Ballad by Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic Children's Books, 2009) ~ 5/5* (A perfect research read for my NaNo project too!!) Opening line: I was used to being the hunter. ~ I launched into Ballad without reading it's predecessor Lament; I loved the Shiver series though so had high hopes. I wasn’t disappointed as I found myself… Continue reading November Reading – 100 Word Reviews
Category: Short Story
Weekend Creation: A Writing Excersise – The Barn
Once you've read my post, be sure to click on the button and go look at everyone else's Weekend Creations! **** One of my favourite exercises I was ever set at university was this: 'Describe a barn through the eyes of someone who has just received a letter saying their child has been killed at… Continue reading Weekend Creation: A Writing Excersise – The Barn
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I’ll Give You My Heart – A Not-So-Sweet Valentine
Yesterday, Liberty pointed me in the direction of David Gatward's Horror-themed Valentine's Day Short Story competition, so I got thinking and did some writing. Taking heart from the good response I got the other day when I got all brave and shared my first ever attempt at horror writing, Something Precious, I thought it was… Continue reading I’ll Give You My Heart – A Not-So-Sweet Valentine
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Writing Workshop: We’re Going On A Word Hunt
The Workshop prompt for this week from Sleep Is For The Weak was a challenging one, which resulted in me getting rained on just to take a photo, but I actually quite enjoyed it 😉 We had to be observant and see what words jumped out at us as we went along our days. In… Continue reading Writing Workshop: We’re Going On A Word Hunt
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Something Precious
When I was at Uni my lecturers were constantly encouraging me to try different things. Venture away from my comfort zone and write something else, a different genre or style. Experiment. The following short story is one of those experiments - I tried my hand at a Horror Short Story. Was it successful? I'm still… Continue reading Something Precious
Carole Finds Her Wings 