Tag: material

• THE BARRA BOY MARKETING MATERIALS HAVE ARRIVED!

  The excitement is building ahead of the release of ‘The Barra Boy’ in just 4 weeks time. Recently, I received a delivery of various marketing materials from my publishing team including bookmarks, postcards, A4 posters, leaflets and business cards, all designed to help get the word out about the book release. Hopefully local shops and…

  Iain Kelly

  29/05/2022

  Books, creative writing, Fiction, Literature, Media, novel, Publishing, Writing

  adventure, book, creative writing, crime, drama, Fiction, literature, marketing, material, mystery, novel, publication, Publishing, release, scotland, the barra boy, thriller, Writing

• SCRAP METAL

  

  The thing weighs a tonne, almost broke the table when I finally hefted it onto it. Got some buttons on it. Give one a tap and it makes a pleasing ‘clack’. Letters on them. Some sort of coding device? Nowhere to plug it in, can’t see an on button. Bit at the top slides side…

  Iain Kelly

  25/03/2020

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  barter, computer, creative writing, destroy, drabble, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, future, hammer, history, literature, machine, material, metal, object, obselete, scrap, Short Story, story, Technology, typewriter, typing, use, Writing, writing prompt

• LAUNCH DAY

  

  They were about ten cars from the front now. They should get a space on the next ferry. They watched the lucky ones on the departing ship disappear from view. ‘How long have we got?’ She glanced at her watch. ‘Half an hour. We should make it.’ ‘Any word from Artie?’ ‘They made it across.…

  Iain Kelly

  13/08/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

  anticipation, apple, comedy, consumerism, creative writing, crossing, fans, ferry, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, gadget, humor, humour, iphone, island, launch, life, literature, mainland, material, modern, must-have, obsessed, opening, queue, Short Story, smartphone, society, store, story, world, Writing, writing prompt