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Continue reading →: On the Fifth Day of Christmas my Crazy Muse sent to me…
Welcome back to the twelve days of Christmas, fantasy style. So far, we’ve had a god with a secret, two changeling cats, three fearless hunters, and four lightning birds. If you’re just joining the story, a small estate within the mortal realm has collapsed. All twelve days relate to the rescue effort. On…
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Continue reading →: On the Fourth Day of Christmas my Crazy Muse sent to me…
Welcome back to the twelve days of Christmas, fantasy style. So far, we’ve had a god with a secret, two changeling cats, and a hunter or three. If you’re just joining the story, a small estate within the mortal realm has collapsed. All twelve days relate to the rescue effort. On the Fourth…
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Continue reading →: On the Third Day of Christmas my Crazy Muse sent to me…
Welcome to day three. This is my take – a slice of fantasy – on the twelve days of Christmas theme. So far we’ve had a god who caused destruction in the mortal realm, and a rescue effort which began with a changeling or two. The story continues. On the Third…
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Continue reading →: On the Second Day of Christmas my Crazy Muse sent to me…
Yesterday, the first day of my Fractured journey, my crazy muse sent to me – a god with an ace up his sleeve. To recap, a god with a penchant for cruelty sent his power into the mortal realm and caused an earthquake. It destroyed a small housing estate, and now…
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Continue reading →: On the First Day of Christmas my Crazy Muse sent to me…
I’ve seen a lot of inventive posts over the last few weeks that play on the twelve days of Christmas theme. Of course my muse latched onto this, and sent me the twelve days of the Fractured instead! My dad always loved Christmas. He had many traditions, some of which we…
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Continue reading →: Writing a Serial – The Saga Continues
In August I wrote a post about the trials of beginning my journey into serialised fiction. I learned a lot from the process, and the result of those lessons meant I had a few decisions to make about the future of the Collective. In short, I had to rethink my whole…
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Continue reading →: Faithful Friend – Thursday Photo Prompt #writephoto
First of all, Happy Thanksgiving everyone. We might not celebrate in the UK, but we can still be thankful for the gifts we’ve been given. I’m thankful for my two beautiful daughters, my supportive family, and my friends. It was thinking of my internet friends, and realising I’ve been absent…
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Continue reading →: The Perfect Cover #writephoto
Written in response to Sue Vincent’s Thursday Photo Prompt. Thanks for the inspiration, Sue – I hope you’re having a good time on your travels 🙂 Joanna crawled up the embankment, leaving a trail of red in her wake. She looked back, tracking the path she had taken; the trail…
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Continue reading →: Writers Quote Wednesday Writing Challenge – Waiting Game
This week for the Writers Quote Wednesday Writing Challenge (#WQWWC) the theme is Autumn. The quote I chose is by George Eliot: Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. George Eliot. There…
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