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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!
Tag Archives: writing
Lyme Disease Verdict and my Cat Article Published!
This post was planned for yesterday, but as is so often the case my plans went slightly awry. No point explaining why, I will just say that sometimes we mums all know what it’s like when our time is needed … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, Family Life, Writing, Writing Updates
Tagged article, Article Acceptance, Carer's Rights, Carers, cat photos, cats, Conditions and Diseases, Current Affairs, Editor, Family Life, Flu Jab, Health, Lyme disease, Mums, NHS, Publication, Tick-borne disease, writing, Writing Updates, Your Cat Magazine
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Write Your Dream but Don’t Kill the Creativity
Do you have a dream? Has your dream been with you for just a little while or, as in my case, most of your life? Does this dream consume you, or is it something you pick up once in a … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Writing
Tagged Articles, Childbirth, Creative writing, Dreams, Electric Guitar, Failure, fear, Flash fiction, Magazines, Market Analysis, Memoir, music, Pregnancy, Publishing, Rejection, Sabotage, Short story, Slush Pile, writing, Writing a book, Writing Advice, Writing fears
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A Little Boy’s Hand in Mine
Once upon a time, many years ago, a three-year old boy not long to be four put his little hand into his mother’s and smiled up at her. She smiled back with reassurance and promised him that she would keep … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood Memories, Family Life, Mothers & Sons, My California, Writing
Tagged America, beach, Childhood memories, Children, England, Family Life, Flight of the Navigator, Glendale, Grandparents, Growing Up, Halloween, Happy Birthday, joy, Los Angeles, love, mother's hand, Mothers & Sons, My California, Reminiscing, Sherri Matthews, travel, writing
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The Votes are Tallied – and I’m Home ‘Free’!
Woo Hoo! The votes have been tallied and Elizabeth has announced the winner of September’s mini-writing competition. Yes, the title says it all – I am the winner, or should I say my flash fiction story ‘Free’ is the winner! … Continue reading
A Question of Copyrighted Song Lyrics – Beware!
Have any of you wondered what the copyright rules and regulations are for using song lyrics as part of a blog post? I have thought about this a lot recently. Not only that, but I’ve thought about an upcoming post … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Current Affairs, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Authors, Blake Morrison, Blog Advice, blog rules, Books, Copyright, copyright issue, Current Affairs, Fair use, fellow writers, films tv, Legal, LinkedIn, Lyrics, Public Domain, Recipes, Songs, Writer's Tips, writing
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Got A Great Idea? Write It Down, Lest You Forget!
How many times have you had a random thought or heard or observed something during the course of a normal day which gives you a great idea for your next writing project, but unless you write it down there and … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Current Affairs, Writing
Tagged Asperger's Syndrome, Blogging, Dreams, Epiphany, Ideas, Insomnia, Inspiration, Lightbulb Moment, Mad Men, Memory, Writers, Writers Resources, writing, writing project
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The Nerve-Wracking Risk of Sharing Our Writing
I am way out of my comfort zone. Until I started this blog I had never shared any of my writing publicly, in any shape or form. In reading other blogs I know that I am not the only one … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Family Life, Grief, Musings, Nature & Wildlife, Photos, Poems, Writing
Tagged Blogging, Family Life, Friendship, hope, Jesus, pain, Photos of Wildlife & Nature, Poetry, Rainbow, risk, sorrow, Sunset, The Norfolk Broads, writing
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My Kind of Crazy – A Bad Moon Rising But I Love You Rafa!
I blame it on the moon. This ‘Supermoon’ which has recently graced us with its presence. According to the BBC website, this so-called ‘Supermoon’ ‘occurs when the Moon reaches its closest point to earth, and is known as a perigree … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood Memories, Current Affairs, Family Life, Musings
Tagged Andy Murray, Astronomy, Childhood memories, Current Affairs, England, John McEnroe, Moon, Musings, Rafael Nadal, Supermoon, Tennis, Tim Henman, Wimbledon, writing
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A Short Story of Grief As Told In My Garden
High Into the Blue. Even though I break and shatter, Even though I cry alone; Even then I know you are with me, Even then I know I am home. How do I heal from this? Is it possible when … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Snippets, Grief, Photos, Poems, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Beauty, English Gardens, Garden Photos, Grief, Healing, love, pain, Photos of Roses, Poem, sorrow, writing
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What Has Your Blog Done For You?
Four months have gone by since I started this blog and after some (healthy, I hope!) introspection, I find that I am asking myself one question: “Why did I start this blog in the first place?”. Why indeed? Back in … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Childhood Memories, Guest Blogs, Nature & Wildlife, Sweet Robin, Writing
Tagged Alcoholism, Blogging, change, Childhood memories, Fairies, faith, Foreign travel, God, Homesick, hope, joy, late bloomer, Mid-life, mothers, nature, writing
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A View From My Summerhouse 