If you say “elves” and “dragons” in the same breath as “fantasy”, most people will think Tolkien, or something along those lines. Well who says fantasy has to be so po-faced and formulaic? Why can’t it be…fun? Thankfully Monica Marier must have been thinking the same thing when she wrote Must Love Dragons. Must Love […]
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Photo Prompt 32
Latest prompt, ready and waiting. 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! […]
[Book Review] From Dark Places
It seems like many months ago indeed that I stumbled across a blog by an English writer, whose work impressed me enough to find her on Twitter and begin an acquaintance. Since then, we’ve become (I hope!) friends, and Emma Newman has become one of my very favourite writers. Emma was really one of the […]
Friday Flash – Deleted Scenes
I posted my Friday Flash, First Date, last week, and I promised I’d post a “deleted scene” since I found myself torn between two endings while writing the flash. I threw open the voting to the Twitterati and I got more votes for the so-called “unhappy ending”, but for those who wanted a happy ending, […]
Photo Prompt 31
Latest prompt, ready and waiting. 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! […]
Friday Flash – First Date
7:07pm.I’m sitting at the table near the window. Trust Parker to book a table with such a lovely view. The first time I read his profile on Match, I knew he would be a man of taste. I can look out into the landscaped garden to my left, and if I look to my right […]
