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Out Now – Piece Number 7

Philip HarrisJanuary 7, 2013Free Fiction, Out Now, StoriesLeave a Comment

I’m very pleased to announce that my latest story, Piece Number 7, is now up on Garbled Transmissions. Piece Number 7 is difficult to classify (at least for me). The best … Read More

Why the New Duotrope Makes Me Happy

Philip HarrisJanuary 1, 2013ChatterLeave a Comment

Today is a contentious day – at least for a subset of the internet. Today is the day Duotrope switches to a subscriber model. For those who don’t know, Duotrope is … Read More

Vital Statistics 2012

Philip HarrisDecember 31, 2012Metrics, WritingLeave a Comment

Here’s the rundown of my writing stats from 2012 (numbers in brackets are values from 2011). Stories sold: 5 (1) Writing time:  64.2 hours (114.6) Total word count :  34,520 … Read More

Twas The Day Before Christmas

Philip HarrisDecember 24, 2012ChatterLeave a Comment

Not much going on on the writing front at the moment but I have realised that I’ve made 49 submissions so far this year which means I really need to … Read More

We Have a Winner – Piece Number 7

Philip HarrisNovember 14, 2012Acceptances, StoriesLeave a Comment

Just breaking unscheduled radio silence for news of my fifth acceptance of the year – my novella Piece Number 7 has been accepted by Garbled Transmissions. Most of the time I’m hopeless at … Read More

Year One

Philip HarrisOctober 30, 2012ChatterLeave a Comment

This blog is now a year old and it’s been an interesting twelve months. I’ve had four stories accepted, run two marathons and shipped four new videogames. On the down side, … Read More

Free Fiction – Stains

Philip HarrisOctober 29, 2012Free FictionLeave a Comment

Not a lot happening on the writing front at the moment, I’ve been distracted by work and the new XCom game, but I did dust off my word processor to create … Read More

4:41:24

Philip HarrisOctober 11, 2012RunningLeave a Comment

For most people in Canada, Thanksgiving Weekend means family, friends and lots of food. For my wife and I, it meant the Victoria Marathon weekend and the culmination of our … Read More

Two Sleeps to Go

Philip HarrisOctober 5, 2012Chatter, RunningLeave a Comment

Two sleeps to go until my wife and I run the Victoria Marathon. This is will be the second marathon we’ve run and I’m feeling a lot better about this … Read More

Six Sleeps to Go

Philip HarrisOctober 1, 2012Chatter, The Ghost SmugglerLeave a Comment

There’s only six sleeps to go until my wife and I run the Victoria Marathon. Or to put it another way, there’s only six sleeps to go until I no … Read More