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Journeying On – Blog Overhaul & More ‘Haven’ Info

Posted on January 20, 2015 by J. S. Collyer

Greetings everyone and a warm welcome to my new followers. Great to have you on board! As you may have noticed I’ve done a bit of a spring clean around here…although, does it count as cleaning-up if I’ve added things? … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings on Writing | Tagged anime, blogging, cosplay, creative writing, dagda publishing, david prowse, david prowse appearence, fantasy, fiction, firefly, flash fiction, free fiction, free short stories, getting published, haven, horror, J S Collyer, new fiction, orbit books, publishing, scarborough, scarborough scifi festival, sci fi, science fiction, scifi, scifi events, scifi events 2015, scifi publishing, short fiction, short stories, space opera, the orbit series, top rated science fiction, wordpress, writing, yorkshire, yorkshire cosplay con, yorkshire scifi events, zero | 4 Comments

Publications everywhere and plenty of stuff to read!

Posted on November 3, 2014 by J. S. Collyer

Greetings all! A lightning post for you all. I’m currently still buried under 100,000 words of a first draft of a new project which is why this is going to be a quickie, as it were, but just so you don’t forget … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings on Writing, Short Stories | Tagged creative writing, firefly, flash fiction, helena hann basquait, horror, jessica, joss whedon, nanowrimo, new release, new writing, novel writing, novella, science fiction, scifi, serentity, short fiction, short stories, speculative fiction, who is jessica bell, whoisjessica.com, zero, zero an orbit novel, zero an orbit novel by j s collyer, zero by j s collyer | 4 Comments

‘Hampton Loade Station, July 1942’ – new #FlashForFriday

Posted on July 4, 2014 by J. S. Collyer

Greetings everyone. I apologise that I haven’t been posting much. As most of you will know by now, my first novel, Zero, a SciFi romp of space pirate adventuring, is set for release by Dagda Publising Aug 16th 2014 and … Continue reading →

Posted in Short Stories | Tagged bridgnorth, dagda publishing, fantasticon, fantasticon 2014, fantasticon hull, fiction, flash fiction, hampton loade, hampton loade railway station, hertifage railway, kidderminster, scifi, severn valley, severn valley railway, short story, shropshire, steam engine, story, vintage, war, war stories, war story, world war 2, WW2, WWII, zero | Leave a comment

Crime Story, E-book Giveaways and More!

Posted on June 4, 2014 by J. S. Collyer

Well, I’m back from my weekend at Crime Story, a great weekend in Newcastle run by New Writing North about crime writing. It included panel discussions and workshops with everything from forensic psychologists to established crime writers and former prisoners. … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings on Writing | Tagged book review, creative writing, dagda publishing, debut novel, fiction, flash fiction, free ebooks, free fiction, getting published, haven, helena hann basquait, novel release, publishing, sci fi, science fiction, scifi, short fiction, short stories, zero | 4 Comments

Novel teasers, Horror Fiction, oh my!

Posted on May 10, 2014 by J. S. Collyer

Just a super quick post today, that I actually mean to post yesterday but didn’t have time to, *smacks wrist*, but hopefully you will see why. I had planned to do a post on theme, something I’ve been thinking a … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings on Writing, Novel Excerpts, Short Stories | Tagged creative writing, creepy crawler, dagda, dagda publishing, debut scifi novel, flash fiction, free horror ezine, horror, horror ezine, horror fiction, horror publishing, horror short story free horror fiction, j s collyer novel, j s collyer zero, novel writing, old school horror, sci fi, scifi, scifi publisher, short fiction, short story, sirens call, sirens call ezine, sirens call publishing, theme, writing, zero, zero side story, zombie girl | Leave a comment

‘Brian’ – New #FlashForFriday

Posted on May 2, 2014 by J. S. Collyer

I am away visiting my family this week and managed to only leave myself about 20 minutes for this week’s #FlashForFriday, so here it is! A Bit of harmless fun 🙂 Enjoy! (For previous contributions to #FlashForFriday, see my Flash … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings on Writing, Short Stories | Tagged #FlashForFriday, crime fiction, fiction, fiction writing, flash fiction, free fiction, free short fiction, micro fiction, mystery fiction, short story | 8 Comments

‘Downtime’ – ‘Zero’ side-story and #FlashForFriday

Posted on April 11, 2014 by J. S. Collyer

If you haven’t read it here then you have probably heard me shouting from the mountaintops that my debut science fiction novel, Zero, has been accepted for publication and is due to be released August 2014. YES IT’S TRUE. THEY’RE … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings on Writing, Novel Excerpts, Short Stories | Tagged creative writing, dagda, dagda publishing, debut, debut novel, fiction, flash fiction, I love 64, J S Collyer debut, mind.in.a.box, publication, science fiction, scifi, scifi publisher, short story, writing, writing science fiction, zero, zero short story | 18 Comments

Motoring On & A New #FlashForFriday

Posted on March 28, 2014 by J. S. Collyer

I hold my hands up and admit that I have not posted a lot of fiction up here recently. This is due to the official announcement earlier this week that my first debut novel, Zero, (a SciFi romp set in … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings on Writing, Short Stories | Tagged #FlashForFriday, aesth, aesthetic, aesthetic perfection, creative writing, editing, feeding the beast, flash fiction, horror, new release, novel editing, novel writing, science fiction, scifi, scifi novel, short fiction, zero | 11 Comments

Here We Go Again – Novel Drafting and a new #FlashForFriday

Posted on February 28, 2014 by J. S. Collyer

Last year I was presented with an opportunity (that I really hope I can give more details on soon): about half way through June I was asked if I could get a novel drafted by October. Knowing I’d be daft … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings on Writing | Tagged #FlashForFriday, creative wriitng, drafting, editing, fiction, flash fiction, flash! friday, getting published, inspiration, motivation, novel drafting, novel writing, picture challenge, publishing, writing, writing challenge, writing tips | 13 Comments

Flash in a Flash – Super-Weeny #FlashForFriday

Posted on February 21, 2014 by J. S. Collyer

Traditionally I produce a new piece of Flash Fiction (short story 1000 words or under) every fortnight for my own personal bit of fun that is #FlashForFriday. I posted Confined last Friday, but I have since discovered a rather delightful … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings on Writing, Short Stories | Tagged #FlashForFriday, cannibles, fiction, flash fiction, flash! friday, free fiction, short story, story, writing competitions, writing prompts | 8 Comments

Tag Archives: flash fiction

Journeying On – Blog Overhaul & More ‘Haven’ Info

Publications everywhere and plenty of stuff to read!

‘Hampton Loade Station, July 1942’ – new #FlashForFriday

Crime Story, E-book Giveaways and More!

Novel teasers, Horror Fiction, oh my!

‘Brian’ – New #FlashForFriday

‘Downtime’ – ‘Zero’ side-story and #FlashForFriday

Motoring On & A New #FlashForFriday

Here We Go Again – Novel Drafting and a new #FlashForFriday

Flash in a Flash – Super-Weeny #FlashForFriday

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