Over on the new website I’ve just posted a video of a small selection of the many bloopers I made during the recording of the Getting Lucky Audiobook. I can’t embed video on this blog, so instead of linking you to the youtube video I am going to provide a link to the blog post … More Getting Lucky Audiobook – BLOOPERS!
This weeks Flash!Friday themes were based on the Grimms’ Fairy Tales. I chose Little Red riding hood and transformationas my themes this week. There was an optional photo prompt which I chose not to use, but while I was browsing Wikipedia for a refresher on the Red riding hood fairy tale I stumbled across this … More Flash Fridays – September 11th
I’m pleased to announce that today marks the official launch of Today’s Chapter v2.0, the new home of my various writing endeavours – now with new logo, fully integrated blog, social sharing, fully responsive design and all sorts of other bells and whistles – check it out over at http://www.todayschapter.com I’ll be posting blog posts on the … More Today’s Chapter v2.0 now live
This weeks Flash! Friday was based off the story collection The Arabian Nights. I only loosely used the elements this week as I somehow landed on the concept below and couldn’t resist using it for my story. The elements I chose were Justice and Ancient Persia. I didn’t use the photo prompt this week, but here … More Flash Fridays – July 24th
This weeks Flash!Friday is based on the classic novel 1984. The themes I chose to incorporate in my story were a character that’s a historian and the conflict of man vs society (government). Here is the optional picture prompt which I loosely incorporated: Riot Police. CC2.0 photo by Thomas Hawk. Old School Romantic The lady in … More Flash Fridays – July 17th
This weeks Flash! Friday was based around the elements from Charlie and the chocolate factory. The ones I chose to incorporate into my story were conflict (man vs man) and theme (you reap what you sow). I didn’t really incorporate the optional photo prompt this week, but here it is for posterity’s sake: Chemical Factory. CC2.0 photo by Astrid … More Flash Fridays – July 10th
Flash! Fridays has an all new setup from this week onwards. Now, in addition to the (optional) photo prompt, we are given several elements of a famous novel to act as inspiration and we select two to incorporate. This week was one of my all time favourite novels, the Count of Monte Cristo, and the … More Flash Fridays – July 3rd
For this weeks Flash! Friday we had to incorporate the character of a writer into a story about the following prompt: Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon. Studio promotional still photo 1936, public domain. Writers Block Another dead end. The lifeless grey wall taunts me, blocking my path with unwavering conviction. I know from experience there … More Flash Fridays – June 26th
For this weeks Warmup Wednesday we had to incorporate a lifelong goal that wasn’t the Olympics into a story about the following prompt: Olympic Games, 1896; the athlete Herman Weingartner, horizontal bar champion. Public domain photo by Albert Meyer. Down to Earth Keep your feet on the ground, that’s what people say. I wish I … More Warmup Wednesday – June 24th
For this weeks Flash! Friday we had to incorporate the theme of Deja Vu into a story about the following prompt: Train wreck at Montparnasse, 1895. Public domain photo. Derailed I’ve watched this scene a hundred times. I’m missing something. I stare at my translucent pocket watch, counting down. There’s the toot of the horn, … More Flash Fridays – June 19th
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