Blood will Flow

I was sorting out a drawer of stuff yesterday and found this memoire written by my Dad for an event in Shrewsbury a few years ago, collecting people's experiences of WWII. I've got Mum's reminiscences too, so I'm going to type those up next. I'm putting them here mainly for me, though some might find them interesting. :D

1939 War Experiences – Paul Byrne

Not so sour grapes!!

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On BBC World Service - a look at the phenomenon of fanfiction.
This is only 17 minutes long, so I think it misses a lot of the subtlety of fanfic, and (oh sacrelige!) there is no mention of SPN! But it is interesting, nonetheless. Oh and one of SPN's best ff writers does get a mention, albeit for a Harry Potter fic - i.e Astolat.
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I found this online storytelling training course via The Write Practice, which is an online writing blog and community that sends out daily prompts and tips, and seems to be pretty useful. I thought I might as well sign up as it's free, and registration only wants a name and email address so doesn't seem to be predatory...it's run from Germany (Postdam).
It says you put in as much time as you want to, there is no qualification to be gained, no exams or assessments, so it sounds like one of those things where you probably get most out of it the more you put in.  Which probably means I won't get all that much out as I am so notoriously lazy!
The tag line says: Are you interested in the mechanics of current fiction formats? Do you want to know how stories are told? Do you want to analyze, understand, contextualize and create stories and narratives? Then join our MOOC.
(Not entirely sure what MOOC stands for, to be honest, LOL!)
If you are interested you can find out more details HERE.  Oh and they have a Facebook page here.