Who writes Literary Endeavours
Literary Endeavours is written by MrWiseguy — the same byline that's been on this blog since the beginning.
It started at university, as a place to write more than coursework left room for — short fiction and poetry with nowhere else to go, written for its own sake rather than for a class or a portfolio.
What is published here
Literary Endeavours publishes original short fiction, speculative and literary short stories, poetry, and short prose fragments. Everything on the site is original work by the site's author — no guest posts, no syndicated content, no affiliate material.
The early archive
The blog was first published between 2007 and 2008. Those early pieces are preserved as-is on this site as an early-work archive: short fiction, poetry, and prose fragments written in that period, kept because they're part of the record of this publication rather than because every piece is being held up as current work. Where an early piece has been revised for clarity, that's noted on the piece itself.
The 2026 revival
Literary Endeavours went quiet after 2008 — life moved on, and writing dropped away for a long time. In 2026, coming back across the old posts was enough to make the case for picking it back up rather than leaving it as an artifact. New work is being published on an ongoing basis alongside the preserved early archive.
Editorial and revision policy
Some tools used in producing new work on this site are AI-assisted. All AI-assisted material is selected, edited, and approved by the site's author before publication — nothing is posted unreviewed. Full detail: see the Editorial Policy page.
Contact
See the Contact page.