It only seems five minutes since I was doing NaNoWriMo and yet here we are with April fast approaching and a new challenge before us. I say us, I mean me. For some people April means CampNaNoWriMo, where you set your own word count and spend the month trying to hit it - like NaNoWriMo… Continue reading NaPoWriMo
Category: Writing
Growing Up – A Microfiction for #100WCGU
This week's prompt for the 100 word Challenge for Grown Ups was '...what does it taste like...' and my brain instantly took me on a supernatural wander. I have no idea who Gretchen and Looper are or even really what they are, I just know that they start to 'change' when they grow up... Growing… Continue reading Growing Up – A Microfiction for #100WCGU
Thank You, Russia!
Do you remember back in January I wrote a post about a young Russian girl called Katya? Well, she did me proud. I took her story, fleshed it out a bit, learned about Lake Baikal (20% of the Earth's surface freshwater all in one lake in Russia - who knew?) and a little about the… Continue reading Thank You, Russia!
I Believe In Fairies – A Prompt For @Libertyfallsdwn
Liberty posted her latest instalment of There's no Such Thing As Fairies on her blog the other day, which means it is time for the first new prompt of 2013! After much thought and consideration I have discarded several ideas about the weather we have been having as direct prompts and went for one a… Continue reading I Believe In Fairies – A Prompt For @Libertyfallsdwn
Why Russia?
Sometimes you decide to write a story - you name your characters, decide where they are going to live, give them a career, a family, ambitions, fears. You call the shots. Sometimes a story informs you that it needs to be written - a character wanders into your head and introduces themselves, they have a… Continue reading Why Russia?

