My newest business venture, Keepsake Critters, is my favourite and I’m not sure if I’ve told you about it. Keepsake Critters is a personalised gift service, put simply you send me your favourite old clothes or fabrics and I snip and sew them into the Critter of your choice. At the moment there are five [...]
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Experience ~ Five minute fiction
My entry to Leah Petersen’s 5 minute fiction writing competition, this weeks prompt was “Experience”. Please note that some of the entries have adult themes. ~~~ Like the heat or frost grabbing her flesh and fusing it to metal Amy found herself immobilised by the honest gaze of two blue eyes. The cool appraising sweep of [...]
The Long Wait ~ inspired by many and different friends.
How long did you wait? From the breach in your heart and your life. From the stumble of your mind to the steadiness of foot? How long did it take to realise that the earth would continue to turn but that it wouldn’t dislodge your tentative footsteps? That a path need not be clear or [...]
What’s in a word?
Words, words everywhere and not a one to spare, or something like that. Today I followed the link on a gentleman’s twitter account that led to his website.He works in the field of communication, advising companies and individuals on how to get the most out of what they say to people.And yet.And yet I nearly [...]
Coal ~ 5 minute fiction
My entry to Leah Petersen’s 5 minute fiction writing competition, this weeks prompt was “coal”. Please note that some of the entries have adult themes. ~~~ City coal The rain fell hard through the night, Jane shivered and closed her mind to the cold and the threat of the city.Her heels clicked fast on the pavement, [...]
Lunch ~ 5 minute fiction
My entry to Leah Petersen’s 5 minute fiction writing competition, this weeks prompt was “sixty”. Please note that some of the entries have adult themes. ~~~ Lunch Today is Tuesday so lunch is baked beans.Anna opened the fridge door and bent down to the shelf.Toes aligned to the front edge of the floor tile, inside edge [...]
Conkers ~ Writing workshop
For this weeks prompt I’m choosing the prompt “Be present – describe a moment in your now” ~~~ This morning Isabelle and I visited Otterton, a small village where an old water mill has been turned into an art gallery, cafe and bakery. My main purpose was to drop off an order for the gift [...]
Preview ~ 5 minute fiction
My entry to Leah Petersen’s 5 minute fiction writing competition, this weeks prompt was “preview”. Please note that some of the entries have adult themes. The prompt immediately reminded me of standing in the wings at the Wakefield Opera House waiting to perform while I was at college, so I went with that thought. ~~~ Waiting [...]
Concentration
Having completely missed Josie’s weekly writing challenge on Sleep is for the Weak, I was all prepared for the 5 minute fiction at Leah Petersens blog with the prompt “concentration”, or so I thought. My entry tells you what happened…. ~~~ I was determind that I would contribute this week. I’ve set a weekly alarm on [...]
The hardest word to say ~ 5 minute fiction
This was written for the 5 minute fiction challenge on Leah Petersen’s blog. As the title of the challenge suggests, it was written in five minutes using the prompt of “inability” ~~~ It was his quiteness that killed us.He would fall on his knees and wrap me in a hug, turn his eyes up to [...]
