I was hanging out the other night at the Tiki Hut, minding my own business, when a voice behind me said, “Hey man, what’s up?” I should first explain that the Tiki Hut is an edifice here at the marina where I live. The denizens of said marina congregate there on occasion to commune with […]
Originally posted on Inked Brownies:
My name is Andrew Joyce and I write books for a living. Anne has been kind enough to allow me a little space on her blog to promote my new novel RESOLUTION: Huck Finn’s Greatest Adventure. I think it’s a good book, but what do I know? Anyway, I’m kinda…
Originally posted on K.J's Athenaeum:
Hi all, Anyone who follows me closely will know my book was removed from Amazon for almost a fortnight after they registered some unusual activity. At first I was at a loss. What was it, where had it come from? But since I have learnt a terrifying truth…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Hello, I’m Andrew Joyce. I was here a few months ago and issued a 79-word challenge. I asked you to write a 79-word story with plot, character development, and all the stuff good stories are made of. And I must admit that you all came…
Emailed from a friend. (And don’t be so surprised. I got a few. Well . . . at least one.) Homographs are words of like spelling but with more than one meaning. A homograph that is also pronounced differently is a heteronym. Some Examples: 1) The bandage was wound around the wound. 2) The farm […]
This article is reprinted with permission from Fred Johnson of BubbleCow.com Hi everyone. The school holidays are almost upon us, and I wish those of you with kids good luck. May your family holidays avoid disaster and may you never hear the dreaded “I’m bored!” It might be a good time to lock yourself away […]
While doing research for my latest novel, Resolution: Huck Finn’s Greatest Adventure, I came across an astounding woman—one who bested some of the toughest men in the world at their own game. Her name was Belinda Mulrooney. The setting for RESOLUTION is the Yukon Territory in the year 1896. The biggest discovery of gold had […]
About Andrew Joyce: Andrew Joyce left high school at seventeen to hitchhike throughout the US, Canada, and Mexico. He wouldn’t return from his journey until decades later when he decided to become a writer. Joyce has written four books, including a two-volume collection of one hundred and forty short stories comprised of his hitching adventures […]
They are always with me. At times they appear out of the ethereal mist and other times they speak directly to my mind. I wish they would leave me to myself, but that they will not do. No, first I must do their bidding. They come in the night and stay until the black sky […]
You have to walk that lonesome valley for yourself. Or that is what I thought until I found you. I was heading down-trail—that lonesome trail—all alone. I was gonna make my own way. I was once so lonely . . . I was once without you. Now you are my life. ’Twas a feelin’ . […]
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