I saw this on Twitter a while ago and thought it a fun thing to do – basically, you make a poem from book titles. Here’s my attempt: I capture the castle, The daughter of time; Away with the fairies, Memory and dream The dark is rising Whispers underground. Foxglove summer; The new rulersContinue reading “Book Spine Poetry”
Monthly Archives: October 2016
Writing Updates And The Snot Monster
Happy Friday, everyone! Just a quick update post, as my week has been thrown into slight disarray by a snot monster who has decided to take up residence in my sinuses. Blegh! Could be worse, though, I know that. Streaming eyes and the fact that the front of my face feels as though it’s aboutContinue reading “Writing Updates And The Snot Monster”
#BlogBattle – Coconut – Blast From The Past
It’s that time of week again, when bloggers across the web post their response to Rachael Ritchey’s Blog Battle. This week, the prompt is ‘coconut’, and I had grand dreams and a wisp of a story about being at the beach, with the song ‘She’s Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts’ floating around in myContinue reading “#BlogBattle – Coconut – Blast From The Past”
Writing An Agent Submission Letter
After seven days of writing about an otherworldly weekend away with The Silent Eye, it’s back to reality with a rather prosaic thud – this post is all about crafting the agent submission letter. I’ve written before about submitting your manuscript to agents – while I don’t consider myself by any means an expert, IContinue reading “Writing An Agent Submission Letter”
Circles Beyond Time – Joy
This is the final instalment in my account of my weekend away with The Silent Eye. Please click here for parts one, two, three, four, five and six. And thanks for reading! After our dawn excursion I returned to the hotel for breakfast, then packed and checked out, as Arbor Low was the last stopContinue reading “Circles Beyond Time – Joy”
Circles Beyond Time – Dawn
This is the continued account of my weekend away with The Silent Eye. Click here for parts one, two, three, four and five. 5:11am. Ugh. I hadn’t slept well, and my alarm jolted me out of a dream. Yet, once I’d woken fully, I was excited. This morning we were heading up into the hillsContinue reading “Circles Beyond Time – Dawn”
Helen Glynn Jones 