Hello, and a very warm welcome to my blog.
My name is Hugh. I live in the city of Swansea, South Wales, in the United Kingdom.
My blog covers a wide range of subjects, the most popular of which are my blogging tips posts. I’ve learned a lot about the world of blogging since I first came here in February 2014. All of the tips and advice I give are free of charge and will cost you nothing apart from a little bit of your time.
I have always enjoyed writing, and the fact I suffer from a mild form of dyslexia has not stopped me from enjoying the passion I have for writing.
Blogging has put me in touch with hundreds of other writers, many of whom have been supportive and helped me with my writing.
Here is a list of categories I write about on my blog. Click on a category to view all the blog posts under that category.
- Adverts
- App Reviews
- Audio Story Corner
- Awards
- Blog Post Promotions
- Blog Promotions
- Bloggers Bash
- Blogging
- Blogging Tips
- Book Promotions
- Charity Appeal
- Christmas
- Competitions
- Daily Squares
- Everyday Life
- Fiction
- Flash Fiction
- Glimpses
- Guest Blog Posts
- Guest Bloggers
- Gutenberg – How To
- Humour
- Interviews
- Lens Artist Photo Challenge
- Monthly Wrap-Up
- More Glimpses
- Music
- Photography
- Poetry
- Reviews
- Short Stories
- Social Media
- Sunday Stills Photo Challenge
- Technology
- Television
- Thursday Doors
- Thursday Doors
- Wordless Wednesday
- WordPress WordPrompt
- Writing
- Writing Prompts
More about Hugh
I lead a happy life and always try to stay positive. I share my life with John, my civil partner, and our two Cardigan Welsh Corgis, Toby and Austin.
Austin and Toby.
You will find some of my short stories and flash fiction on my blog, and I hope you enjoy reading them. Flash Fiction has become a big part of my writing, and I enjoy participating in various writing challenges.
Blogging is a marathon, not a sprint!
Blogging and Social Media Tips
As I mentioned earlier, I also write articles giving free blogging and social media tips. Click on the ‘Blogging Tips’ and ‘Gutenberg – How To’ buttons on the menu bar to access all my articles.
These articles have proved very popular. My free tips are a way of thanking everyone that supports my blog by visiting, reading and commenting on my posts.
If you have any questions about blogging, let me know what they are. I may respond with a brand new post that could feature you and your blog.
Blogging Awards and Tags
As much as I appreciate being nominated for blogging awards and tagged in blog post challenges, I took the decision a few years ago for my blog to become ‘award free’ and to no longer participate in ‘tagging’ challenges on here or on social media.
You can read why I took this decision by clicking here. However, I’d like to thank everybody who has (and who still does) nominated me.
What kind of blogs do I like to read?
If you blog about any of the following subjects, then leave me a link to your blog. I’d love to connect with you and read your posts.
- Blogging tips
- Blogging
- Social media tips
- Writing
- Writing tips
- Photography
- Photography challenges
- Flash fiction
- Flash fiction challenges
- Short stories
- Short story challenges
- Blogging challenges
- LBGT topics
- Science fiction
- Television
- Films/movies
- Technology
- SEO tips
New Column
I’m delighted to announce that I now have my own column (Diversity with a Twist) at the Carrot Ranch blog. Click the image below to read my current post. I hope you’ll join me and all the other guest columnists there.
My Books
My first collection of short stories is available on Amazon.
Glimpses is available as both a paperback and an eBook and contains 28 short stories and flash fiction full of twists, turns, and unexpected endings. The Kindle version is 99p.
Glimpses
28 short stories and pieces of flash fiction take the reader on a rollercoaster of twists and turns.
Paperback – £4.99
Kindle – £0.99
Click the link below to order your copy.
My second collection of short stories and flash fiction, More Glimpses, is now also available on Amazon.
Price cut! – The Kindle version of More Glimpses is now £0.99. The paperback version is now £4.99.
Click here to buy a copy.
Alternatively, contact me to buy a copy.
Latest Interviews with Hugh – Click on the links
The Writer Next Door – Vashti Q
Bad Moon Rising – Books And Such
Bad Moon Rising – Books And Such (Oct 2019)
Let’s Get Inspired – Affirmation and Gratitude
Bad Moon Rising – Books And Such (Oct 2021)
Latest Guest Posts by Hugh – Click on the links
Marsha Ingrao – Always Write – 2020
Marsha Ingrao – Always Write – 2021
Don’t forget to check out the pages on my blog where you’ll find lots more information.
How To Contact Hugh
Don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
You can contact me by clicking on the ‘Contact Hugh’ button on the menu bar at the top of my blog.
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Thank you for visiting me today.
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Hugh's Views & News 
I love this blog and owners. Thanks to interesting post.
Afriant Ishaq
Thank you so much.
Hi Hugh, nice to meet you through your blog posts.
Glad I am learning a lot from your blogging tips and there is so much you have written I am yet to complete.
But sure to go through your posts one by one and wish and pray ‘time’ is sympathetic to me.
I am unable to guess the date since when I am following you.
Thanks a ton for your contribution.
Namaste.
🙏🙏🙏
Thank you so much for following my blog, Namaste. I’m delighted when readers tell me how helpful some of my posts are.
Feel free to ask any questions about blogging. I’m always happy to help.
So kind of you.
Sure to check with you on so many things, which are Greek and Latin to lay man like me.
I am surfing your website today. Looking for blogging tips.
I accidentally noticed the text to your interview on my blog says. ‘Let’s Get Inspired – Affirmation and Gratitude’. Have I changed something that makes your title be different to the blog post itself?
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No, it was me that changed the title on my reblog of the post. The reason why is that SEOs such as Google downgrade posts that have duplicate titles. I always make a minor amendment to the title before republishing a post.
Oh I didn’t know. Interesting
Your website is amazing, this is definitely one to learn from for the rest of us. Austin and Toby are so handsome! Well done!
Thank you, Eileen, and welcome to Hugh’s Views And News. I have a great community here. I hope you find lots of content that will be of interest.
Hugh, what a gorgeous website you have. I love it. It is so easy to navigate. So much to read. I am so glad I found you. Have a fab weekend. Take care.
Jane, thank you so much for visiting my blog and leaving your feedback. Easy navigation around a website is so essential, so your feedback is excellent.
You, too, have a great weekend.
My pleasure. x
Hi Hugh I have been following your blog for a few months now and I just wanted to say thank you for all the blogging tips. I started my blog in January and had no idea what I was doing. Thankfully I found your blog which have helped me immensely. I also wanted to say I started reading your book, Glimpses, this morning. I am really enjoying it. As a matter of fact, soon as I am finished with this comment I will be reading it some more. 😁 Have a wonderful day 😊
How very kind of you to reach out and say thank you for the information I publish for other bloggers on my blog. I’m delighted my posts help you. Hearing feedback like that always makes my day.
And thank you for buying my book Glimpses and reading it. I hope you enjoy the rest of the stories in it. If it had not been for blogging, I’d never have written the stories in it and published them in a book.
Thanks again.
Best wishes,
Hugh
Hello Hugh, It’s a pleasure to meet you. I stumbled onto your blog chasing information on Reblogging. I’m new to blogging and find WordPress to be difficult at times – good thing I know HTML as I had to use it to get the theme format the way I wish.
Best Wishes,
Danny
Hi Danny, it’s good to meet you too.
Practice makes perfect. The more you use the WordPress platform, the easier and better it gets. Well, that’s what I discovered anyway.
Welcome to the world of blogging.
Hi! I’m Janie Junebug. I’ve come to visit because Urspo has a link to you on his blog. Now I’m one of your subscribers. I sometimes write about writing and I sometimes review movies, books, and TV shows, but I don’t do any one thing all the time.
Love,
Janie
Hi Janie, thank you so much for coming over from Michael’s blog. Welcome to Hugh’s Views And News. I hope you find lots that will interest you on my little blog.
Best wishes,
Hugh
Hi, I am Lisa. I am a poet. I am enjoying your blog. There is a lot here.
Thank you. I’m glad you’re enjoying looking around my blog, Lisa.
Hi. I just came across your page, lots to look through and hoping to learn a few things. Oh, and your pups are adorable.
Thank you so much, and welcome to Hugh’s Views and News. I hope you find lots of interesting stuff to entertain you here.