Introducing Twelve... A short story collection published month by month.

In 2015 I will be publishing a new collection of fiction... over a period of 12 months. Each month, I will publish and release a new short story (in ebook format) and I will make each one available for free, but only to my newsletter readers.

The full collection will then be made available at the end of the year on Amazon and I may choose to publish some of the individual stories also on Amazon, but I already know that aiming to release each one to the public - with a cover and the correct formatting for each retail platform - will take up too much time.

This project is going to be a side project for me and I'm therefore going to be flexible. I will NOT write a new story every month and I will not set any rules about how long each one will be. I actually already have a few stories written and at least a handful all planned out. 

Allow me, if you will to be transparent in my aims for this project.

Yes, I want to scratch that itch to write short stories, but I also want to 


As I plough away working on my first novel, An Invisible Girl, I have found myself missing the short story form. I miss knowing seeing the end at the beginning. I miss knowing that I am no more than ten thousand words away from the next draft. I long to work on something that I can understand inside and out without having to consult my notes to check if I've still kept in a pivotal plot point or to verify a character's eye colour...

I also can't seem to stop the short story ideas from popping into my head 

Frances M. Thompson

Londoner turned wanderer, Frankie is an author, freelance writer and blogger. Currently based in Amsterdam, Frankie was nomadic for two years before starting a family with her Australian partner. Frankie is the author of three short story collections, and is a freelance writer for travel and creative brands. In 2017, she launched WriteNOW Cards, affirmation cards for writers that help build a productive and positive writing practice. When not writing contemporary fiction, Frankie shops for vintage clothes, dances to 70s disco music and chases her two young sons around Amsterdam.
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