2017-11-17 17:17
NaNo turns the spectator into the actor – the reader into the writer – the internal dialogue is expanded for all.
For anyone who has ever thought about writing a novel, implying… Read More
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2017-11-14 11:16
migraine (n.) late 14c., megrim, from Old French migraigne (13c.), from vulgar pronunciation of Late Latin hemicrania “pain in one side of the head, headache,” from Greek hemikra… Read More
2017-11-10 17:53
In the mid 80s I went to a Polytechnic (now a University! Of course it is, aren’t they all) to study Fine Art. Whilst there, I met my future husband who not only taught me patience, th… Read More
2017-11-07 11:48
NaNoWriMo 2017Good Morning WriMo’s,
This is my 2nd year at NaNo. Last year I started a sci-fi novel, reached my 50,000 word count and continued it – it is still progressing, has… Read More
2017-11-03 14:08
‘Covering four specific horror-related themes: Halloween, ghost stories, nautical terrors, and cosmic horror, The Asterisk Anthology: Volume 1, brings readers eight extraordinary tales… Read More
2017-10-27 14:18
I know I mis-spelt the word in the heading! Irritating? Confusing? Not as much as the following will be…
I guess you have to be born in Britain to fully understand the peculiarit… Read More
2017-10-20 13:05
I am currently studying ‘An Introduction to Screen-writing‘( University of East Anglia) with FutureLearn – an online digital education platform. For me, being able to conti… Read More
2017-10-11 16:53
Wailing BansheeMelanie Bernard, of MN Bernard Books, invited readers/writers/followers to submit a piece about a ‘spooky’ being/creature for her month long, Hallo-WE-en! edi… Read More
2017-10-10 12:51
*Facetious Alert!*
This morning I made a discovery; today it is a special day for many people. It is a ‘National Day’ in one country…
Why do we have national days? I suppo… Read More
2017-10-08 17:22
K and JoiI just got back from the cinema having watched, in awe, Denis Villeneuve’s sequel to the 1982 original.
It is 2 hours 43 minutes long, which is great for viewers like me… Read More
2017-10-06 16:10
Each month sees the release of hundreds of new book titles. Like the movie goers who queue outside the cinema for hours on the first day of a film’s release, I know many readers like… Read More
2017-10-01 18:46
Sometimes Autism ‘looks like’ Autism. Sometimes social integration is a visibly painful experience. And sometimes, if we watch closely and learn from observation, we th… Read More
2017-09-30 12:47
*There will be spoilers, stop at the red message if you don’t want to know more*
Last night, hubby and I went to see Darren Aronofsky’s latest film, Mother! I had ‘ummed&rs&hell…Read More
2017-09-29 13:47
The beautifully realised Solitude, SkyrimI bought Skyrim for my daughter (Yeah, sure I did) some six years ago, and I have been playing it ever since.
For those who do not know, Skyrim is a… Read More
2017-09-26 14:45
Each year Wirral Writers holds an in-house competition. A theme is selected from ‘the hat’, we have up to 500 words and about two months before presenting to the group. Voting is… Read More
2017-09-22 12:32
Writing Prompts
It’s a list day!
Some people write for pleasure, some people write to inform, some write for money, others for therapy. Whatever your reason, sometimes you might find y… Read More
2017-09-19 10:28
I have been listening to…Imagine Dragons.
I wrote a little about having new Filthy Friends on 9th September, and decided to carry on with the idea of me, middle aged woman, being intr… Read More
2017-09-15 11:59
Film Noir
I love Film Noir. As a child, I spent many a summer’s day ensconced in a darkened room watching old movies in the middle of the day – a time when very few watched TV in… Read More
2017-09-12 10:20
So today I am at my local library having to write this blog – and work on my current story. So when I say ‘Comfort Zone’, I literally mean geographic location rather than m… Read More
2017-09-09 15:12
Review – Music – UNCUT magazine’s free CD
Hello Operator, free with UNCUT magazineI bought a music magazine today for the first time in about 25 years. I don’t even p… Read More
2017-09-08 11:00
I am one of those individuals who come up with lots of ideas and follow few of them through. I’m a ‘Scanner’, a dilettante, a jack-of-all-trades, but more on that another t… Read More
2017-09-04 18:30
Writing is….Hard
Well, writing per se is not hard. However, writing well is!
It is quite easy to put pen to paper, finger tips to keys, or quill to parchment; whatever takes your fanc… Read More
2017-09-01 13:39
The Sleeping Doll by Jeffery Deaver
Published : 2007, Hodder & Stoughton.
Genre: Thriller
The Sleeping Doll by Jeffery Deaver
YOU CAN TELL A LIAR BY HIS EYES.
Special Agent Kathryn Danc… Read More
2017-08-29 12:51
Oliver – We Love You Just The Way You Are
Oliver * has a huge, bellowing, hearty laugh. His pink face lights up behind his glasses as he responds to a joke told by his friend. He is a… Read More
2017-08-28 09:03
Good morning readers,
If you’ve ever wondered what a ‘diabolic shrimp’ is, you’ve come to the right place! Imagine a James Bondy villain type living in his underwater… Read More
2017-08-25 09:15
Good morning readers! On this mild Friday morning, I am offering a short story.
I began writing in the genre commonly called Steampunk, some 4 years ago. Steampunk is one of those awkward to… Read More
2017-08-21 11:32
It’s an exciting day for some people! Others are less so, and then there are the ‘meh’ crowd. All of North America will be treated to an eclipse of the sun.
I can’t g… Read More
2017-08-20 11:20
Today saw the posting of my first piece for the School For Autism Blog.
We can see the growing numbers of people diagnosed Autistic/Asperger’s across the world, not as an increase in t… Read More
2017-08-18 10:17
We have all felt pain at some point in our lives, whether it be physical or emotional or psychological.
Last night, we had to go to A & E with a family member as she had such bad pains… Read More
2017-08-14 12:24
Desert Island Discs is a British radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It was first broadcast in 1942. The concept is, that each week a guest; someone famous or is a person of note, call… Read More
2017-08-11 17:59
I’m in London, staying in the home of my sister-in-law; so free accommodation. Like many people from ‘up North’, ‘His Nibs’ and I have less money than the avera… Read More
2017-08-07 19:47
Writing on the move – or NOT as the case may be!
Begun at 10:00 am Monday.
So I am writing as I go, on my phone, as I have had to read the road atlas for a bit as we took a ‘deto… Read More
2017-08-04 13:53
NASA is hiring a Planetary Protection Officer to protect Earth from alien harm!!
Apparently, NASA is currently looking for a Planetary Protection Officer to defend planet Earth from the th… Read More
2017-07-31 11:58
I have had a plot on the local allotment site for approximately 12 years.
I find it to be good for the body and soul – exercise, fresh air and fresh food. I get off my backside and po… Read More
2017-07-28 10:53
Written, Directed and Produced by Edgar Wright
**Spoilers**
I like to think I’m fairly familiar with the work of Edgar Wright, I first watched his work in the TV series Spaced which he… Read More
2017-07-26 12:16
The Lollipop of Influence
Following ‘Deep Space Accountant’, this is the second book in the Sphere of Influence series.
Bob Slicker and his navigation officer… Read More
2017-07-24 15:06
Hello again my fair followers, my cute consumers of creative calligraphy; you gluttons for punishment! Nah, not that last one, well maybe, just a little. *gives devilish grin.
So you’v… Read More
2017-07-21 12:50
Japan; the one country in the world that I have longed, longed, to visit for decades. I cannot put my finger on the moment when I first wanted to visit Japan; childhood I think.
I was given… Read More
2017-07-17 14:22
How many of you want to hide under your desk when your behaviour at the office party is discussed over the following days? (Yeah you have.)
How many times did you hang your head in shame as… Read More
2017-07-10 12:04
Good morning, Bonjour, Guten Morgen, Buenos Dias, Buongiorno, Shubh Prabhaat, Sabāḥul kẖayr.
Aren’t words brilliant!
English words I find especially so – as I am… Read More
2017-07-07 10:33
Warning: you may not like what you read today. And if it piques, ask yourself why.
Self-Obsession
What strange times we live in.
Imagine you are not from the country that you live in. Take a… Read More
2017-06-26 15:13
…Sir Richard Burton, no not that one –
This one –
Born in 1821, Richard Francis Burton was something of a celebrity in his own time. Think of the typical idea of… Read More
2017-06-23 14:44
Spoilers *** Spoilers*** Spoilers
If you have not yet seen this film, you may want to give this whole article a miss.
“Wonder Woman” is yet another origin story, but so what?… Read More
2017-06-16 13:00
When I turned 18 (oh so long ago), I got extraordinarily drunk whilst at college. I spewed copious amounts of vomit around the girl’s toilets and had to be taken home by a member of st… Read More
2017-06-12 14:41
Exams!
It’s that time of year again.
Exams!
The word can bring the usually stout of heart and joyous of personalities to a stuttering, heart-in-the-mouth, stomach-churning (occasionall… Read More
2017-06-05 10:19
In the light of recent cultural divisions, that have been happening across the world by various means, I decided to write of something that we all have in common – FOOD.
We all consume… Read More
2017-05-29 09:59
Raven Dane is an award-winning author of steampunk, dark fantasy, alternative history and horror fiction. Her first novels were in the critically acclaimed Legacy of the Dark Kind series;Blo… Read More
2017-05-26 12:21
N.B: Possible sensitive material. (Depending on how sensitive you are.)
Sex sells.
Forget your Game of Thrones romps in Peter Littlefinger’s brothel, or the gyrations of any number of… Read More
2017-05-22 10:06
Good Morning readers.
Today I would like to introduce you – if you’re not already familiar with her work – to Sam Stone; horror/fantasy writer. Another hugely prolific auth… Read More
2017-05-15 09:23
Good morning to you readers!And I have another Monday Interview for your delectation.
Today, I am very pleased to have bagged Jonathan Green, ridiculously prolific writer who is well-known a… Read More
2017-05-12 10:21
I am not writing a usual post today. Instead, I just want to say a big
Thank You!
to all the people who Follow my blog and to all the people who have ‘Liked’ any posts. Without r… Read More
2017-05-08 09:05
Hello! And welcome, this sunny Monday morning, to another post. Today, I am very excited to have American author, Mehitobel Wilson, lover of coffee, whiskey, ‘stompy boots’ and B… Read More
2017-05-05 11:52
Imagine that you’re an alien. Imagine that you’re so huge, (no, huger).
That you can see all that is going on down on planet Earth. Wouldn’t you begin to wonder, why those… Read More
2017-05-01 09:01
A former nurse, Craig Hallam has written about werewolves, bogeymen, a heroic street urchin, and a book about living with depression. A significant figure on the Steampunk scene who has been… Read More
2017-04-28 11:56
*N.B: Warning, contains offensive language.
“Good morning readers, and welcome to another post on Flailing Through Life.”
“Hi! Another day, another post!”
“Hey… Read More
2017-04-24 09:40
Ladies and Gentlemen! Pull up a pew, pour yourself a jot of gin. For your delight and delectation, a Steampunk celebrity with a faithful following, a charming chap charading as compact kille… Read More
2017-04-21 11:39
…that is the question… that I am posing today.
Way back when I was at school, nerds were the really intelligent kids (not me!), who were excellent at Maths and Science in parti… Read More
2017-04-17 09:36
Good morning Readers, as promised, another author interview. Today I have Mike Wood talking about music, Blyton and understanding that the reader cannot read the authors mind.
Mike is an act… Read More
2017-04-14 10:40
Yes, I know it’s a misquote – (my blog!)
So, I was thinking about how we misquote or remember famous lines incorrectly and decided that I would seek out the correct one’s… Read More
2017-04-12 12:15
I’m not sure what happens when I write (try to write) poetry, but I seem to lose my sense of humour! Previous postings of poetry included ‘Blackbird’, about growing old, ti… Read More
2017-04-10 08:56
Alan Gibbons is an English writer of children’s books who has won a Blue Peter Book Award. He lives in Liverpool, England, where he used to teach i… Read More
2017-04-07 10:05
I was going to write about how English words mean something else in other languages – like ‘kiss’ in Swedish means ‘pee’. But I went and did some laundry instea… Read More
2017-04-03 11:22
Q: What do you get when you mix alcohol with literature?
A: Tequila Mockingbird.
I know, it’s a bad one.
This morning, I began my day with two cups of tea. Yes two, wow, aren’t I… Read More
2017-03-31 10:28
By ‘Ever-Expanding Arse’, I do not mean the straw-headed, venomous, bigot who currently resides in the White House (Though you feel free to apply this if you want).
I mean MY ars… Read More
2017-03-30 11:34
Many of you will have noticed that I usually write and post on Mondays and Fridays – today I have a free day, so you lucky, lucky people get an extra this week!!
In the UK, there is a… Read More
2017-03-27 10:37
‘Good morning, good morning, good morning, it’s another lovely day in the village’
Surrealism was founded by the poet André Breton in Paris in 1924, it was an artist… Read More
2017-03-24 16:37
Where are all the female superheroes?
Have you ever noticed how few known female superheroes there are?
Go ahead and name some….
I bet if I asked you to name artists from history, the… Read More
2017-03-20 12:33
I am a little late updating my blog this week, apologies. I went shopping this morning. Yeah, I shop; too old for my mum to do it (and even if she did it would be all kilts and scone shoes!)… Read More
2017-03-17 10:08
Back It Up!
You write, you save, you write, you save…
I saved to separate folders within my Documents, each folder headed with the genre of story.
When the story was completed, I then… Read More
2017-03-13 12:29
This week, Chuck Wending has challenged us to – CREATE YOUR OWN MONSTER
Chuck Wendigs Flash Fiction Challenge
Here’s mine:
Party Guest
When Charli arrived, she had brought… Read More
2017-03-13 10:29
Good morning all !
First, let me slide this in here swiftly; new anthology, Tick Tock, is out now on Amazon. This is an eclectic mix of poetry and prose, sci-fi, fantasy, fiction and more, f… Read More
2017-03-10 18:27
Very soon! So excited; like a small child at Christmastime that gets given the fantastic present her older sibling should have received.
It’s Tick Tock time.
Wirral Writers group have… Read More
2017-03-09 18:10
Hi.
Just a quick one today. I think this will be more relevant to the short story writers out there; novelists tend to get an idea and run, and run with it. If you’re a short story wri… Read More
2017-03-07 20:36
Tomorrow is International Women’s Day.
Now that may not mean much to some people – and I do not mean men, there are plenty of females who don’t give a second thought to the… Read More
2017-03-06 14:05
I ‘attended’ my first webinar…
So, you have completed your novel. You clutch the manuscript (MS) to your bosom like a child, time to release it into the world, set it free… Read More
2017-02-26 18:19
Very soon there will be a new anthology heading your way (if you fancy this kind of thing). Tick Tock is an assemblage of stories and poetry by Wirral Writers, with a variety of genres… Read More
2017-02-19 15:54
Gargh! Ack! Argh! Dink. Plip. Smoosh.
So you’re busy typing away, racing through the plot-line, when all of a sudden, there’s an interjection of sound or texture that, no matter… Read More
2017-02-15 22:01
There has been a lot said about this fantasy table top role playing game (RPG) over the decades, from the 80’s when it was deemed ‘anti-Christian’, to the 90’s when i… Read More
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