The Authors Who Inspire Me: A Journey Through Fiction and Insight When it comes to reading, I have a handful of authors whose work has profoundly influenced my writing and thinking. These writers not only shape my stories but also fuel my curiosity and creative energy. If you’re looking for some literary inspiration or writing…
What The ???? BLOG CANDY!!! Note: 26.3.2025: For those who have never heard of this term: “Blog candy in 2012 and earlier refered to gifts, prizes, or giveaways offered by bloggers to their readers, often as part of a contest or promotional event. It was a fun way to engage…
Freewrite: Bean Studying Accounting Lately, and it Tends to Mess with your Creative Side ~ BIG TIME! Warning Just so others don’t stumble across this same delusional state (hear me all you, ‘Young Ones’, and be cautioned) as I did when I decided a couple of years back to Enrol in Accounting. Here it is…
Weekly Prompt #9 How have you been this week? Do you still want to be a writer? Do you remember when we first started writing daily, when we were all determined to be writers and hit our word count goals? Well, I had one of the senses all saved up until the end but since it’s…
.Daily Writing with a weekly prompt…We like Daily Writing… Here,👇we like fishing… Well… NO, some of us like fishing, the majority like writing and that’s why we frequent this blog. One day at band camp. Just kidding. It was actually at my local writing group. A new member said he’d like to be able to…
.. Writing a Novel It’s not easy writing a novel, and anyone who tells you it is possibly telling fibs…Like sixteen-year-old Jessica Watson’s recent sailing voyage around the world, writing a novel can be a challenging endeavor, and there will likely be no considerable fanfare, celebratory party, or Prime Minister’s hero-welcome at the end of it…
To Finish a Novel is no Easy Feat. Need to Finish A Novel? It may sound like writers decide to write a novel, sit down for a few nights over coffee and crumpet or port and cheese but really writing is a hard slog and anyone who takes writing seriously will know…
Hi everyone, This not so dark satire ditty shot itself out. I hope it helps someone, somewhere, as I do so love to help… Zakgirl (in my favorite posting color of light-sort-of-blue, of course!). A Story for Writers by Zakgirl Today is one of those dull grey stormy afternoons stuck inside this body. There isn’t…
~In Memory of Snooty ~ ~ 3 November 2002 – 3 December, 2004 ~ I look at your Certificate of Sterilisation dated 26 May, 2003. Today I’m searching for clues, facts about you and your life to share. You are listed as a Surrender Cat by the RSPCA. Truth is you were special from the…
Zinaida Alone ~ Short Story You sit back in the comfort of your lounge chair and watch the television news. The woman dressed in a dark blue business suit smacks of professionalism. Impeccably dressed blonde hair held tight in a bun at the back of her head. No wispy ends escape. A mixture…
