March is going to be an exciting month - I have lots to look forward to and lots to keep me busy - which means that it is, in my eyes, the perfect month to set myself a writing challenge. I want to have written at least 3,000 words on my current WIP by the… Continue reading March Challenge – Word Count!
Category: Writing
Carole’s Lent Project – Challenge 2
Today is the 11th day of Lent, which means it is time to start my second Lent Challenge. For the last ten days I have read a new poem every day - everything from A. E. Housman and random poems online to the following poem written for me by my brother and his friend between… Continue reading Carole’s Lent Project – Challenge 2
November 2011 Challenge – Only A Bit Late!
You know back in November I said I was going to write a Short Story for TiddlyOmPomPom's Personal Challenge? Well, it took longer than a month and ended up a bit longer than I expected - but here it is in all its first-draft glory. Enjoy 🙂 Becoming Human The man slumped in the corner… Continue reading November 2011 Challenge – Only A Bit Late!
Second
Second is sometimes better than first. First can feel like a dream. Unreal. Unstable. Second cements first. Holds it steady. Keeps it in place. After first, hold on for second. It's even better.
Tears For An Angel
This world, our home, is not your place; We made it ready but you never came, And I will never see your face. My life goes on at the same old pace, But with a hidden, unspoken pain, That this world, my home, is not your place. Where you should be is empty… Continue reading Tears For An Angel

