New prompt available! If you want to use the prompt, all I ask is that you include a link to this entry and a credit to me for the photograph, and that you post a link to your story in the comments box below so I can see what you’ve come up with! If you […]
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Photo Prompt 92
New prompt available! If you want to use the prompt, all I ask is that you include a link to this entry and a credit to me for the photograph, and that you post a link to your story in the comments box below so I can see what you’ve come up with! If you […]
#FridayFlash – To Boldly Go
The Captain sat at the desk in his quarters. He held his head in his hands, fingers raked into dark blond hair. Other men his age envied such thick, luxurious hair, but they didn’t have the technological advances of Starfleet at their disposal. The doors slid open with a hiss and a familiar figure strode […]
Harry Potter Hits Fifteen
I came across this post on The Guardian and I have to admit, it’s hard to believe that the Harry Potter series is fifteen years old. The Philosopher’s Stone was published way back in 1997, although I didn’t get around to reading it until 2001, by which point JK Rowling was already onto The Goblet […]
Roald Dahl was a Dude
If you ever needed proof that Roald Dahl was a total dude, here it is. In 1989, a seven-year-old named Amy wrote to the author to send him a present – in this case, a bottle containing a mixture of oil, coloured water and glitter; in other words, one of her dreams. Dahl could have totally […]
The end of 15 Habits
And so we come to the end of the 15 Habits of Great Writers series that I’ve been following. This is my final update, and general review of the series. Day Twelve (Wednesday) was all about provocation, and Jeff’s challenge was to “Write something provocative and stand by it. … Write something bold, something that […]
