txt spk in lit – Y/N?

I remember reading a book back in high school, maybe seven or eight years ago, that was made up entirely of instant messaging chat. It was YA fiction about teen girl problems and it worked well at the time because most of my year 9 issues were covered in the way I communicated most. A … Continue reading →

you’re on a deserted island…

And you have to choose 5 books to keep your sanity intact until help arrives. It’s something we’ve all thought about at some point, and as much as we’d all love to take a shopping trolley or a truck full of books with us to that lonely spit of land, we can’t. Them’s the rules. My … Continue reading →

Twitter Fiction Festival (yep)

Writing fiction through Twitter seems a bit bizarre to me, but I can see its potential. Collaborating with people could be really interesting (though I can’t help but imagine a bunch of 12 year olds spamming your awesome story with #crap), and writing a whole story, or even a suite of poems, in 140 character … Continue reading →