I’ve been accepted

April 26, 2006
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Good news! I had a short story accepted. I struggled to trim it down from 4,500 words to almost half that size, but I...

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Turn and face the changes

April 25, 2006
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Writing is a despondent business. Seriously, who willingly goes into this endeavour thinking they will emerge shiny and well represented on the other side?...

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Playing catch-up

March 13, 2006
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Graduation: March 2006 Dum dee dum dum dum. Am I blase for not caring? A few pictures, an ugly robe and a shake of...

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Good News/Bad News Report

October 24, 2005
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Good news Dissertation and MA are finished! Let’s pop those champagne corks! I handed in my final work on 30 Septemember and fell over...

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Writing Hexes

August 9, 2005
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A friend hexed me the other day. Not intentionally. We were on the phone talking about the state of the world when she asked...

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Niki Aguirre is an American fiction writer based in London. Afflicted by wanderlust from a young age, Niki has lived in the US, Spain and Ecuador. She now resides in the UK with four cats.

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Dystopia: I used to like dystopia. Lately, it reminds me of dysentery and that's never good. Plus, the increase of apocalyptic films and books over the past decade make me wish we'd end already, just so I can see if they're right.