Originally posted on Entertaining Stories:
Welcome to another edition of Lisa Burton Radio. This is your host, Lisa the robot girl, with a show that’s a bit different today. These interviews have gotten really popular, and I’m getting a lot of verbal commitments for future shows. What I’m not getting is action on those commitments.…
Author Archives: Helen Jones
Wednesday Wander – Surfers Paradise, Australia
It’s the destination. The place that all the tourists know, heading north from the cool chic of Sydney to a place where gleaming towers line a golden beach, blue waves rolling in. In this shot, taken a little bit further along the coast, Surfers Paradise shimmers like some mythical Oz on the horizon, a placeContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Surfers Paradise, Australia”
#writephoto – Sirens
Sue Vincent has chosen yet another evocative photo for her #writephoto inspiration series. This time, I ended up with a couple of fragments – a poem, and a short paragraph with hints of a longer story… Out to sea, Past waves that shimmer and foam We dance Light as air, Streaming bright through skyContinue reading “#writephoto – Sirens”
Treasure Competition Results
Originally posted on Esther Chilton:
Last week, the focus was on flash fiction and the results of my 100-word story competition. This week, it’s over to the longer story. For the latter, you were given the theme of ‘treasure’ and you could interpret that in any way you wished, as long as it was within…
A Journey Through Ambeth, Part II
Almost a year ago, I wrote a post about the real landscapes that had inspired Oak and Mist, my first Ambeth book. With the release of Hills And Valleys, the third book in the series, that landscape has now expanded somewhat. So, with the past week being what it was, I thought I might takeContinue reading “A Journey Through Ambeth, Part II”
Thursday Doors – Lend A Hand
I was going to call this post ‘Handy Knockers’, or ‘Knock Me Up,’ but realised both titles probably wouldn’t work so well with a lot of my regular readers (though they may have attracted some new ones!) 😀 So here are my doors for Norm 2.0’s regular weekly challenge. Both images were taken in myContinue reading “Thursday Doors – Lend A Hand”
Wednesday Wander – Aughris House, Sligo
This is the Beach House at Aughris, Ireland, an ancient pub and B&B that happens to serve very fine meals. Sitting on the curve of a silvery bay, it looks across the shifting sands to mountains and the burial cairn of a legendary queen, while the stones on the beach contain fossils even older still,Continue reading “Wednesday Wander – Aughris House, Sligo”
Playing With Pictures
This is a photograph I took the other day on my way home from the supermarket. I thought it quite atmospheric, the way the sky was reflected in the water, the boat and two men silhouetted against the rippling clouds. I published a post a little while ago about using stock photography, and another aboutContinue reading “Playing With Pictures”
Thursday Doors on Crazy Friday
I try to keep this blog a fairly positive place, without excessive swearing, so I’m not going to comment on my feelings about #Brexit here. Instead, here are some pretty doors, part of my response to Norm 2.0’s Thursday Doors Challenge. For more doors, or to add one of your own, head over to Norm’sContinue reading “Thursday Doors on Crazy Friday”
Wednesday Wander – Magens Bay, St Thomas
This is Magens Bay, St Thomas, US Virgin Islands. Often appearing on lists of the top beaches in the world, this small slice of Caribbean heaven is reputed to be the place where Sir Francis Drake anchored while waiting for ships to plunder. Nowadays, it’s a popular destination for tourist and locals on the island.Continue reading “Wednesday Wander – Magens Bay, St Thomas”
Helen Glynn Jones 