EV Bancroft

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  • Editing is Hard

    The stream of consciousness writing, the word dump, is the easiest bit of the writing, for me anyway. I like to scribble when I’m half-awake in the early hours of the morning. Ideally, I’ll then drift back to sleep with the opportunity for a second go around when I wake again around seven. But the editing is…

  • Lesfic Eclectic Volume Two Now available

    See below for the book funnel link for your FREE copy of Lesfic Eclectic Edited by Robyn Nyx, including a short story by me. Enjoy! https://dl.bookfunnel.com/89vqh0vwz8?fbclid=IwAR0Ioi4OUMSWmET4NktiYaFs1piscHTVXgw3ocv9A4zVvjQsN2HFbVUFOFw

  • How Was Nanowrimo For You?

    This was the first time of attempting National Novel Writing Month (Nanowrimo) in November. I had written and rewritten the first scenes a couple of times, and after a bit of prodding and support from Global Wordsmiths plotted the book, scene by scene. I’m so glad I did. By having something concrete to complete each…

  • Pet Peeves of a Pedant

    Okay, I confess. I hate it when something is factually incorrect in a story or song. It just throws me out of the alternative world and drags me kicking and questioning into the mundane, and reaching for Google (other search engines are available). I’ve recently been working on a short story for the Lesfic Eclectic…

  • Hello, Reader World!

    I think I got into reading as it was something in which I could beat my brother. He was severely dyslexic, and they didn’t get support in those days. He was three years older than me, brilliant at cricket and everything else, and I idolised him. But reading was my thing. As a child, I…