Until 31st July you can grab many of my books from Smashwords at a sale price. https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/mevebarnett As you well know I write in multiple genres, so how do you choose which one to read? There are several options on where you can research...
Herland 1915 Charlotte Perkins Gilman I first heard about Herland a couple of years after I wrote my first NaNoWriMo in 2009, resulting in the basis of my novel, Life in Slake Patch. The premise of my speculative novel, Life in Slake Patch, is a future matriarchal...
Rip-roaring - definition: boisterously wild and exciting The first thing that came to my mind was the twenties, with the outrageous indulgences of the wealthy. The strangest thing, was the fashion of wearing dresses with no shape to them but masses of long necklaces...
Succumb - definition: 1) to yield or give in to force or pressure 2) to die I am sharing an excerpt from my reincarnation love story here, The Twesome Loop. Two of the main characters succumb to the inevitable even though neither of them have any idea what is...
Today's word - Gingham - definition: a cotton clothing fabric in plain weave. All I could see when I read this word was gathered gingham fabric across the kitchen sink window...isn't that evidence of how strong images are? My next image was of my infant (elementary)...
Chitterlings - definition: 1) a ruffled frill on the front of a shirt. 2) a food dish made from port intestines: also, chitlins I'm setting a challenge today...if you so choose to participate. Use both definitions in the same short story or poem! I've pondered for a...
Effete – definition: 1. no longer fertile 2. a) having lost character, vitality or strength b) marked by weakness c) soft or delicate from or as if from a pampered existence 3. effeminate I have not come across this particular word before but now I want to use it…! It...
Hello to you all and firstly I must say a very grateful thank you to Vikki from http://the-view-outside.com/ She was kind enough to nominate me for this wonderful award and I would recommend you visiting her blog in a nano-second. The rules are fairly easy - you can...