This post was written in response to the Insecure Writer’s Support Group monthly (first Wednesday of every month) blog hop to where writers express thoughts, doubts and concerns about our profession. By the way, all writers are invited to join in! Let’s rock the neurotic writing world! Our Twitter handle is @TheIWSG and hashtag is #IWSGContinue reading “Insecure Writers Support Group #IWSG ‘Blogging Friends’ #bookbloggers #amwriting @SCVincent”
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Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction ‘My Mother’s Cottage’ #99Words #SundayBlogShare
This post was written in response to Charli Mills at Carrot Ranch’s weekly #99 word Flash Fiction Challenge. This week’s prompt is to write a story about variations in property values. Check out other entries or take part yourself! My Mother’s Cottage I wished I hadn’t inherited the beautiful, but run down cottage from my eccentricContinue reading “Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction ‘My Mother’s Cottage’ #99Words #SundayBlogShare”
Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction ‘A Thousand Paper Cranes’ #99Words #SundayBlogShare
This post was written in response to Charli Mills at Carrot Ranch’s weekly #99 word Flash Fiction Challenge. This week’s prompt is to include ‘the charisma of cranes’ in the story. Check out other entries or take part yourself! Miss Martinelli’s Present ‘We’ve come to see Miss Martinelli,’ said Sally. ‘I’m afraid, my daughter isn’tContinue reading “Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction ‘A Thousand Paper Cranes’ #99Words #SundayBlogShare”
Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction ‘Speed Dating’ #99Words #SundayBlogShare
This post was written in response to Charli Mills at Carrot Ranch’s weekly #99 word Flash Fiction Challenge. This week’s prompt is to include ‘a line’ in the story. Check out other entries or take part yourself! Speed Dating Lines “You’re a writer?” She nodded, expecting him to make an excuse and move away, insteadContinue reading “Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction ‘Speed Dating’ #99Words #SundayBlogShare”
Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction ‘Passing on the Spear’ #99Words
This post was written in response to Charli Mills at Carrot Ranch’s weekly #99 word Flash Fiction Challenge. This week’s prompt is to include a fishing tale in the story. Check out other entries or take part yourself! Passing on the Spear After Ernest Hemingway’s novella ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ Manolin pounded hisContinue reading “Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction ‘Passing on the Spear’ #99Words”
Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction ‘Forest Bathing’ #99Words #MondayBlogs
This post was written in response to Charli Mills at Carrot Ranch’s weekly #99 word Flash Fiction Challenge. This week’s prompt is to write a story about forest bathing. You can use the Japanese term, Shinrin Yoku. Check out other entries or take part yourself! Inspirational Walks The Verger at Rochester Cathedral heard the author’sContinue reading “Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction ‘Forest Bathing’ #99Words #MondayBlogs”
Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction ‘Bats’ #99Words #SundayBlogShare
This post was written in response to Charli Mills at Carrot Ranch’s weekly #99 word Flash Fiction Challenge. This week’s prompt is to include a bat in the story. Check out other entries or take part yourself! Bats ‘Granny, what do bats eat?’ I sighed wishing my daughter was here to answer her son’s question.Continue reading “Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction ‘Bats’ #99Words #SundayBlogShare”
Rough Writers World Tour #Flash Fiction Anthology. How to Make Every Word Count #TuesdayBookBlog
Writing is often a solitary endeavour, so supportive writing communities, like the Rough Writers at Carrot Ranch, led by Charli Mills, are invaluable to authors. They’re a safe place where we can express our creativity, receive and offer feedback, and feel we belong to a greater worldwide community we would never be able to reachContinue reading “Rough Writers World Tour #Flash Fiction Anthology. How to Make Every Word Count #TuesdayBookBlog “
#CarrotRanch #FlashFiction ‘Red Ink’
Red Ink The poet always wrote with red ink. A constant reminder that his blood, the blood that pulsed through the fingers that held his pen, was red, not blue like the rippling sea, or black, like a moonless night… His blood was red, a bold, vibrant scarlet, ablaze with love or hate, sometimes sizzlingContinue reading “#CarrotRanch #FlashFiction ‘Red Ink’”
Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction Challenge: Symptoms
This week, at Carrot Ranch’s weekly flash fiction challenge, Charli Mills asked us to write a story to reveal a character’s symptoms in 99 words exactly, no more, no less. The symptoms of Dementia are devastating. My flash deals with the symptoms of Alzeimer’s, which is the most common type of dementia, by focusing onContinue reading “Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction Challenge: Symptoms”
Rereading Jane Eyre 