Keep is the first of Sue Vincent’s #writephoto challenges that I’ve accepted. I said near the end of last year I was going to find another blog hop to keep my short fiction going. I’m going to aim to keep
Tuesday #Writephoto | Keep
#Fi50 | Behind the Curtain
Behind the Curtain is the prompt for this month’s Fiction in Fifty words #Fi50. I’m posting earlier than usual because there’s a rumour of some sort of celebration going on in most parts of the world for one reason or
#Fi50 | Forging Ahead
Forging Ahead is this month’s prompt for the Fiction in Fifty words meme that Rebecca and I continue to plug on with, in hope that some other people will join us. It’s really good to have to craft a fifty
Wolf at the Door | #Fi50 plus Technical WordPress fix
‘Wolf at the door’ is this month’s prompts in the Fiction in 50 (words) flash fiction challenge. I love doing these shorts, but we seem doomed to continue them on our own. You can join in – check out Rebecca
#Fi50 | September – Taking Turns
Taking Turns is September’s prompt for Fiction in Fifty Words. I enjoy this micro fiction challenge, and you can join in. It’s much easier than haiku! Although I might start doing those again. For full details see Rebecca’s page on
#Fi50 | August prompt – One Drop Too Many
August has been an odd month over here. July thunderstorms continued through August with rain in the west and dry in the east – until last week, when it hit the east as well. We’re talking UK weather, of course.
#Fi50 | Countdown – fiction in fifty words
Countdown is this month’s prompt in the Fiction in Fifty Words meme. Rebecca Douglass organises this, so join in any time you like. The year’s prompts are listed, together with the minimal instructions, on her page here. This is the
#Fi50 | Sweet Home, Alabama (flash fiction)
Sweet Home Alabama is the prompt for this month’s Fiction in Fifty words. You can join in by making your own fifty word story in response to the prompt. Link yours to (or just post it in) the comments on
eXactly | Fiction in Fifty Words #Fi50 #AtoZchallenge2019
‘eXactly’ replaces the post I’d already done for this year’s X of the AtoZ Challenge. In fact, I’d replaced it last year, too. Maybe it will finally surface in 2020. Since that was also an eX cheat (as was last
#Fi50 | No More Hearts and Flowers
No More Hearts and Flowers was a prompt I came up with for Fi50 (actually I submitted it for the February WEP but 28 days won)! In the post-Valentines days of February, I hope you don’t identify too much with
#Fi50 | Icy Fingers – fiction in fifty words
Icy Fingers is the prompt for today’s Fi50, or the Fiction in fifty words meme. I’m hoping more people will join in, since fifty words stories are fun to write. Rebecca is away, so I don’t suppose she’ll be posting
#Fi50 | The Worst Gift – fiction in fifty words
The Worst Gift is this month’s prompt for the Fiction in Fifty Words meme #Fi50. Please thank Rebecca Douglass for hosting it all year and reminding us to link to her own post each month. More people are welcome to
#FlashbackFriday | The Corsair Clearance
Corsair Clearance? I’m not sure you can really do a #FlashbackFriday post with something you can’t find in the past on your blog. But this is a special occasion: I’ve deleted this entire section from Curved Space to Corsair (Viridian
#Fi50 | My family is so weird
‘My Family is So Weird’ is the prompt for today’s Fiction in Fifty Words Fi50. I found this more difficult that a single or double-word prompt, maybe because it was a complete sentence. Nevertheless there were plenty of ways to
Aphasia and a Friday Flash Excerpt
Aphasia is a condition a friend of mine, Julie, suffered after she suffered a brain haemorrhage or stroke ten years ago. Her experience of relearning to speak led me to include aphasia as a condition that affected Princeling George after
#Fi50 for October | Horror
Horror, not surprisingly, is the prompt for this month’s Fiction in Fifty words. Fi50 was invented by Bruce Gargoyle, but is now administered by Rebecca Douglass at the Ninja Librarian. Just click over there to sign up for the meme
#Fi50 Fiction in 50 words | Empty Nest
Empty Nest is the prompt for this month’s Fiction in 50 words #Fi50 flash fiction. This monthly challenge was the brainchild of Bruce Gargoyle, but is now continued by the Ninja Librarian herself, Rebecca Douglass. You can get all the
#FlashbackFriday | The Way West (Humphrey WIP)
It’s FlashbackFriday again, and I’m going for Humphrey when his book was WIP. You can join in by posting your own post from way back when, one you love, or maybe nobody saw, or just something you want to display
#Fi50 | The Rifles Are Calling, and I Must Go
The Rifles Are Calling, and I Must Go is the title provided for this month’s Fiction in Fifty Words #Fi50. This exciting 50 word microfiction is managed by Rebecca Douglass on her blog, and you can join in. Actually, this
Postcard from Camp 4 | All done! #campnanowinner2018 #flashbackfriday
Well, I’m all done for another year! I’ve ‘won’ Camp NanoWriMo by completing my goal of editing Curved Space to Corsair, in over 80,000 words (88,000 approximately). And I have the badge to prove it! I’ve also started work on
Fiction in Fifty #Fi50 | On The Road
On the Road is this month’s fiction in fifty words prompt. Fi50, or fiction in fifty words, is the ultimate in flash fiction. Get the whole story into fifty words, and make sure your reader’s imagination fills in all the rest.
FridayFlash #Fi50 Fiction | The End is in the Beginning
The End is in the Beginning is this month’s fiction in fifty words prompt. Fi50, or fiction in fifty words, is the ultimate in flash fiction. Get the whole story into fifty words, and make sure your reader’s imagination fills
FridayFlash Space Opera | The White Rose of York
Chuck’s back, and he asked for Space Opera today. I’ve cheated slightly, as I considered doing some more backstory for the Perihelix women, and didn’t think I had the time. Doing a whole space opera in 1000 words is tough,
April’s #Fi50 Flash Fiction | Hours of Fun
I’ve had hours of fun with the April Fi50. Yes, It’s May, not April. It’s May the fourth. I usually give you the Star Wars greeting, but today it’s just Fi50. Fiction in Fifty Words is, as you well know,
#FlashbackFriday | Humphrey Goes East
Humphrey Goes East was last seen in the A to Z Challenge in 2013. I’d already written this as the prelude to my then book 8 in the Princelings series – which is now book 10, the last one. This