A haiku for (nearly) every occasion. Never mind the quality – count the syllables
Originally posted on Michelle Proulx – Author:
I don’t know if you’re aware of this, but haikus are “the shizzle”, as teenage hoodlums like to say. For many years I…
Monday Creative Writing Exercise because it’s a good way to start the week: Synaesthesia
What colour is the letter “A”? What does the number “1” taste of? About 3% of the population have synaesthesia and live in a world of extra sensations. For many … Continue reading
POETRY FOR THE TERRIFIED Monday Creative Writing Exercise because it’s a good way to start the week
Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people – Adrian Mitchell Most people either love poetry or are scared by it. I see the same delighted/horrified expressions … Continue reading
Idiots Guide to Writing Sex Scenes (Dirty, Erotic Language)
Originally posted on Legends of Windemere:
After seeing Ionia’s post about sex and romance while reading a book that had a surprising amount of genitalia attention, I’m tempted to make…
Monday Creative Writing Exercise because it’s a good way to start the week: IT’S SUMMER! do something different
Here in the UK it’s been a long grim winter and a grey-sky spring, but at long last the whole island can feel the sun’s warmth and wake up to … Continue reading
The Devil Reads Prada
Originally posted on Colleen Anderson:
This is a tarot card, but maybe the devil is saying, if you don’t wear Prada, you wear nothing. You know the movie, the one…
Monday Creative Writing Exercise because it’s a good way to start the week: Magic for grown ups
photo credit: Iguana Jo via photopin cc Magic Realism is a literary genre where extraordinary and magical things happen but – and this is probably the defining quality – the … Continue reading
Call for Poems: Holiday Poems Wanted (something’s gone badly wrong with my attempt to reblog…read on and bear with me!)
photo credit: Christos Tsoumplekas (Back again!) via photopin cc
Monday Creative Writing Exercise because it’s a good way to start the week: ROMANCE
This is a lucky dip romance…. Pick your numbers and you’ll have your characters, what brings them together and what keeps them apart. All you have to do is write…but … Continue reading
Creative Writing Exercise because it’s a good way to start the week. BREAKFAST with a twist
Your subject Breakfast this morning. Compare it with other breakfasts you’ve known: childhood breakfasts, breakfasts with lovers, breakfasts with children, breakfasts in greasy spoon cafes, in chic coffee houses, hung … Continue reading
A birthday party on the Titanic…A first kiss as Wall Street crashed…Monday Creative Writing Exercise beacuse it’s a good way to start the week
This is straightforward lucky dip. Choose two numbers – both have to be between one and ten. The first number gives you a personal event and the second an historical … Continue reading
Everyone loves editing, dont they?
Originally posted on helencareybooks:
Everyone loves editing, don’t they? No? I’m astonished. What could be more enjoyable than giving yourself the opportunity to reread your wonderful prose and to hone…
PRADA international short story competition
Prada – the high fashion luxury brand based in Milan – is running an international short story contest with Italian publisher Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore. The theme is wide: “views of … Continue reading
“I’d be a writer too if I had the time…” Does this video conversation sound familiar?
I like this…hope you do too. By the way, there was an interesting observation in the the current issue of MSLEXIA . Average earnings in the UK were around £26,500 … Continue reading
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