Nanonovels

An exuberant fiction debut from award-winning Scottish playwright Jules Horne.
Ever suffered from writer's block?
Jules Horne had a chronic form of the condition, known as writer's lock. Could a scientific experiment be the answer? She decided to write A STORY A DAY. IN FIVE MINUTES. How? Read on...
"Her stories are magical and profound, but light and funny at the same time. She is a dazzling storyteller."*
Amy Scheibe, Free Press, Simon & Schuster Inc.
HOW TO WRITE A NANONOVEL:
•Shut your eyes.
•Choose a book from your shelf.
•Choose a phrase from the book.
•Put the phrase into Google.
•Write a story about the web page you find.
•In five minutes.
150 particle fictions, prose poems and nanodramas about eagles, trolls, Oulipo, Taylor's Theorem, Walden, sylosis, dogs, bumfles, leeches, toasted diamonds and other unexpected inspirations.
*Praise for WRAPPED TOWN
"A thoroughly refreshing read." Asya Muchnick, Little Brown and Co, NY
"Immensely talented and truly original." Anjali Singh, Vintage Books

Jules Horne is from the Scottish Borders and writes for the stage and BBC radio. She has won Edinburgh Fringe Firsts for her stage plays ALLOTMENT and THREAD, and the National Library of Scotland's Robert Louis Stevenson Award for her fiction. She teaches creative writing for the Open University, and writes in a former textile mill in Selkirk, with a blues band next door.