Raymond G. Taylor
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Author living in Kent, England. Writer of short stories and poems in a wide range of genres, forms and styles. A non-fiction writer for 40+ years. Subjects include art, history, science, business, law, and the human condition.
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What are photos for
Why do we feel the need to make a record of the world around us in visual form? People have been doing this for tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of years. First with coloured slime scraped from a river bed or the floor of a cave, then with carefully prepared pigments. Now we use digital electronic devices like a smart phones and digital cameras.
By Raymond G. Taylorabout a year ago in Photography
A real town called Raymond. Top Story - August 2024.
Quite a few people, having read my flash fiction story, "A Town called Raymond" have asked me whether there really is a town in California called Raymond and yes, there really is. I have mentioned in some of my articles that I like to use fact to give my fictional stories an authentic feel. Whether it is historical or scientific fact, or snippets from my own knowledge, experience or life story, truth can often enhance fiction, if you know how to use it.
By Raymond G. Taylorabout a year ago in Writers
A town called Raymond
The address written on the note said 153 Larkin Street. A street in San Francisco, between the Civic Centre and the Pioneer Monument. Or so I thought. San Francisco. City of earthquakes and Alcatraz, Dirty Harry and Chinatown. Cable Cars, barking sea lions, and the heart-stopping tall towers of the Golden Gate Bridge. I just couldn’t wait. 18 years old and the whole city awaited. A six-month stay before I started Uni. Six months away from Mum and Dad and my horrid sisters and brothers.
By Raymond G. Taylorabout a year ago in Fiction
Tunnels of love. Content Warning.
"No, don’t! It’s not allowed." Lucy spluttered as she spoke, half giggling, shifting from foot to foot in her nervous excitement. With all three of them standing on the tiny space at the rear of the boat, it looked as if she would fall off at any moment.
By Raymond G. Taylorabout a year ago in Fiction
Where do stories come from?
Ideas are funny things. They seem to pop out of nowhere, or sometimes come about as the result of a life event, seeing a film, reading a book, taking a walk in the woods. Sometimes they have a transitory existence, forgotten almost before they enter your consciousness. Sometimes they solidify, grow into a plan, a movement, a programme, philosophy, doctrine, religion. Let's not worry about all that though. We are writers and as writers we love to turn the best ideas into stories. But where to find them?
By Raymond G. Taylorabout a year ago in Writers
