Graham Watkins
Filling a plot hole.
An author's search for material to fill a plot hole in his novel. 'With one bound our hero was free' didn't cut it.
Graham Watkins Author.
Search
Graham Watkins
- Mar 13
- 7 min
A Welsh protest to save the world.
Greenham Common Peace Protest. A protest to save the world that started in Wales.
194 views
Graham Watkins
- Feb 10
- 10 min
Colin Jobsworth
Colin Jobsworth - A tale of a little man with a grand idea.
117 views
Graham Watkins
- Jan 17
- 6 min
The Mart
A short story inspired by events at Llandeilo mart Carmarthenshire Wales.
118 views
Graham Watkins
- Dec 12, 2021
- 4 min
Saint Chwyfan’s Cross.
A legend inspired by the ancient cross near Whitford. In 793, a band of heavily armed men landed from boats and destroyed the great abbey...
208 views
Graham Watkins
- Nov 3, 2021
- 7 min
Rhys ap Thomas - Hero of Bosworth Field
According to the poet Guto’r Glyn, Rhys ap Thomas struck the blow that killed Richard III.
191 views
Graham Watkins
- Oct 30, 2021
- 2 min
The Smallest House
Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne when a rather unusual house was built in Conwy. To keep the cost down, the builder wanted a site...
172 views
Graham Watkins
- Dec 16, 2020
- 7 min
The Feud
It began on show day when pensioner Arnold Hopkins, a little man with an inflated opinion of himself, won a prize. Arnold who regarded...
68 views
Graham Watkins
- Dec 2, 2020
- 4 min
Gnoll Belvedere - A Story of Welsh Coal, Copper and Corruption.
Sir Humphrey Mackworth was an industrialist, lawyer and fraudster who studied the scriptures in his spare time. He was educated at...
838 views
Graham Watkins
- Nov 20, 2020
- 4 min
The Wreckers of Cefn Sidan
The Wreckers of Cefn Sidan 'Gwyr-y-Bwyelli Bach' The people with little hatchets. The Captain of the La Jeune Emma peered through the...
672 views
Graham Watkins
- Nov 4, 2020
- 5 min
The Land of the Dead
Gwyn ap Nudd was King of the Underworld and the mountains of Cadair Berwyn and Moel Sych his throne. His was a cold, barren kingdom...
92 views
Graham Watkins
- Oct 23, 2020
- 3 min
The Mad King's Monument.
King George III, the first Hanoverian king of Britain who spoke English as his main language, had been on the throne for nearly forty...
506 views
Graham Watkins
- Oct 14, 2020
- 4 min
Paxton's Tower, a nabob's revenge.
There is a strange looking gothic tower standing high above the Towy valley between Carmarthen and Llandeilo which was built by a...
167 views
Graham Watkins
- Sep 4, 2020
- 4 min
The Devil's Bridge
The widow, Marged, lived on the south bank of Afon Mynach. For company she kept a little dog and a cow. Each morning, as the sun’s...
129 views
Graham Watkins
- Aug 18, 2020
- 2 min
Tŷ Castell - Castle or Cow Shed.
The Elizabethan country house, Nercwys Hall, was built by John Wynn in the 1638. Wynn, a wealthy gentleman left the estate to his son...
251 views
Graham Watkins
- Jul 23, 2020
- 5 min
Welsh Legends and Myths - King Arthur
In the Welsh legends Arthur’s sword Excalibur was ‘Caledfwlch.’ In the stories the sword was used to kill an Irish king.
277 views
Graham Watkins
- Jul 22, 2020
- 1 min
Tan y Coed - A Smoker's Retreat.
Sir Charles Woodall, a shipping tycoon from Manchester, lived in Tan y Coed Hall, Colwyn Bay during the 19th Century. He was a passionate...
76 views
Graham Watkins
- Jul 10, 2020
- 8 min
Swansea and the Sea
When Captain Dan Nicholas wrote his diaries, describing forty years at sea, he recorded that his father was a boy of ten when the French...
82 views
Graham Watkins
- Jun 19, 2020
- 4 min
The Legend of the Lonely Shepherd
The shepherd spent his days on the mountains of Llangattock. It was a solitary life, wet and cold in winter, hot and dry in summer. Each...
822 views