Flash Fiction – An Exercise in Restraint
Writers Victoria have been running a 30 word flash fiction challenge across April #WVFlashFic on twitter. It was a wonderful 30 days of creating and reading words, inspired by the daily prompt. I have met lots of lovely people through the challenge. This kind of writing helps you to form stories with clarity. It pushes…
Read MoreSitting With Silence
When you write words for a living, it can be hard to sit with silence. There are always so many words, so many conversations and ideas, running through your mind. I have been writing words on the Internet since 2001. That is a very long time to put pieces of you out into the world,…
Read MoreCall Yourself a Writer?
Do you call yourself a writer? I have been writing for as long as I can remember. Before I even started school. I used to enter writing competitions, especially poetry, when I was in primary school. I even won a few. I have been blogging since 2001. I have had no issue calling myself a…
Read MoreWhy Including The Reality of Nature in Fiction, is so Important
My current book, The Forest Keepers (Book 1) is now complete (hooray!!) and I am in the editing, revising and re-editing stages! It is a fantastic place to be. The story changed as I wrote, as they tend to do, and as the main character, Calla, took me on her journey. There are some twists and…
Read MoreFor the Love of Books
I am a young girl, immersed in a book. I sit underneath a large peppercorn tree, its expansive light green canopy overhead. The peppery scent is in my nostrils. The sunshine is dappled in here. It warms my toes, which I dangle outside the shade of the tree. As I settle, Magpies sing to me…
Read MoreThe Forest Keepers
Trees are the answer. Trees are everything. 🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲 “Everything Begins and Ends with the Trees” is the opening chapter to my current middle grade/younger teen, fantasy novel. I am well into it this week and loving the writing, so thought I would share a little bit of the story! 🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳 Calla Rosewind is 14 and lives…
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