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This Is Lockdown
The Congress of Rough Writers Flash Fiction Anthology Vol I
Congress of Rough Writers Awards
Lady By The River: Stories of Perseverance
Heart Whispers: A Poetry Anthology
Slices of Life: An Anthology of True Stories
The Lighthouse Award
Wonderful You!
Author Archives: Sherri Matthews
Guest Post At Moggiepurrs: For The Love Of Siamese Cats
Good Monday morning dear friends! I hope you had a lovely weekend? Here in Blighty the weather didn’t do quite what was asked of us, descending as it did into blustery storms and heavy rain but still, the weekend is … Continue reading
Aubade: A Poem for Morning’s Sweet Light
As a follow-up to my ‘Promises’ post, I have another one to keep for dear Marylin at Things I Want To Tell My Mother where she writes delightful letters to her lovely Mom who suffers from Alzheimer’s. She recently wrote … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Weekly Writing Challenge
Tagged Aubade, photos of sunrise, Poem, Poetry, postaday, postaweek, Sunrise, Weekly Writing Challenge, William Shakespeare
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AUTHOREO, AUTHOREO – WHEREFORE ART THOU AUTHOREO?
For all you authors out there, Chris, the loveable story-reading Ape, is offering a fantastic opportunity. Don’t miss it!
Posted in Reblogs, Uncategorized
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Promises, Awards And One Retro Drawing
One of the many things I love about blogging is the varied, fascinating and downright unusual ‘conversations’ I’ve had with so many of you and the tasks that I’ve sometimes set myself as a result of these lovely chats, always … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Blogging
Tagged Art, Awards, thank you, The Inner Peace Award, The Leibster Award, The Lighthouse Award, The Sunshine Award, The Versatile Award
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True Crime, Freesias and a Happy Easter
My conversations with my dad are not what most daughters have with their fathers. For one thing, they are held over the telephone most Sundays when he calls me from home prison. For another, our conversations aren’t exactly run-of-the-mill. Our … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood Memories, Family Life, My California, My Dad's Alcoholic Prison
Tagged Alcoholism, California, Childhood memories, Dogs, Easter, Family Life, Freesias, Jesus, Laci Peterson, prison, True Crime
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A Lingering Look at Windows and A Walk In Lewes, Sussex
As some of you already know, I recently spent some time in Lewes, Sussex and had the opportunity to take some lovely walks. You will also remember that it wasn’t too long ago when I wrote about ‘Historical Lewes‘ so … Continue reading
Posted in A Lingering Look at Windows, Photos
Tagged A Lingering Look at Windows, HIstory, Lewes, Photos of Lewes, photos of windows, Sussex, Walking
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American Pie
The Daily Post hosts a Weekly Writing Challenge which I thought I would try. This week, Vincent Mars challenges us to write our ‘First Fifty’ in this way: ‘For this week’s challenge, you must write a fifty-word story. Not five … Continue reading
Posted in Flash Fiction, Weekly Writing Challenge
Tagged American Pie, Dpchallenge, Flash fiction, Weekly Writing Challenge, writing
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Threshold of a New Beginning
On the threshold of a new beginning, a point of entering. This week, over at the Weekly Photo Challenge, Krista asks us to share a photo that captures that moment ‘just before a new beginning — that split-second moment in … Continue reading
April Follower of the Month: Sherri Matthews
Genie, over at Espirational, recently and so very kindly invited me as a guest blogger. Very excited and honoured to do so. Thanks so much Bob and Genie!
Writing Process Blog Hop
What exactly is a Writing Process Blog Hop you may well ask? I’ve read about them on other blogs but assumed that since I’m not a published author it wouldn’t apply to me. This is exactly what went through my … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Hops, Blogging, Memoir, Writing
Tagged Blogging, Memoir, Memoir Writing, writing, Writing Process, Writing Process Blog Hop
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A View From My Summerhouse 