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Flat White

The link below takes you to the publication of my latest story – Flat White published with The Furious Gazelle magazine. A delayed train leads to an impromptu visit to a coffee shop and a bizarre turn of events for Mike. Have a look and let me know what you think! https://thefuriousgazelle.com/2023/03/15/flat-white-by-gavin-turner/

How to publish your own chapbook part 2

A Writers Journey I will start with telling you about the book that I did release and explain how I arrived at that collection. It was somewhat unintentional that this would be my first book and my approach was very different to the one I am currently working on.  The Round Journey is a standContinue reading “How to publish your own chapbook part 2”

Free Submissions tracker for budding writers

Hi All, One of the things I hear a lot is people saying they have forgotten about a submission they made, or can’t remember if they have submitted to a publication before or not. Along my writing journey I have put together this tracker to help me manage this. It’s really straight forward with plentyContinue reading “Free Submissions tracker for budding writers”

How to publish your own chapbook

A Writer’s journey I am not new to writing. In fact, in some ways I have been putting stuff together on and off for a long time. Last year I was lucky enough to have my first chapbook published. Whilst this was a really exciting first foray into the world of publishing there was alwaysContinue reading “How to publish your own chapbook”

Analogue IV

Analogue IV Just a second I’d said to my darling,Take as much as you wish she replied,But I wait for no man, she adds with a grin,As her hands swish from side to side She wants more from our time together,Seems to her that I take and don’t give,Her grandfather said the same thing toContinue reading “Analogue IV”

In the dark with Gavin Turner

Hi All, Welcome to the second of my newsletters about the stuff I’m writing and reading at the moment. I will be trying to get these out on a fairly regular basis, but only when I have something to share with you all. As you know the fickle nature of the publishing industry means that,Continue reading “In the dark with Gavin Turner”

A year in reflection

As we approach the end of 2022 there is an opportunity to reflect on the last year in terms of writing progress. I didn’t set out to be the next Stephen King or JK Rowling. My aims have been much more modest than that. But I also did not impose any limitations on how IContinue reading “A year in reflection”

FREE HAIKU BOOK – TRIPLICATED

Hi All Hope you are enjoying the Winter season! Thought I would share with you that I have just upgraded my free E Book, TRIPLICATED which is now available on this site. Follow the link here and you should be able to download the whole thing. Hope you enjoy it and would love to hearContinue reading “FREE HAIKU BOOK – TRIPLICATED”

New site features

Recently I have been thinking about offering some new features on the site. I would like it to be more interactive and have been considering adding some writer tools and prompts as a regular feature. Looking on Google there doesn’t seem to be too many of these being offered free to subscribers but that’s theContinue reading “New site features”