simon minchininPage BreaksWords spoken at a funeral.If you are asked to look back on a person’s life, or your relationship with that person, you are quite often asked, ‘What picture comes to…Nov 2, 2022Nov 2, 2022
simon minchinA blank sheet of paper.They say that a blank sheet of paper frightens some people.Jul 2, 2022Jul 2, 2022
simon minchininPage BreaksA fall in the AutumnMost of the short fiction that I write is actually quite long, a fair few thousand words at least. I’m not sure why. I suppose those…May 2, 2022May 2, 2022
simon minchininPage BreaksCut and dried.Yesterday morning we cut two fields of hay and it has barely stopped raining since.Aug 17, 20211Aug 17, 20211
simon minchininPage BreaksANYTHING TO DECLAREMy second collection of short stories, VISCERA, has just been published by Climbing Tree Books. This very short piece of fiction was the…Aug 3, 20211Aug 3, 20211
simon minchinWriting is all about hard work and dedication, isn’t it?‘Are you going to do a dedication for the book?’ asked the big boss, my sensei, William the publisher.May 7, 2019May 7, 2019
simon minchinI took some luncheon today with Mr Essex.We discussed our upcoming venture, to wit the publication of a number of short stories I have seen fit to write.Mar 10, 2019Mar 10, 2019
simon minchininPage BreaksSea you can walk on. Land that drowns.In the winter, the beach is a painting. A smudged landscape, sea-grey and sky-blue, where charcoal stick figures throw balls for dogs and…Nov 27, 2018Nov 27, 2018
simon minchinPoor old Facebook. Or, “Why Are There so Few Really Good Ads on There”Facebook wants to be a paid-for advertising media.Mar 26, 2016Mar 26, 2016
simon minchinOIOIOO OOI OOOOIII, OOIO OOIOIO IO OOIOIOO OOI OOOIOO?I spend a huge amount of my time working in the digital space, whatever that means. And I sometimes wonder whether reducing words, concepts…Feb 23, 2016Feb 23, 2016