Our thanks to Moira Forsyth for allowing us to share these posts with our readers. They were formerly published on the Sandstone Press website. Moira writes, ‘although originally developed for novelists and, to a lesser extent, writers of full length narrative non-fiction, much of the guidance is also relevant for writers of short stories and … Continue reading The Red Pen 6: Why Timelines and Tenses are Important
Our thanks to Moira Forsyth for allowing us to share these posts with our readers. They were formerly published on the Sandstone Press website. Moira writes, ‘although originally developed for novelists and, to a lesser extent, writers of full length narrative non-fiction, much of the guidance is also relevant for writers of short stories and … Continue reading The Red Pen 5: Structural Edits
Our thanks to Moira Forsyth for allowing us to share these posts with our readers. They were formerly published on the Sandstone Press website. Moira writes, ‘although originally developed for novelists and, to a lesser extent, writers of full length narrative non-fiction, much of the guidance is also relevant for writers of short stories and … Continue reading The Red Pen 4: Taking Care of your Characters
Our thanks to Moira Forsyth for allowing us to share these posts with our readers. They were formerly published on the Sandstone Press website. Moira writes, ‘although originally developed for novelists and, to a lesser extent, writers of full length narrative non-fiction, much of the guidance is also relevant for writers of short stories and … Continue reading The Red Pen 3: Perfecting Dialogue
Our thanks to Moira Forsyth for allowing us to share these posts with our readers. They were formerly published on the Sandstone Press website. Moira writes, ‘although originally developed for novelists and, to a lesser extent, writers of full length narrative non-fiction, much of the guidance is also relevant for writers of short stories and … Continue reading The Red Pen 2: Making the Beginning Strong
Our thanks to Moira Forsyth for allowing us to share these posts with our readers. They were formerly published on the Sandstone Press website. Moira writes, ‘although originally developed for novelists and, to a lesser extent, writers of full length narrative non-fiction, much of the guidance is also relevant for writers of short stories and … Continue reading The Red Pen 1: Easy Edits
LETTING GO is a programme of creative writing activities for older people, developed and delivered by Autumn Voices, and supported by the Creative Scotland Open Fund for Organisations. Activities are facilitated by four Online Writers-in-Residence (OWRs). Each OWR presents four online sessions – a reading, and three writing workshops – and writes for the Autumn … Continue reading The Red Pen: an introduction
This is the fourth and final part of The Crumbly Chronicles by Robin Lloyd-Jones (1934-2024). 4.1 An Hotel in Drumnadrochit4.2 Autumn in Glen Affric ATTIC ARCHIVESD. The Ascent of Ben GlasF. My Friend Death
This is the third part of The Crumbly Chronicles by Robin Lloyd-Jones (1934-2024). 3. Summer 2021 (continued)3.2 On the Shore3.3 Long Weekend in Wester Ross Part 1: The Best Part of a Goodish Bit Part 2: Never Give Up Part 3: The Art of Losing Isn’t Hard to Master Part 4: The Gastronauts3.4 A Jolly … Continue reading The Crumbly Chronicles (Part 3)
This is the second part of The Crumbly Chronicles by Robin Lloyd-Jones (1934-2024). 2. Spring 20212.1 Another Fine Mess2.2 Two Men on a Bummel2.3 Give and Take 3. Summer 20213.1 In Which We Go PromenadingInterlude in the Rain Attic Archive A (2020): The Triple AArchive G: Benches on the Helensburgh Promenade
This is the first part of The Crumbly Chronicles by Robin Lloyd-Jones (1934-2024). IntroductionPart 1: Winter 2020-211.1 Open Gates and Green Bananas1.2 Miracles Shining1.3 The Green KettleAttic Archive: Stroke
When he died last year, Autumn Voices’ founder Robin Lloyd-Jones left a memoir of ageing, The Crumbly Chronicles, describing walks he made with his old friend Archie when both were into their eighties. Over the next few months we’ll be publishing The Crumbly Chronicles in installments. Each part will appear here on the AV blog, … Continue reading The Crumbly Chronicles by Robin Lloyd-Jones
Murray Watson, a three-times published oral historian, has at the age of 77 turned to writing fiction, with a historical family saga with more than a hint of topical satire. In a bombed out signal box a group of adventurous schoolchildren discover a medal and dog tag belonging to a WWI German PoW who had … Continue reading Distorted by Time by Murray Watson
“When evening comes, there’s something more” Old and Bold is a new collection of poems by Jock Stein, a preacher, piper and poet from Haddington. It’s available from Handsel Press. She wears the two together, scarf and coat;throws a sash of red across her age,and over such a purple statement of intentto show the winter … Continue reading Old and Bold by Jock Stein
This is an extract from a work-in-progress by Angela Griffin, about coming back to Scotland on the cusp of 60 after spending all her life apart from the first 16 months in Canada. In the snow picture, taken in 1968, Angela is in the baby blue parka. She’s unwrapping her Christmas presents in 1977. Dùthchas … Continue reading Dùthchas by Angela Griffin
