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Continue reading →: Fantasy on Friday – The Fallen (Cover Reveal)
I’ve spent a considerable amount of time with Maddison Wood over the last six months. I introduced her in the A to Z Challenge, let her come out to play during writing challenges, wrote a novella to form part of an anthology with my friend Gina Briganti. She’s a pretty…
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Continue reading →: Mel’s Midweek Writing Menagerie #3
Welcome to my weekly writing prompt series. The rules of the challenge are simple. I’ve provided two options below, and there’s a handy link-up button at the end of the post, so you can upload your contribution and share it with others. If you prefer to use the pingback method, I’ll…
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Continue reading →: Writer’s Quote Wednesday – Neil Gaiman
Writer’s Quote Wednesday is organised by Colleen from Silver Threading, and is a wonderful weekly series in which bloggers share the quotes which inspire them. I highly recommend checking them out. My quote today is by Neil Gaiman: The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you.…
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Continue reading →: Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Prompt Challenge #50
This is my contribution to Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Prompt Series. Here are the prompts this week: GAIN and HOUND I got carried away and played around with the prompts a little. It was great fun. Thanks to Ronovan, as always, for the opportunity. This good, loyal hound He awaits your…
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Continue reading →: The Longest Tale – Weekend Coffee Share
If we were having coffee we would sit out on my patio because the weather is deceptively nice given the colour of the sky; a shade somewhere between blue and grey. This level of optimism is a must, given the recent unpredictability of our fine English weather! You might comment on the growth…
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Continue reading →: Favourite Characters/Screen Characters Tag
I was tagged by Callum and Celine to list my ten favourite screen characters. It was a hard challenge to resist, well… until I began to jot the characters down, and then it was just hard! I quickly discovered I was well on my way to making a top 100! But, I somehow managed to…
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Continue reading →: Mel’s Midweek Writing Menagerie #2
Before we get to the prompts for this week, I wanted to share the entries from round one; both of which can be found at Featured Fiction. Dolly from daydreams by dolly, wrote ‘Where Angels Fear to Tread: Only a fool would rush in where others fear to tread – it turns out…
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Continue reading →: Allergic to the letter ‘e’ challenge
I try not to post twice in one day, at least not on the same site. I don’t always succeed, hence the second post in a matter of hours! But I was challenged by a blogging friend, Solveig, and the challenge has a time limit. If I don’t comply with…
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Continue reading →: Writer’s Quote Wednesday – Joss Whedon
Writer’s Quote Wednesday is organised by Colleen from Silver Threading, and is a wonderful weekly series in which bloggers share the quotes which inspire them. I highly recommend checking them out. I like this quote, and to a certain extent, I write for many of the same reasons. It certainly…
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Continue reading →: Incessant Chatter: Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Prompt Challenge #49
This is my contribution to Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Prompt Series. Thanks, as always, to Ronovan for the opportunity to practice my writing. Here’s the challenge this week: The Prompt Words Lock & Gab My Example A lock of your hair Stays silent lips forever Gab secrets no more The following…
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