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The book is in stores! People are not!

Posted on August 18, 2021September 30, 2021 by Jack Remiel Cottrell
The book is in stores! People are not!

If you’re in Aotearoa, you know we’re back in lockdown – Level 4, this time it’s Delta. So my book is out, but all the readers are in.

Posted In Lockdown, Ten Acceptable Acts of Arson and other very short stories, Thoughts, Uncategorized

Let’s call the whole thing off

Posted on August 20, 2020February 17, 2021 by Jack Remiel Cottrell
Let’s call the whole thing off

So, the year 2020 continues to disappoint. Lockdown the second occurred the day before I was scheduled to do a reading of my piece in Ko Aotearoa Tātou, which I was looking forward to.

Posted In Lockdown, Thoughts

The months I might have stolen

Posted on June 2, 2020February 17, 2021 by Jack Remiel Cottrell
The months I might have stolen

There’s a line that is currently in one of my stories which is going to be removed from that story because it doesn’t fit. But I still like the line, so I’ll put it here instead.

Posted In Lockdown, Thoughts

Lockdown Day Who Knows: When ‘Interesting Times’ Aren’t That Interesting

Posted on April 26, 2020February 17, 2021 by Jack Remiel Cottrell
Lockdown Day Who Knows: When ‘Interesting Times’ Aren’t That Interesting

I started this blog with the best of intentions, and it’s been… five entries in a bit over a month? Well, it’s about par with all my other attempts at running a blog to be fair.

Posted In Lockdown, Thoughts

Lockdown Day 14: On The Beach

Posted on April 8, 2020February 17, 2021 by Jack Remiel Cottrell
Lockdown Day 14: On The Beach

So I finally got tired of refreshing my twitter feed and/or getting angry at my university and decided to read a book.

Posted In Lockdown, Thoughts

Lockdown Day 7: 2020 is Cancelled

Posted on April 1, 2020February 17, 2021 by Jack Remiel Cottrell
Lockdown Day 7: 2020 is Cancelled

A couple of days ago, we got the news that the Bingham Cup, a huge and exciting rugby tournament has been cancelled for this year. Given someone else paid for my ticket to Canada, I’m hoping Air New Zealand will still actually be around in 2022.

Posted In Lockdown, Thoughts

Lockdown Day 3: Bubble of One

Posted on March 28, 2020February 17, 2021 by Jack Remiel Cottrell
Lockdown Day 3: Bubble of One

Day three of lockdown! Yesterday the supermarket was oddly full and I got the last bag of kindling. Success.

Posted In Lockdown, ThoughtsTagged In covid-19, isolation, Lockdown

Life in the time of Covid-19

Posted on March 24, 2020February 17, 2021 by Jack Remiel Cottrell
Life in the time of Covid-19

This is a covid lockdown blog now, like all the others. Sorry.

Posted In Lockdown, ThoughtsTagged In covid-19, isolation, Lockdown

Jack Remiel Cottrell is a writer in Aotearoa who works with flash fiction and microfiction. He also referees a lot of rugby.

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