To join in the share a story month, I give you the following. I hope you enjoy it. The Road to Bird and the Whale Bird sat at the window watching passersby walk up and down the road, to and from the quay. She set her days by the fishing boats departure, arrival, and...
I am sharing a eerie story today. Let me know what you think in the comments. My Reign Ends I survey my domain with pride and strike a beetle scurrying across the floor. The spark of light is brief and tiny, wholly unsatisfactory. I am in wait of bigger prey. Night...
At last month's writers meeting we were given the title - I, Nausea of Yellow Sun. We had to create a story inspired by this title. I am sharing mine. Let me know what you think. As I stand before my fellow Yellow Sun inhabitants after so many years, I note the...
I'm sharing a short story from a prompt at my last writer's circle meeting. The prompt was write a scene, or story that includes a piece of candy. Let me know what you think. The Sweetest Story I gazed at the store window with its jars and boxes of candy. Every colour...
As many of you know I attended a writer's conference recently. One of the presentations covered flash fiction. I dabbled many years ago in short prompt responses when I was starting out in writing, largely because the thought of writing a novel seemed an 'impossible...
Firstly, a huge thank you to all my followers, subscribers and readers for reading, commenting, liking and dropping by my blog and website over the last fifteen years. It is quite the milestone and I am extremely grateful to everyone of you. Writing is a lonely task,...
As many of you know I love prompts and this particular one was set at a recent writing group meeting. The prompt was - Create a character and add something unusual. Alice's World Alice slumped into the chair, huffing and puffing. She didn't want to be here again - a...
The 8th May is Make a Book Day. The process has changed considerably from the first scrolls in the 4th Millennium BC, through to block printing on 800 AD to the invention of moveable type in 1000 - 1400 AD. These were initially made of wood, but were not a reliable...
A new month is upon us, the year is rushing by and we have so much to accomplish. It is interesting that this month has several literary celebrations - Get Caught Reading Month, Mystery Month, National Share a Story Month and Latino Book Month. The first one is easily...