I was a bit absent from blogland last month. I seem to be saying that a lot this year, mainly because my work situation has changed, but I was still finding time to check in every once in a while – at least until March came along. But what a month it was! I can’tContinue reading “Mad March”
Category Archives: Writing
#writephoto – The Wasting
Sue Vincent runs a wonderful writing prompt, #writephoto, each week, using her own photography as inspiration. Maybe it’s the snot monster talking, or maybe, once again, Sue has come up with a great image, but as soon as I saw this week’s photo I heard the first line of a story. And here it is:Continue reading “#writephoto – The Wasting”
#writephoto – The Spring
It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another lovely #writephoto prompt, courtesy of Sue Vincent. Here’s my response to this week’s image: Squat and heavy, the stone sat next to the little spring, which was all boxed in and bricked up, water pooling, corralled, channelled, rather than roaming free. The stone had been there soContinue reading “#writephoto – The Spring”
Writespiration #104 – Choke
It’s Sunday, so that makes me just in time to post my response to this week’s Writespiration, courtesy of Sacha Black. This week’s prompt is Choke, and as always, we have exactly 52 words with which to craft a response. Here’s mine: He’d seen it online, other boys making it look easy. Just take theContinue reading “Writespiration #104 – Choke”
Out For A Walk
Today I decided to walk to work. It’s a reasonably long walk, about forty minutes, but the morning was bright and I had the time. It’s a nice walk, along a main residential road, past fields and under a railway bridge, along a reservoir and, finally, crossing a sylvan canal basin and heading up pastContinue reading “Out For A Walk”
Following My Heart’s Desire
I published this post in October 2014, back in the early days of my blog. I came across it the other day and realised that it still rang true. So I thought I’d share it again. As I walked home from school after dropping my daughter off the other morning, I pondered, as I usuallyContinue reading “Following My Heart’s Desire”
#writephoto – In The Flames
I do enjoy Sue Vincent’s #writephoto prompts, and the variety of responses she gets for each image. I usually know, when I look at her photos, whether I have something. This is what came to me for this week’s prompt: What do you see in the flames, little one?’ Her hair was burnished gold, littleContinue reading “#writephoto – In The Flames”
Writespiration – 52 Weeks In 52 Words – The ‘Ex’ Factor
It’s Thursday, and I usually do a door post today. However, I’m not feeling any of my door photos this week, so I’ve decided to take on a short writing prompt instead. Sacha Black has a great series running called 52 Words in 52 Weeks. Each week this year, she’ll be setting a writing prompt,Continue reading “Writespiration – 52 Weeks In 52 Words – The ‘Ex’ Factor”
A Nice Surprise – Writing Magazine Story Competition Results
I recently had some rather nice writing news. Last year I decided to devote some time to writing short stories, with the idea that I would submit one per month to anthologies and/or competitions. I figured that, even if I didn’t get anywhere, I’d still end up with a nice collection of short stories, asContinue reading “A Nice Surprise – Writing Magazine Story Competition Results”
#Blogbattle – Iridescent – When The Moon Is Full
It’s Tuesday, and time for Rachael Ritchey’s Blog Battle. The rules are simple – each week you get a prompt, a genre and have 1000 words to write a response, which has to be posted on the following Tuesday. This week’s prompt was Iridescent, and the genre was Fairy Tale. Here’s my take: When TheContinue reading “#Blogbattle – Iridescent – When The Moon Is Full”
Helen Glynn Jones 