Prattlefog & Gravelrap
Matt KendrickA monthly article series about the elements of short fiction: ideas for rocket-boosting your writing craft, reading recommendations, and other writing-related ramblings.
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The Research Rabbit Hole
Yesterday I got so frustrated with myself. I set aside two hours for writing (a rare treat) and after those two hours were up, I hadn’t added to my wordcount in any way. I said harumph. I went to pour myself a glass of water. I went for a w...
The Editorial Funnel and 10% Editorial Sale
The Editorial Funnel Part 1: Structural Engineering
Dates: 5th - 25th October 2026
Description: You’ve come up with your idea. You’ve put that idea down on the page. But how do you take that first draft and make it the best version o...
The Editor as Lighthouse
I have a slightly strange obsession.
I love finding out about weird and wonderful “celebration” days. For example, today is “Hold Hands Day”, “Betty Boop Day”, “Rice Pudding Day” and “International Co-working Day”. Yesterday was “Global Sl...
Pick me! Pick me!!!
This is what we want our stories to say to an editor / publisher / agent / competition judge, acting like a child in the front row of the classroom who’s desperately got their hand up to volunteer to clean the whiteboard. Or perhaps our sto...
Glorious Words and Other Glorious Things
In her most recent newsletter, the wonderful began with a “confession”:
If you’ve noticed that the last few emails from me have been mainly promotional, believe me when I say I hate that (and I’m sorry).
But the truth is, being a f...
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Writer | Editor | Teacher. Stories in Cheap Pop, Craft Literary, FlashBack Fiction, New Flash Fiction Review, Reflex Fiction, Best Microfiction, Best Small Fictions, the Biffy50 list, & the Wigleaf Top 50.
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