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Reasons To Stay Alive
Many years ago, for one World Book Night 2016, the book I chose to give out was βReasons To Stay Aliveβ by Matt Haig. I had already read βHumansβ and was impressed by that; I had given that away the previous year.
By Mike Singleton π Mikeydred about a month ago in BookClub
Keep On Walking
Introduction I have had this image from The Enchanted Booklet on Facebook saved for a while, and in some ways, it makes me think of my situation on Vocal. Everyone encourages me and is supportive, but a solution to my issue is unlikely to emerge, so I have to keep on using my workaround.
By Mike Singleton π Mikeydred about a month ago in Fiction
Sherlocks
Introduction - Why Am I Writing About Sherlocks? Image from Adapt or Perish Podcast I was watching the recent BBC take on Sherlock (I say recent the first episode was in 2010 so twelve years ago, there are probably kids who have seen it who werenβt born when it first started - although they shouldnβt have seen it) and then I thought βWho are the actors who have played a decent Sherlock Holmes?β.
By Mike Singleton π Mikeydred about a month ago in Geeks
Hurricane Joey
I saw a challenge about writing a story with as many song titles from a single artist that you can fit in and hopefully make sense of . Barclay James Harvest once released a song called "Titles" that consisted virtually entirely of Beatles song titles, so I could have just typed that and submitted it as a piece of poetry. You can listen to it here. I love it, actually.
By Mike Singleton π Mikeydred about a month ago in Beat
My Life On Vocal At The Moment
Introduction Since November 23rd, 2025, continuing on Vocal has been made difficult for me due to Vocal's minimal support. The music I chose for this piece is "Hard Workin' Man", written by Jack Nitzsche, sung by Captain Beefheart, featuring Ry Cooder on the guitar. The rhythm provided by a car body printing press, and the image I created for this, is appropriate.
By Mike Singleton π Mikeydred about a month ago in Writers
