Writing and reviews with an environmental, science fiction, and fantasy touch
Breydon Water – a well-known spot for bird watching in Norfolk. Junction of several rivers all fighting to get out into the North Sea through a narrow gap. And featured in several Princelings books, notably Princelings and the Pirates! CCC
“Where the birds fly” came as a prompt from Bluesky’s book community, of which there are many strands. I usually check out booksky, authorsky and the guineapig areas(!). I think this came from Author Sharon Lopes in #authorsky. Today’s story
This is an unseasonal piece of New Forest flash non-fiction, just under 900 words. I decided I ought to write more about the Forest, which is an ancient hunting ground set aside by William the Conqueror, although I’d always thought
Botley starts the last week of #30DaysWild for this year. Last week we worked our way east from the New Forest, across the rivers Test and Itchen, and briefly glimpsed the upper reaches of the Meon. Today we’re doing the
A lovely blue door, but not just one. I am intrigued, even more than when we had the door in the tree. I wondered for a while whether the two were in some way connected. This of course is my
The Frozen Lake is this week’s #writephoto prompt from KL Caley of New2Writing.com. I confess when I first saw it, I thought it was some unworldly light and a black, starry background. But it’s just black of trees! I tried
I ask ‘how are you today?’ because I realise I don’t communicate with my readers well enough. How are you in Lockdown? In these weird days of lockdown it’s easy to be wrapped up in our own concerns. You may
There are two Tawny Owl Surveys running in the UK at present – well, one underway and the other about to start. Anyone can take part in the second one, doing it from your own home. The first tawny owl
Yes, you read that right. Chuck’s flash fiction challenge was a car chase. I can’t think of anything more boring to write about, although I can think of a couple of car chases in movies I enjoyed – Bullitt, The
October sunshine Sparkles on berries and hips. Food for winter birds 🙂