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Continue reading →: Cinderella Castle – Photo inspired short story
I’ve had a crazy couple of weeks, but I finally managed to carve some time to write and visit my online friends. The following story is inspired by the above photograph. It was taken by a friend, Jarno Willemarck, in the French part of Belgium (he’s not allowed to give…
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Continue reading →: Waves of Life – A poem
Swaddled in a pool of gentle heat Adrift within the sound of your heartbeat Until the next wave pulls me under * Your touch, I value and curse in equal measure My every cell drowning under the constant pressure Yet part of me is gripped in a sense of wonder…
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Continue reading →: Alphabet Spaghetti – A Word Game
The exercise is based on a version of the 7x7x7 writing game. This time, I tried to incorporate seven words beginning with E, each with seven letters, and selected using a random word generator. I failed to include one of the words this week, but I did keep to the…
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Continue reading →: Alphabet Spaghetti – A Word Game
The exercise is based on a version of the 7x7x7 writing game. This time, I’ve incorporated seven words beginning with D, each with seven letters, and selected using a random word generator. I tried to keep to the 700 word count, but went over by 14. This is the third…
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Continue reading →: Mirror to the Soul
This story was inspired by a beautiful young woman who battles her demons every day. When I was a girl, my grandmother gifted me with an antique mirror. It belonged to a set, a pretty, gilded looking glass that should have been a prized possession. Instead, it became a curse,…
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Continue reading →: Alphabet Spaghetti – A Word Game
The exercise is based on a version of the 7x7x7 writing game. This time, I’ve incorporated seven words beginning with C, each with seven letters, and selected using a random word generator. I tried to keep to the 700 word count, but went over by 86. The story is a…
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Continue reading →: Alphabetti Spaghetti – Word Game
This time, the story (based on a version of the 7x7x7 exercise) incorporates seven words beginning with B. They each have seven letters, but I broke the rules a little this week. I went over my 700 word limit by 27. It’s also based on a character from the Collective…
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Continue reading →: Taste of home
I hadn’t intended to post anything today, but after reading a beautiful poem written by the Lonely Author, inspiration struck and I couldn’t get the emerging story out of my head. It followed me around until I had to pull out my trusty pad and get it down on paper.…
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Continue reading →: Time machines, comfort food, and the Salem Witch Trials
Okay, let’s tackle the time machine first, which is actually a reference to a new programme I’ve been binge watching – Timeless. This isn’t specifically a review post, but it is a pretty cool show. Once I got over the ‘oh my god, that’s Luka from ER’ and concentrated on…
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