March 2026

Writing in a Room Full of Strangers

Yesterday I went to Shut Up & Write at The Archives on North Road. Ninety minutes, no agenda, no workshop critique. Just people and their WIPs in the same room. I wasn’t expecting much. I’ve had enough of writing groups where half the session goes on discussing what everyone is working on instead of actually […]

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The Train That Shouldn’t Exist

I went to a Shut Up & Write session on Sunday. The Archives café, 103 North Road. Fitting, given what I was working on. Not many people showed up, which meant the whole place was essentially full of writers. Everyone quiet, everyone somewhere else entirely. Ideal conditions for horror. I’ve been listening to The Magnus

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