These rather impressive stainless steel doors are the secondary entrance to the NatWest Building on Hertford St in Coventry. According to Historic England, the NatWest building was constructed in 1929-30, and you can see an Art Deco influence in both the ornate door panels and the stone decoration on the arch. The icons on theContinue reading “Thursday Doors – NatWest Building, Coventry”
Monthly Archives: March 2016
Wednesday Wander – Venice, Italy
I recently wrote a piece of flash fiction for one of Sacha Black’s Writespirations, and it seemed to take place in Venice. This took me back to a visit I made there many years ago, and so I thought I’d make Venice this week’s Wednesday Wander destination. I could write loads about Venice. But IContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Venice, Italy”
#BlogBattle – Leviathan
This is my entry to Rachael Ritchey’s Blog Battle. This week’s word was ‘Leviathan’, and it took me straight out to sea. I realise I’ve been doing a few of these blog challenges of late, and I think it’s because I need to stretch all my writing muscles before hitting NaNo next month. Plus I’mContinue reading “#BlogBattle – Leviathan”
Getting Ready for Camp NaNo
I was going to write ‘It’s Monday.’ Then I realised that it’s Tuesday. The Bank Holiday has thrown me off a little, the week already starting without me realising. It’s only a few days till I head to my virtual cabin for Camp NaNoWriMo. We have a full cabin, twelve writers in all, and ourContinue reading “Getting Ready for Camp NaNo”
Photo Prompt – By The River
Another photo prompt from Sue Vincent, this time an absolutely gorgeous shot of a snowy staircase leading through a stone arch. And yet my mind, as it so often does, has wandered somewhere unexpected… By The River The snow was crisp, the kind that crunched underfoot, footsteps left clear as though stepping in wet concrete.Continue reading “Photo Prompt – By The River”
Interview with Helen Jones, #BlogBattle “Hair” Winner
Originally posted on Rachael Ritchey:
I’m far behind on my interviews, but we’ll get caught up! A few weeks ago the lovely Helen Jones from Journey to Ambeth won our “Hair” Blog Battle with her story, Behind the Mask. It is a power bit of historical fiction. I hope you’ll swing over and take a gander. But…
Sacha’s Writespiration – Time Won’t Wait
I’ve been doing a few writing prompts recently. This is for a couple of reasons – first, because they challenge me to stretch my writing brain. I’ve been writing about Ambeth for a long time and it’s nice to visit other worlds once in a while (although I’ll always love Ambeth). Second, because I’ve beenContinue reading “Sacha’s Writespiration – Time Won’t Wait”
The Moomins and first butterfly
Sue Vincent with a lovely post about Moomins, springtime and the fact that things are often more than they seem…
Water Wheel Dreams
There have been a few writing prompts that I’ve missed this past week, including this one from Sue at The Daily Echo, for which the deadline was yesterday. Sue shared this lovely photo of an abandoned water mill, and challenged us to write something to go with it. Even though I missed the deadline IContinue reading “Water Wheel Dreams”
Thursday Doors – Graffiti in Barcelona
I can’t believe it’s Thursday again already! Those time-management elves seem to be speeding the clocks up even more as the year moves on, or maybe it’s just me. 😉 I’ve missed a couple of Thursday Doors posts in recent weeks – not because I’ve run out of doors, but rather, a bout of fluContinue reading “Thursday Doors – Graffiti in Barcelona”
Helen Glynn Jones 