Writing 101, Day Eighteen: Hone Your Point of View The neighbourhood has seen better days, but Mrs. Pauley has lived there since before anyone can remember. She raised a family of six boys,… Continue reading
Day Nine: Point of View Today’s Prompt: A man and a woman walk through the park together, holding hands. They pass an old woman sitting on a bench. The old woman is knitting… Continue reading
Day Eight: Death to Adverbs Today’s Prompt: Go to a local café, park, or public place and write a piece inspired by something you see. Get detailed: leave no nuance behind. The… Continue reading
Writing 101, Day Five: Be Brief “Today’s Prompt: You stumble upon a random letter on the path.You read it. It affects you deeply, and you wish it could be returned to the person to… Continue reading
This week I discovered Bloggers for peace when looking for a blog event to take part in. Here is the link: We Can Make a Difference–Right Here, Right Now by Kozo Hattori So… Continue reading
. A mother and daughter sat by a carved figure of a dragon. The smiling girl wrapped her arms around the wooden dragon’s head. “I love you, happy dragon!” “Don’t be silly Anne.… Continue reading
Liathara lay on the hillside in the sunshine. She had been given time to meditate and take in what she had learned. Her tutor, Clare, the old Dragon-woman, was having her afternoon nap.… Continue reading
The Lord of the East awoke on top of a wooded hill. Opening his eyes woozily he checked himself over and found everything OK. No pain. He found himself unhurt apart from a… Continue reading
My 300 word story ‘Liathara of Woodley’ achieved an Honourable Mention in the last Flash! Friday 300 word story competition. I’m very honoured and pleased and I feel like developing that tiny bit… Continue reading
I originally wrote this in 302 words for Flash! Friday # 40, a writing competition. Now I’m treating my little story to a longer re-write for this daily prompt. It does have a twist… Continue reading
