Author Archives: stephc2021

Goodbye 2021 🖕🏻, Welcome 2022 😊!

2021 can suck it. I mean that. I left the year with the thing we’ve all been avoiding for almost 24 months. That’s right, I got COVID-19. And it was bloody horrific. I had a couple of days of extreme pain and extreme tiredness, and I use the word ‘extreme’ quite deliberately. After 3 wholeContinue reading “Goodbye 2021 🖕🏻, Welcome 2022 😊!”

Let’s talk about sex baby…actually, no. Do you fancy a brownie? 😋

Before we get in to this properly let’s lay a few things on the table here. You’re expecting a gratuitous post about my sex life and the sex lives I’ve heard about, aren’t you? Aren’t you? Hey, I’m inquisitive too and yeah, this title would still draw me in today. Apologies, but I’m not goingContinue reading “Let’s talk about sex baby…actually, no. Do you fancy a brownie? 😋”

No No No No to Na No Wri Mo (sorry 😞 )!

As the short life of my website proves, I’ve only really started going public to obtain critique on my fiction in the last year, and it’s been a bloody tough, skin-thickening year. More learning curves than an AA Road Map, more mistakes than a dating website and more tears than a woman watching Ghost afterContinue reading “No No No No to Na No Wri Mo (sorry 😞 )!”

Second Place! Well, sort of. Shhh!

I’m late posting this because, well…Christmas. You know. It got in the way. And then I won another competition and I was so excited I had to write about that as quickly as possible. So I guess what I’m trying to say is Sorry. I’m sorry I’m late, I’m sorry I’m posting things upside downContinue reading “Second Place! Well, sort of. Shhh!”

Happy Christmas – I WON!! 🙌 🎄

It’s a glorious day. It’s Christmas. As I sit here now on my usual perch on the edge of the bed, I feel a little unhealthy thanks to the effects of Covid. That’s right, I got Covid…for Christmas. Yay! What else did I get for Christmas? Well the usual beautiful presents from my partner, theContinue reading “Happy Christmas – I WON!! 🙌 🎄”

We’re back! #amwriting YEAH!

November was sooooooo slow. Oh my goodness. The anticipation of Christmas coupled with the lack of writing competitions while other (far more robust) writers took on Na No Wri Mo (post on that to follow soon) meant I was itching for December to start. When it eventually rolled around I was sat at my laptopContinue reading “We’re back! #amwriting YEAH!”

My place in the Tortive Theatre advent of flash fiction 😊 💜 🎄

I’m struggling to believe that I’m writing this post on December 15th. We are, officially, 10 days from experiencing the most expensive and extravagant commercial holiday EVER. Wow. I’m 2 weeks from asking “where has my small amount of cash gone?” and “why are the kids more interested in the toy boxes than the actualContinue reading “My place in the Tortive Theatre advent of flash fiction 😊 💜 🎄”

A very merry, mental Christmas

I can’t possibly navigate December without writing about the subject that effects my mental health to such a degree that it can make me smile, reminisce, cry, thankful and whimsical all in one go. The Main Event! The thing we spend all year working towards. And I’m sure that many of you feel the same.Continue reading “A very merry, mental Christmas”

I found a second shortlisting 💜🤔

I’m not looking at things with enough care. I mean who misses their own success? I’m going to blame a ridiculous amount of lost sleep on the problem. Tiredness is making me clumsy, stuttery, careless and forgetful. I’m also cranky and paranoid. Who wouldn’t want to live with me? Lol. I found, randomly, a shortlistingContinue reading “I found a second shortlisting 💜🤔”