It was MD Writer's Club last night and in a change from our usual programme we had a guest speaker in. Brenda Read-Brown is a writer, primarily a performance poet and it was brilliant to listen to her - I forget how much I love watching performance poets because they challenge me to think often… Continue reading Poetry
Quotes of the Week
Tori: {Looking at the nails sat on the half-constructed cupboard} Caius, what are all these pine needles for? * {Playing hide and seek. Tori is hiding, Mummy is seeking} Mummy: {not moving} Is Tori behind the sofa? Tori: Nope! Mummy: Is she under the table? Tori: Nope! Mummy: Is she on the bookshelf? Tori: No!… Continue reading Quotes of the Week
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Off On a Treasure Hunt
It's a beautiful day today - perfect Autumn picture with bright sunshine, blue skies, chilly wind and a bite to the air. With it being half-term we wanted to give the Smalls a treat and suddenly remembered that English Folkfan had set them a challenge: So a Treasure Hunt around town it was. On went… Continue reading Off On a Treasure Hunt
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I Believe In Fairies ~ a prompt for @libertyfallsdwn
With NaNo currently putting me through my paces it gives me a little kick of pleasure to inflict a writing task on Liberty too. Because I'm nice like that. And that's why she loves me. Last week I set her the prompt of 'A Break In The Clouds' and she responded with a particularly exciting… Continue reading I Believe In Fairies ~ a prompt for @libertyfallsdwn
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NaNoWriMo – Update
Day 1: Found it hard to get going today then suddenly got into the swing of it and rattled out more than I expected. Day Word-count: 2,150. Total Word-count: 2,150 Day 2: Enjoyed one of the scenes I wrote today - nothing like a bit of drama to help the word-count along! Day Word-count: 2,244.… Continue reading NaNoWriMo – Update
Carole Finds Her Wings 