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Yup, writing can be a slog, an uphill climb, a walk in the dark – choose any cliché you want. Endless editing, self-doubt, rejection, more editing, more self-doubt, more rejection. But committed writers don’t give up. They accept this as a part of the job description, crafting their words until a story emerges. Michelangelo said: ‘Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it’. The same is true of writers. Every writer we publish has carved their story out of the millions of available words, choosing the right ones and discarding the wrong ones. That, my friends, is writing.
And here are our latest word sculptors:
SHORT STORIES
Anne Frost: The Psychology of Lost People
David Bishop: The Circular Book
Maeve McCormack: A Running Tide
FLASH FICTION
Anne Howkins: I’m on my Second Glass of a Decent Viognier
Cari Oleskewicz: A Perfect Day Not to Meet