Apr ’22 Release: COVID Calamity

Released about half way through this month is the piece for April 2022. This one is titled, COVID Calamity, and is based off a true story. The central issue in this piece revolves around two people in a recently formed relationship being kept apart due to COVID-19 border restrictions. It is meant to detail the extreme journey that someone is willing to take to be with the one they want; now, the factors for this separation might not always be disapproving relatives or friends. Instead, it could preternatural circumstances resulting from a global pandemic.

This work like all my others can be found on the Amazon store and Kobo store, I’ve linked directly to the story in the below links. Check it out and tell me what you think back here (It’s a short read so very digestible):

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March ’22 Release: Prisoner’s Peace

The March 2022 creative writing release is now available online and is titled Prisoner’s Peace. After finishing this work, I was really pleased with it how turned out. The story itself isn’t something I want to get into because I’m curious to see if my intended meaning is clear enough to readers. All I will say, is that it is a bit of a psychological short story set in the Medieval Dark Ages, centred around a prisoner’s daunting experience being sent to prison.    

What I found from writing this piece, is that I got re-experience the process of starting a project and not knowing exactly where it will end. Nevertheless, powering on with the writing and allowing the story to manifest itself to me naturally without me having to force it.

You can find it on Amazon’s ebook market and on Kobo’s as well.

Give it a read and tell me what you think.

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Writing – Year One

I thought it would be worthwhile to combine all the writing pieces from my first year of writing into one listing so that people can grab them all at once at a discounted price. Instead of having to fork out for each one individually.

I’ll leave a link below to where you can purchase it, go check it out. If you could also leave a review that would be much appreciated, as it helps a lot. Thanks again.

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November Release: From Lonely to Alone

This short story revolves around the idea of belonging to two worlds, and having to deal with th challenges that arise from navigating the two. It is based on my own experience and feelings during that point in my life. I’ve come a long way since and seeing that progression as a person is encouraging. While reading it, you might be able to relate in the way that even with people around you it can feel like you’ve got nobody; meanwhile, other people seem to be fully supported by their family and friends.

The story takes a dreamlike feel when it comes to explaining the environment in which it takes place. The reason for this is that I once had a dream when I was much younger that was very similar to what goes on in the story. The dream focused on my loss of connection that I felt from not really having a relationship with my grandparents. For context, both of my grandparents lived in a different city; I did see them every year or second year but not frequent enough to solidify any significant bond. 

Another misfortune was that my time with either of my grandfathers was cut short, early on in my life. One died from lung cancer when I was seven. While we were banned from visiting my other grandfather due to him alleging that my brother and I weren’t actually related to him; so as you could imagine my dad dissolved all contact, I don’t blame him for this. Missing guidance from a grandfather is something that affected me during my teenage years when I think back on it. I’ve learned to not let it hold me back, but I wanted to express what I went through.

It can be found on Amazon and Kobo, if you have Kindle Unlimited or Kobo Plus you can read it for free, go check it out with the links below:

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October Release: Chateau by the Sea

Okay I know I’m late in getting this one out the door, the worst part was this piece was completed at the beginning of this year. I just got caught up with university assignments and work amongst other things so that delayed my editing. In reality, that is just a convenient excuse that I tell myself. Sorry about not keeping to the schedule I defined, November’s story will be posted in about a week or so.

Now that is out of the way, let me give you a brief introduction to my 11th story to be posted. When I started writing this one, it was early in 2021, I still was working within the pandemic response to COVID in NSW. I wanted to craft a story that managed to weave social class commentary, intrigue and romance all in one. I’m proud of what I put together, but I still feel that there are areas of improvement to be refined upon. Oddly enough, the inspiration for this story was a page from Frank De Mulder’s Heaven that I happened to come across.

It can be found on Amazon and Kobo, go check it out with the links below:

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