Christmas Backlog Times Are Changing

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Ian

October, November and December used to be the perfect time to send story submissions to the editors of magazines. Writers are supposed to have other things to do. They’re supposed to be busy with their high-powered day jobs, spending hard-earned credit on presents, and partying so they aren’t in a position to weigh down depressed [...]

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In-Car Valeting Story Published

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Ian

In-Car Valeting contrasts physical and social mobility in a world that grows rapidly more divided.

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Ian D. Smith's Writing Credits

Posted on April 25, 2009 by Ian

The Front View (aka The View From Here) (ISSN 1758-2903): Telescopes @ http://tinyurl.com/q88dqv Transmission 6 (ISSN 1752-3729): Nobody Knows a Damned Thing @ http://tinyurl.com/dnmkzd Transmission 4: The North is So Much Better for Youngsters Today @ http://tinyurl.com/c35e83 Nobody Told the Horse, I Hadn’t Even Started and Not Your Problem (Surprising Stories) @ http://tinyurl.com/qnnf5x Think of [...]

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Attack!!! 10 is Out Now

Posted on October 10, 2008 by Ian

Go here: http://www.ecartilage.co.uk/attack1001.htm for the work of Gethan Dick, Johanna van Fessem, Matthew Giraudeau, Antony Hall, Steve Leighton, Mark Lewis, Andrew Murray, Chris Murray, Rae Rae, Ian Duncan Smith, Ben Platts-Mills, Erica Viola and of course, Wes White.

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My Story Published at Eclectica

Posted on January 2, 2008 by Ian

My story The Day I Asked Blake Morrison If He Raced Pigeons has been published at Eclectica. I submitted two Life Writing commentaries back in October, and Tom Dooley selected this one for the January 2008 issue. It’s a great start to the year. I have lots of ideas to work on, and getting one [...]

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My Blake Morrison Story Has Been Cherry Picked At ABC Tales

Posted on October 16, 2007 by Ian

The Day I Asked Blake Morrison If He Raced Pigeons has been Cherry Picked by the editors at ABCTales. It’s funny that my Life Writing MA has become the subject of my life writing.  I submitted an earlier version online to Pulp.net which seems to be the online incarnation of Bloomsbury. They pay £100 per [...]

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The Day I Asked Blake Morrison If He Raced Pigeons

Posted on October 15, 2007 by Ian

The day I asked Blake Morrison if he raced pigeons, there was a bad vibe in the tiny Goldsmith’s classroom, University of London. There was no air. The windows were shut and the blinds were closed. The tension was unbearable. The others grew restless. And then hostility broke out. One blonde Fiona took against another [...]

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You'll Never Walk Alone, Unless You're From Liverpool

Posted on August 30, 2007 by Ian

It’s ironic that Liverpool football fans sing the Rodgers and Hammerstein song about going through tough times. In fact, as Liverpool people know, it’s only when you smile that the world smiles with you. People in Britain seem to have turned on Liverpool because it’s a city not afraid to show itself as it really [...]

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Why Reading WOMAD Festival Was Special

Posted on August 3, 2007 by Ian

WOMAD, the World of Music and Dance, is a world music festival founded by Peter Gabriel and his Real World music company. WOMAD runs world music festivals around the world, and the one I used to go to was at Reading in the UK. For exactly the same time I lived in Reading, 1986 to [...]

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My Writing Is In Attack!!! Magazine

Posted on July 17, 2007 by Ian

Don’t Get In Its Way is a page of fiction I wrote in response to Ben Platts-Mills sad story All I Wanted To Do Was in Attack!!! 6. Attack!!! 7 has just arrived, and it’s another a great little issue created by Wes White. My writing is alongside Damaged Goods by Erica Viola, and I’m [...]

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