate my writing discipline. I intend to illustrate each with …

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Walk 1,000 Miles In A Year

On By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Nature, opinion, Photography19 Comments

For a few years now, my wife and I have accepted a challenge set by Country Walking Magazine to walk 1,000 miles in a year. The weekly milage required to achieve this is actually only 19.23, which is hardly a marathon. We both love walking, getting into the countryside and enjoying the freedom and serenity …

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