Monthly Archives: May 2015
Jurassic Park
Today’s picture for Friday’s Fictioneers. The challenge: write no more than 100 words of fiction. He blamed her new hobby on their trip to Lyme Regis. She’d discovered a fossilized tooth on the beach beneath the giant cliffs. Since then, she’d developed what he deemed an unhealthy obsession. Instead of sculpting her usual angels or […]
Is it finished?
It’s done, finished. The last chapter squeezed out my brain and deposited on the computer. So that’s it? People like to ask that – have I finished writing my book yet? The yet has that particularly irritating emphasis. Oh, how I wish. I can see the hours spent revising my draft. I’m already fidgeting with […]
A Pruner’s Musing
I’m joining a multitude of Friday Fictioneers for a burst of creativity. Using a picture prompt posted every Wednesday by Rochelle Wisoff on her blog, I’ve to conjure up no more than 100 words by Friday. You know I don’t want to cut you, but you’ve been too successful. You’ve stretched out, filled the spaces, […]
The edifice
This is my first go at Friday Fictioneers – a 100 word flash fiction challenge based on a photo prompt. So here goes…. Where had it come from? Grey haired Farmer Joe couldn’t explain. He spoke on local radio, broadcasting his confusion at the arrival of the edifice in his hay field. Crowds gathered […]
A brief conversation about a cold
So I caught a cold. I do find myself thinking – we can send people into outer space, but we can’t cure the common cold. Imagine if the first cold hadn’t been caught until modern times, rather it appears magically and it’s symptoms unknown, and you’re the first, the one who has to contact your […]
What next?
After the flurry of blogging activity during April, May is quiet, which suits me as I’ve lots of writing and editing to do. I’ve added a page listing all my A-Z posts on inspiration. As for this blog, I’ve taken a leaf out of my own theme for A-Z Challenge and having a guest. My […]
Survived.
Finished. No, not with this blog, but the A-Z. Would I do it again. Yes. It’s been great fun and …. It kept me blogging, even when I didn’t feel in the mood. I’ve met other bloggers and writers. I know I’m not alone. Challenges motivate, and having a theme helped keep me focused. It’s […]
The Quiet Writer 