Gavin Turner

Love in the time of management lingo Love in the time of management lingo – a poem by Gavin Turner

Here it is, Love in the time of management lingo, a new poem

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Wrote a poem for the first time in ages,it's pretty good I think.

Nice to take an unintended break from fiction and let the poetry out once in a while!

Exactly pal

Write that story you think no one will understand, make yourself a legend

What would you do if you couldn't fail?

Honestly, I think I put smoked paprika on everything these days

Nothing to report, still writing, and yes it is still too dark for anyone to see it.

New cover design for my debut novella, 'CHOPSTICKS' is in production. Can't wait to see the final product!

Imagine if this went viral, what then?

Social media really is a massive pile of nonsense, isn't it?

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Music can be a useful writing aid. Try to find something appropriate to the era you are writing in. Get yourself into the space the characters live in.

Just created my own literary agent using AI.

May I introduce Cooper J Schmuckbaum, who has just emailed me from his trailer park in Tulsa, promising to get my writing career marginally off the ground.

He signed off his email
Laters, writer dude

Still wrapped up in novel writing. Feels like a complex jigsaw where the picture only reveals itself at the very end.

Just started reading this, been on my list for a while

It's like having a flatmate you ignore because they have bad habits

Hard to put things to one side right?

Then going back to characters from old stories like, aw, proper miss u little psychos

Anyone else feel like they could open up the start of a new story if it wasn't for the guilt around the 5 stories you still haven't finished yet?

Definitely! Well done!

Hot me with your literary good news! Everyone likes to hear about some success these days

Hey hey! Check out this short story up in @rfpress.bsky.social thanks to the RF crew for publishing!!

Restoration Please forget about my name. It’s Constance Bytheway. I always felt like I stole it from an old lady when I was born. Perhaps, in time, I will learn to grow into it. I used to spend my days in my r…

Which story that you wrote is your favourite?

I really enjoyed writing this short story, share your links below.

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Can't wait to see this come out. The office chat will never be the same!

Metamorphosis is amazing. Just a shame that he was not recognised in his own lifetime.

Currently reading Hey Nostradamus! by Douglas Coupland and The trial by Franz Kafka, how about you?

Maidyn The pair trudged onward. They believed their legs would ache by now but it was their souls that ached first. The journey was long. Soon enough, they would meet their creator, Maidyn. Being all that…

Extract from a WIP, love some feedback on this

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Identified a character flaw in my Novella in terms of their motives has just led to an exciting revelation-

Good news - this means the book will be better and will add another level to the plot twists.

Bad news - Gonna have to rewrite a lot of it.

Morning! Have a look at this little piece published by @trashcatlit.bsky.social including a Q&A session which was lots of fun. Thanks to all involved!!

Me: Hey Mr fly, what's your favourite thing in the world?

Fly: Well I do love banging my head against a closed window in the Spring

Me: You don't say

So stupid. Just returned the wrong book to the library and now can't get it back for another month, aaaarrggghh.

Any recommendations in the meantime? Horror and sci fi? Open to other genres. What have you been reading?