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Writer of crime fiction and fantasy, retired journalist, photographer, MMORPGamer, trying to live a fruitful life with help of US wife and despite MS
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Freedom Flights: Episode 20 - Shadow Strike
As we pass the end of April, it’s time for another long episode of Freedom Flights. Until a just peace for Ukraine is reached, I will continue to write never forgetting the brave people fighting for freedom. At least the aid bill has now been passed so we can hope, pray, and breathe again
Links to the previous episodes can be found on my Freedom Flights page on the left-hand sidebar.
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#IWSG – Derailment
This fourth Insecure Writer’s Support Group post of 2024 is living up to its title.
Getting to this stage has been one obstacle after another, from health issues to writing problems.
My Ukraine saga, Freedom Flights, has caused the most distractions. I managed to post Episode 19 almost on time, but Episode 20 missed the end of April self-imposed deadline. Blame a mix of uncooperative bowels,…
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Freedom Flights: Episode 19 - Hidden Resource
As we pass mid-April, it’s time for another long episode of Freedom Flights. Until a just peace for Ukraine is reached, I will continue to write never forgetting the brave people fighting for freedom.
Links to the previous episodes can be found on my Freedom Flights page on the left-hand sidebar.
Episode 19 – Hidden Resource
2024
Friday, April 5th –– Dęblin Military Air Base, Lublin…
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#IWSG – Blogging Life
This fourth Insecure Writer’s Support Group post of 2024 has to steer away from the same complaints about my health.
Instead, I’ll concentrate on wishing you all a Belated Happy Easter, hoping however you spent it, in worship, with family, hunting for Easter eggs, or all three, it was rewarding, enjoyable, inspiring, and fun.
So, onto the writing front:
The revision of Fevered Fuse is complete…
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Freedom Flights Episode 18 Steadfast Phoenix - Part 3
This is Part 3 of Freedom Flights Episode 18 Steadfast Phoenix, which I eventually posted in three parts on consecutive days. The link for Part 1 is at https://rolandclarke.com/2024/03/27/freedom-flights-episode-18-steadfast-phoenix/, Part 2 at https://rolandclarke.com/2024/03/28/freedom-flights-episode-18-steadfast-phoenix-part-2/, and all the previous episodes of Freedom Flights can be found at…
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Freedom Flights Episode 18 Steadfast Phoenix - Part 2
This is Part 2 of Freedom Flights Episode 18 Steadfast Phoenix which I am aiming to post in three parts on consecutive days. The link for Part 1 is at https://rolandclarke.com/2024/03/27/freedom-flights-episode-18-steadfast-phoenix/, and all the previous episodes of Freedom Flights can be found at https://rolandclarke.com/freedom-flights/.
Episode 18 – Steadfast Phoenix
Part 2
2024
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Freedom Flights: Episode 18 - Steadfast Phoenix
As we approach the end of March, I have not forgotten my commitment to write an episode of Freedom Flights until a just peace for Ukraine is reached. This month I continue to struggle, but nothing compared to the brave people fighting for freedom.
Unlike previous episodes, I am posting this one in three parts as the events required more scenes… and longer to write. The posts should appear on…
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#IWSG – AI Experiments
This is the third Insecure Writer’s Support Group post of 2024, so I’m still attempting to avoid repeating the usual gripes and writing failings. I’m aiming to steer away from …boring.
Not so brief, then, my health continued its erratic decline, including one day of dramatically ejecting what I ate. I dismissed the convenient suspicion of attempted poisoning… even if our departing aid company…
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Dathliadau
Today is a double celebration in our home, so I’ve been signing off my carers with a line sketch of a daffodil.
Some of you might know it’s St David’s Day, when the Welsh celebrate the Patron Saint of Wales. We may not be Welsh, but our hearts are still there. Daffodils are among the most recognised symbols of Wales, plus the red dragon.
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant
More important for me though, today…
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Freedom Flights: Episode 17 – Life and Death
As promised, I am attempting to write one episode of Freedom Flights every month until a just and stable peace has been reached in Ukraine.
Apologies for not posting by the end of last week as planned. At least, it’s still February… and March has more days. Plus, I’ve already selected a film for the next ‘Movie Night’ at the Zenigora Restaurant.
See you for the end credits.
Episode 17 – Life…
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#IWSG – Website Diagnosis
This is the second Insecure Writer’s Support Group post of 2024, so, I’m conscious that I must avoid repeating last month’s gripes and usual writing failings… as everyone has to be bored by them after months of identical posts.
In brief, then, my health continues its steady decline. The revision of Fevered Fuse plods on, and Episode 17 of Freedom Flights is due out this week.
Slava…
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WEP Get Together - February
If this fails to appear on February 1st, blame HMRC (His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs) for wanting me to file my 2022-2023 tax return by midnight on January 31st, 2024. Failure to submit by the deadline incurs a £100 fine, which increases after 3 months. Unfortunately, I won’t have submitted the return by the time this post appears, as I’m still missing one document.
However, this WEP Get…
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Freedom Flights: Episode 16 – Beacons of Hope
As promised, I will continue writing more Freedom Flights episodes until a just peace for Ukraine is reached. Hopefully, I can manage one episode per month, and now there are sadly no more WEP/IWSG Challenges, I have devised a thread echoing 2023’s theme.
Once again, many thanks to the WEP team for inspiring us writers to create more gems with those Challenges. My thanks too to IWSG for their…
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#IWSG – Another Year
This is the first Insecure Writer’s Support Group post of 2024 so, Happy New Year to everyone. May this year prove better than the one past, despite any gloomy predictions… forecasts which should be ignored as always.
2023 felt like a turbulent year from my health and my wife’s to writing and world events. I’m praying for positive developments in 2024, starting with everyone’s health… not just…
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WEP/IWSG December Challenge - Zvenigora Snow
First, many thanks to the WEP team for inspiring us writers to create more gems with their Challenges. My thanks too to IWSG for their participation, and to my fellow writers and readers for their support and encouragement. Without all of this, I wouldn’t have written as much.
For those who didn’t realize, this is the final WEP Challenge. However, this is not the end of my Ukraine posts as I…
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Freedom Flights: Episode 14 - Embedded
In October, I posted my most recent WEP/IWSG Challenge episode, Masked Nemesis. Below you will find the next episode, Embedded, which I wrote as the first part of my 2023 NaNoWriMo entry. For the rest of that entry, I wrote three more Freedom Flights episodes Forest Elusion, Prairie Pride, and Saskatoon Sunrise – set respectively in 1944, 1947, and 1950. These are the first of the stories linking…
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#IWSG – Book Review
This month’s piece for the Insecure Writer’s Support Group post is again a challenge because of the problems arising from my bedridden state, especially my injured leg… although it is healing.
Meanwhile, during November, I first managed to write my next present-day Ukraine story, titled Embedded, which I will post before the WEP/IWSG flash due by December 15th.
I also took part in NaNoWriMo,…
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