I wrote a blog post on Tuesday about the new phenomenon of AudioBoo, and how much I’m enjoying figuring it out. Well now there’s an extra reason to get on board, as Benjamin Solah’s #SpokenSunday hashtag gets into full swing! Benjamin’s written a post over on the Spoken Sunday blog to explain in greater detail, but […]
Friday Flash – Unforgettable
This story is currently down as I have entered it into a competition!
The AudioBoo Bug (How I Was Bitten)
In this hot, sticky summer of mosquitoes and other flying nasties, I have been bitten. Oh yes. By the AudioBoo bug. Ha! Bet you thought I was going to say something else. Well, it’s true. And it’s all the fault of two very lovely ladies (and very talented writers), Annie Evett and Jodi Cleghorn. I […]
Fiction Friday – Pieces o’ Eight
Here’s my attempt for this week’s Fiction Friday challenge on the Write Anything blog, also submitted to the Friday Flash collection. The prompt was; “Include a telepathic parrot in your story..” “What shall we do with the drunken sailoooooooooooooooooooooooooor!” Captain Scarlight lurched across the street. His voice cracked as he held the already-flat note. He threw his arms around a lamp […]
Amid the noise and haste, go I
The New Author has posted an interesting entry about the types of environment in which writers write best, and it got me thinking about my own creative process. Indeed, my very good friend Thomas D. Szewc asked me a very similar question over on my Formspring a couple of weeks ago. I’ve always been the kind […]
Friday Flash – The Key
A draught blows into the room, teasing the flames. The candles flicker, making shadows dance across the walls. The frenzy of their cavorting echoes her tumultous thoughts. Candlelight seemed so ostentatious a choice, but she remains resolute. An occasion as important as this demands no less. The light seeks the thick chain twisted in a loop around […]
