Eleventh 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 – The Visitor
Soft white flakes float from the clear sky. They settle across cracked roofs, in blocked gutters, and between the cobblestones in the narrow lane. The door to the parish church stands ajar, and carols drift out into the cold night air. Only devoted worshippers venture abroad as most souls seek the refuge of the family […]
Photo Prompt 10
Tenth 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 – Man Flu
Franklin rolled over and groaned for the third time. He buried his face under his arm to blot out the light. He thought he’d read somewhere that photosensitivity was a sign of something incurable. Was that true, or did he just overhear it on the bus? It didn’t matter. He was sure he was dying. […]
Steampunk
I came across this post by Matthew Delman over on his steampunk blog, and having dipped a toe into the waters of the genre myself, I felt I should perhaps clarify my own position on the subject. After all, a writer should preferably know what it is that they’re writing, yes? Steampunk is one of […]
NaNoWriMo 2010
It’s November 30th, the last day of NaNoWriMo, and I’m pleased to say that I broke the 50,000 word mark on Sunday evening. Boy, am I glad! After being really excited by my story back in those halcyon days at the start of the month, I rapidly grew bored with it. Doing my daily words […]