Genie This month's Tempo magazine (a free monthly magazine found in all the malls in Abu Dhabi) included a small piece written by my son and myself when he was seven and a half.
The genie story, Flying Beds and Invisibility Suits, is based on what my son would have wished for if he had three wishes from a genie.
I explained to my son that sometimes a malicious genie will ensure that your wishes are not fulfilled in the way you expected, so for each of his wishes I got him to think up a way it could go wrong.
When he finished the story, I indicated places that editing was needed (i.e. spelling mistakes and dubious grammar), before he wrote up the story in his school book for English.
A couple of years down the line and I thought I'd submit the story to Tempo. Then hey presto, it was accepted:
http://tempoplanet.com/flying-beds-invisibility-suits/
Below are links to my Canterbury Tale published by Coscom Entertainment, my most recent Global Short Story Competition winner, my short-listed story for the National newspaper, Abu Dhabi's, annual short story competition and a story that appeared on the Every Day Fiction site - where you can leave a comment:
http://chaucers-uncle.weebly.com/index.html
http://www.inscribemedia.co.uk/assets/october-ebook.pdf
http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/short-story-a-day-for-decisiveness
http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-d-day-diorama-by-paul-a-freeman/#comments
Happy Writing!
The genie story, Flying Beds and Invisibility Suits, is based on what my son would have wished for if he had three wishes from a genie.
I explained to my son that sometimes a malicious genie will ensure that your wishes are not fulfilled in the way you expected, so for each of his wishes I got him to think up a way it could go wrong.
When he finished the story, I indicated places that editing was needed (i.e. spelling mistakes and dubious grammar), before he wrote up the story in his school book for English.
A couple of years down the line and I thought I'd submit the story to Tempo. Then hey presto, it was accepted:
http://tempoplanet.com/flying-beds-invisibility-suits/
Below are links to my Canterbury Tale published by Coscom Entertainment, my most recent Global Short Story Competition winner, my short-listed story for the National newspaper, Abu Dhabi's, annual short story competition and a story that appeared on the Every Day Fiction site - where you can leave a comment:
http://chaucers-uncle.weebly.com/index.html
http://www.inscribemedia.co.uk/assets/october-ebook.pdf
http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/short-story-a-day-for-decisiveness
http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-d-day-diorama-by-paul-a-freeman/#comments
Happy Writing!
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