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In a word

It’s a wordy world out there. To navigate the highs and lows of the literary industry, I write blogs to impart what I’ve learned, purge my demons, and generally jot down my 3 am thoughts.

(I was also told you weren’t really a writer if you didn’t have a blog, so there’s that too…)

#HappyReading

Creative Writing Examples

  • Fantasy story: And then there were dragons

    And Then There Were Dragons – Fantasy Novel

    ‘When Evelie stumbles upon a mysterious Oread and her moondragon, she has no idea how complicated her life is about to become.’ This is the prologue for a new book I’m fleshing out. If you like it, I’ll keep writing it!

  • The Bees and Pear Trees

    [Trigger warning: Implied abuse].

    When a spate of unexplained deaths rack a sleepy town, the house with the bees and the pear trees holds the key to unlocking the mystery.

  • Short Story by J.L.Nicholls. Image:

    The Locksmith

    The sound of gunfire faded as I pressed my back to the steel brace door. Darkness enveloped me, the blanket of night keeping me safe… for now. The uprising had started quickly and rapidly grown out of control, as was our aim. Yet, I knew it wouldn’t be long until they found me. They always found us eventually.

  • Run down barn in field. Image for Short Story by J.L.Nicholls

    Predator Species

    ‘There’s nowhere like it in the world.’

    That’s what they’d told me.

    I’d wanted to see it with my own eyes, to witness the colour-strewn horizon that dipped beneath a green washed landscape. I’d wanted to see the plump clumps of smoke that loitered between sky and earth, the air rich with oxygen and nitrogen. And I’d wanted to see them.

  • An article about why I write. Image: Colourful brain floating on purple background.

    The Thought Designers

    Do you remember the first time you hallucinated? The first time words on a page painted pictures in your mind? The first time someone’s ability to control your thoughts forced you to experience a phenomenon called imagination?

  • Poem about my HSP neurodiversity. Image: Colourful rose petals.

    I Feel Colours

    I feel colours the way people hear sound

    The vibrations and resonation

    Deep, soulful, profound

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