An Honourable Result

Philip HarrisSeptember 28, 2013Stories, WritingLeave a Comment

I found out on Wednesday that my story, Rainshine, received an honourable mention in the 3rd quarter round of the Writers of the Future Contest. Now, obviously that’s not a win. … Read More

McSweeney’s Writing Advice

Philip HarrisJune 9, 2012Chatter, Stories, Writing AdviceLeave a Comment

Just a quick update today – I’m full of butter chicken, we’re about to watch Where The Wild Things Are and I have a story to edit – but I wanted to … Read More

Back From The Dead

Philip HarrisJune 5, 2012Books, Chatter, Events, Movies, Music, StoriesLeave a Comment

Time flies when you’re living in a self-imposed creative wasteland. It’s been three months since my last real update and since then I’ve been to several plays including two musicals, seen … Read More

F Bomb

Philip HarrisDecember 5, 2011StoriesLeave a Comment

No zombies, but I did manage to get back to writing yesterday and I started a new story – F Bomb. An hour and a half of writing resulted 966 words … Read More

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Philip HarrisNovember 12, 2011Stories, TelevisionLeave a Comment

A good writing day yesterday. I clocked up nine hundred and fifty eight words and completed the first draft of the story currently known as Rainshine. The first draft wound … Read More

A Visit From Ethel

Philip HarrisNovember 6, 2011Novel Number 2Leave a Comment

Our normal weekend schedule has been disrupted this week because Sunday will be a very special day. To make room for that very special day we moved our long Sunday run to … Read More

It Means Nothing to Me

Philip HarrisNovember 5, 2011ChatterLeave a Comment

Our new Kobo Vox arrived yesterday. I resisted the eBook revolution for a long time but Ann persuaded me to buy her one for her birthday last year. I borrowed … Read More

Introducing Ethel

Philip HarrisNovember 4, 2011ChatterLeave a Comment

I have a muse. Her name is Ethel. I’ve never met her (she prefers to stay out of sight and just fiddle with the synapses in my brain) but I’m … Read More

Rainshine

Philip HarrisNovember 3, 2011ChatterLeave a Comment

I was able to kick off a new story yesterday, a science fiction tale inspired by a line from an Amanda Palmer song. I always churn through any number of … Read More