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I've realised I do very little blogging these days. I get precious little time to write so any time I do get I spend writing (not blogging about writing).

So, here are a few links to the writing I've been doing while I haven't been blogging about writing.



Fiction

Short stories of mine you can read (free) online

• Ogre Beans - 'Beautifully observed and haunting - it creeps up and surprises. Brilliant' - Chris Cleave
• The Same Old Song of Plenty  - 'A thoughtful, bittersweet tale' - Scott Pack (also shortlisted for the Doire Press International Fiction Competition)
• Bottled - 100 word story published online and in print in Boston Literary Magazine

Reviews

Opera

• Thunderstorm at the Coliseum (Arbuturian)
• ENO's Tristan and Isolde (Arbuturian)
• The Royal Opera's Tannhauser (Arbuturian)
• The Royal Opera's Lucia Di Lammermoor (Arbuturian)
• ENO's Peter Grimes (Arbuturian)
• ENO's Billy Budd (Arbuturian)
• Opera Holland Park's Puccini/Mascagni double bill (Arbuturian)

Other music

• The Felice Brothers - The Felice Brothers (Americana UK)
• Punch - The Punch Brothers (Americana UK)

General bits

• Thoughts on NaNoWriMo
• Why Are There No TED Talks on 'Home'? (Huffington Post)

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