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”
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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”
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”
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”
Kaleidoscopic Dreams
I’ve been ill this past week or so, but am feeling better now. It was one of those bugs that alter reality, high temperatures and blocked head putting me in a strange, dream-like state where I wasn’t sure, at times, what was real and what was not. My dreams were strange as well, lucid thenContinue reading “Kaleidoscopic Dreams”
#BlogBattle – One Year Anniversary Edition
I’m fairly new to Rachael Ritchey’s Blog Battle, but am really enjoying the challenges so far. And, guess what, I won one! My entry Behind The Mask, for the theme word ‘Hair,’ was voted last week’s winner, so thank you very much to everyone who read and voted for the story. This week’s theme isContinue reading “#BlogBattle – One Year Anniversary Edition”
Feel The Fear And Publish Anyway
I’m currently in the editing stage of my third Ambeth book, Hills and Valleys. It’s already been out to beta readers and I’ve made several adjustments based on their suggestions, all very much in keeping with the spirit of the story. And I’ve just received editorial notes from my editor, Lucy, who is fantastic inContinue reading “Feel The Fear And Publish Anyway”
Heading To Camp NaNoWriMo
I’ve only been to camp once in my life. It was during Grade Eight, a class trip to the Canadian woods where we got to stay at a summer camp complete with dormitories and a washhouse and dining hall. There were crafts and toasted marshmallows and the vague threat of putting someone’s hand in aContinue reading “Heading To Camp NaNoWriMo”
#BlogBattle – Hair: Behind The Mask
This week, Rachael Ritchey’s blog battle theme is Hair, and this is my entry. It seems to be Historical Fiction: Behind The Mask She had cried when they cut her hair. At least, that was what he had heard. But stories told from behind prison walls grow in legend or ridicule, depending upon who isContinue reading “#BlogBattle – Hair: Behind The Mask”
Helen Glynn Jones 