Twenty-seventh prompt, ready and waiting. If you want to use the prompt, all I ask is that you include a link to this entry and a credit to me for the photograph, and that you post a link to your story in the comments box below so I can see what you’ve come up with! […]
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Friday Flash – Losing Battle
Gwinn didn’t want her father to die. She cowered in the corner of the hovel, trying to keep out of the way. Her father lay on the low table near the empty fireplace. An arrow pierced his side, just below his ribs. Blood oozed around the shaft. He kept scrabbling at the arrow, yelling curses […]
[Book Review] Flashman and the Redskins
Fellow writer Danny Hogan recommended that I read Flashman & The Redskins, and being on a real Old West kick at the moment, I decided that I would. Written in 1982 by George MacDonald Fraser, the novel comes as part of the Flashman papers, a fictional set of accounts that purport to be the memoris […]
Links a plenty – writing advice on the web
There’s an awful lot of advice online for the aspiring, intermediate or even expert writer, and it’s sometimes difficult to keep up. As it’s been a while since I’ve done a “links” post, I’ve decided to compile a list of some of the latest blog posts I’ve come across to do with writing (and yes, […]
Photo Prompt 26
Twenty-sixth prompt, ready and waiting. If you want to use the prompt, all I ask is that you include a link to this entry and a credit to me for the photograph, and that you post a link to your story in the comments box below so I can see what you’ve come up with! […]
Friday Flash – The Duel
A veil of fog hid Browning Hall from view. Disappointed tourists in brightly-coloured raincoats milled around on the lawn. They’d come early to avoid the crowds, but the English weather thwarted their plans to see the house in all its splendor with no people in the way. Brenda Whitstaff weaved in and out of the […]
