Result!
[Today’s snippet of new prose comes from another Write Invite entry; I came fourth with this piece based on the trigger ‘racing’.] The notice was on the […]
Make Do and Mend [Part 3]
We didn’t usually bother to dress up when we went to the Youth Club. Jeans and jumpers were the order of the day. But that night was different. I’d come […]
Make Do and Mend [Part 1]
[I started this story during last week’s Write Invite competition, using the trigger ‘The Present’. It didn’t get short-listed, and the original ending (which I have deleted) was not strong […]
She Who Holds The Pen…
[Today’s snippet of new prose was written in response to a Write Invite trigger last September: ‘power’. While it is completely fictional, I’m sure many people would be able to identify with […]
Filthy Writing
[Today’s snippet of new prose grew out of a writing exercise: one of the triggers on last week’s Write Invite competition was ‘New Page’. With just 30 minutes to write and […]
Sadie’s Sensible Shopping
[A very Happy New Year to all of you. I haven’t made any resolutions this year – that way, I avoid being disappointed in myself when I fail to keep […]
Chasing Stars with a Butterfly Net
[As this is my last blog post until January 2nd, I’m putting up more than a snippet this week. This is a short story written earlier this year for a competition on […]
Looking and Seeing
[Back in September, I wrote about a day spent with Chudleigh Writers’ Circle in the garden of one of the members. Then it was all about the bigger picture, snapshots and […]
Peace is Not at Home
[For the past 20 years, I have been lucky enough to visit Russia many times and my experiences and impressions colour much of my writing. This piece was written after […]
Liqud Plastic Sea
[Today’s snippet of new prose has seen the light of day before. In April 2013, I published an ebook called Parcels in the Rain and Other Writing. Tomorrow, I am publishing […]
The Chase
[I’ve always tended to write pleasant stories, with good characters who get what they desire – and deserve. In fact, I’m thinking of calling my next anthology Nice Stories with Happy Endings. […]
Rushing to the Ball Part 3
[Last week we saw my take on the old fable The Tortoise and the Hare. from the point of view of Harold Racer. This week’s snippet of new prose is the same story, […]
Rushing to the Ball Part 2
[A couple of weeks ago, I posted my take on the old fable The Tortoise and the Hare. This week’s snippet of new prose is the same story, told through […]
Rocking to Parenthood
[Recently, I was delighted to win the weekly ‘Write Invite’ competition. Based on one of three triggers, posted at 5.30pm on a Saturday evening, the exercise is to write and […]
Rushing to the Ball
[Following on from last week’s modern telling of an old nursery rhyme, today’s snippet comes from a similar exercise, retelling one of the traditional fables from different points of view. […]