Two days ago, I posted my latest short story & as of tonight – the first final draft is completed (link at bottom of text). So if you read the first totally incomplete version – then please please please read the below version in its more finished format. The Short story is approx 2000 words & is inspired by real life events – I did indeed go on a writer’s holiday last week – would it be correct to say that this is ‘based on a true story’? Maybe. Is it more correct to say it is a ‘Dramitised version of real events’ – probably.

Anyway – I want to say a quick thankyou to all those who read my work. I really appreciate it & have been working hard to pump out just over one piece every week on average. This year I have again grown the viewership, number of posts & subscribers. I am thrilled that even one person has read any of my work.

I only have one complaint – I don’t get enough comments! Maybe this is because I need to buy a domain, part with a dew dollars. I should indeed do this natural step. Perhaps I’m hiding too much. Perhaps I am ‘afraid of success’. There’s no doubt truth in this. I guess that is the hardest step in a writers life – to put themselves fully out there.

I think we unknown bloggers/writers feel like sole wandering ants, looking over at the anthills we should be inhabiting, & feeling a mix of anxiety & comfort at our situations. But that’s what’s great about this community – we can all help each other get better.

God bless & have a great holiday season & be sure to give yourself a writers weekend, even if it’s a ‘staycation writers weekend’!

Yours

Martin Anton Smith 12 Dec 2024 from the South Island of New Zealand.

“A Writer’s Weekend” (A Short Story)