A Word in Your Ear, Please.
Yesterday, I was at my writing group run by my dear friend, Ivy. A bright, young 86-year-old, who has been writing avidly since she was a mere…
Sorry, No Short Cut . . . just sit down and bleed!
It surprises me when someone tells me they don't read, but they want to be a writer. My first thought is, 'but you expect others…
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Coffee Homeground
In my short story, I'm busily poisoning husband no: 1. Jenny, protagonist, isn't the kind of girl you would want to chat with at a…
Monsters in Your Head
There is something strange about being a writer. Maybe I've always been a person who enjoys my own company. Even as a child, though I wasn't an…
When is a Mystery not a Mystery?
When I read I want to be show a different world, to lose myself in the author's mind for a while. If it's Romance then…
A Figment of your Imagination
The mind is a power thing, isn’t it. It thinks and stores memories but do we know how it works, I for one, don’t. In…
Oh, to read a book that has the X-factor!
At the RNA meeting on Thursday we were asked 'What books have we read recently has stay with us?' For the life of me, I…
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A still quiet voice.
Yesterday was a very interesting day, meeting new people, spending time with people I've only met briefly before and my dear friend, Ivy. We talked…
One Step Closer
To live one's dream you have to believe anything is possible. I think that's the hardest part. Sometime it's other people's belief in you which…
And the rain just keeps on falling.
Just back from a walk with Ana. We were lucky because the rain had stopped at 8.00 when we set off. The fields are understandable…
From The Funeral Birds To As The Crow Flies 