moon – Helen Glynn Jones

Wild Moon

Yesterday was a funny sort of day. Everything felt a bit edgy and I found it difficult to focus, but couldn’t work out why. Then, in the evening, I took the gorgeous girl to her dance class and there it was. The Super Blue Blood Moon, sailing above the trees like a golden lantern. ItContinue reading “Wild Moon”

Maiden Mother Crone, Part 5 – The Maiden

Stone and rain. Rain and stone. It seemed to be a theme of the weekend. No matter the weather, when we reached any stone of significance the rain would fall. From soft misty drizzle to gale force rain storms, we experienced just about all the types of rain Scotland seemed to offer, often in theContinue reading “Maiden Mother Crone, Part 5 – The Maiden”

Maiden Mother Crone, Part 4 – Imbalance

Sigh. I should have expected this. On the last Silent Eye weekend I’d attended there had been a place that had shaken me, unexpectedly, making my breath shorten, my heart pound. And so it is, I suppose. On these weekends we are challenged as well as inspired, and beauty can hold darkness as well asContinue reading “Maiden Mother Crone, Part 4 – Imbalance”

#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”

#writephoto – Under The Moon

Every week, Sue Vincent sets a #writephoto challenge, using one of her lovely evocative photographs as a prompt. To participate, you have until Wednesday each week to write your post, with a new prompt posted on Thursday. This week, Sue shared an image of the full moon – this is my response: ‘All night longContinue reading “#writephoto – Under The Moon”

#blogbattle – A Run In The Dark

I’ve had a few weeks away from Rachael Ritchey’s #blogbattle, so it’s nice to be back. This week the topic is ‘Voice,’ and my entry is an excerpt from Silver and Black, the vampire novel I’ve been working on this month as my Camp NaNoWriMo project (only a few thousand words to go!) ——- AContinue reading “#blogbattle – A Run In The Dark”