This week’s writing challenge was to write 150 words on anything; however verbs and adjectives ( and nouns where possible) had to have a gastronomic/food connection. I found this challenge very tricky. I’m not sure I have adhered strictly to the rules, but here is my food-themed tale of nightclub romance. 120 words, excluding title….
Month: May 2013
15k in May – Writing Challenge. Week 3 Update
Only a very quick update of where I am in the 15k in May writing challenge – my attempt to add at least another 15,000 words to my WIP by the end of this month. I’ve found this week to be very tough going and have had 3 ZERO days and also a measly 75…
Flash Fiction – She Is There And I Am Not
This week’s challenge was to write 150 words using the picture as our prompt. Here’s the 148 word piece I came up with. —————————— She is There and I Am Not. One final glance before I leave this place. I know that I should feel pity for the woman responsible for my freedom and yet…
15k in May – Update for Week 2
I am currently in the midst of the 15k in May Writing Challenge. Despite posting another zero day on Day 9 and a miniscule 177 words on Day 11, I am currently ahead of schedule and am happy to be writing most days. Even though my 15k is only words written on my novel, I…
Don of The Dead Episode 3 – Don Goes Shopping
Don of The Dead – Series Overview Don is recently deceased but didn’t quite make it to the other side, so seems doomed to join the rotting ranks of the undead rubbing shoulders with the living who have now begrudgingly accepted that some people just refuse to die. Each short episode finds Don dealing with…
Weekly Writing Challenge – Flash Fiction – The Other Woman
This week’s writing challenge was 150 words with the prompt: If she waits five minutes . . . Here is what I came up with – a meditation on adultery. 150 words including the prompt. ————————— The Other Woman If she waits five minutes she will see her arrive. The other woman. The one he’s…
15k in May Challenge – Week 1 Update
This is the first weekly update for my progress in our 15k in May challenge, of which you can find out more in my previous post. The Sun has arrived, however briefly, in the UK and with it comes the end of the first week of the challenge. It has been an interesting 7 days,…
Weekly Writing Challenge – Monologue.
This week’s writing challenge was to write 150 words inspired by the idea of someone performing a mundane task for the first time. My effort was inspired by having known someone who suffered a terrible head trauma and had to learn to do very basic tasks again – as if for the first time. ———————————-…
15K in May – my next big challenge.
Am I mad?! Having just completed one challenge (the A-Z Blog Challenge) only yesterday, it’s time to move on to the next! This time it’s the 15K in May challenge (#15kinmay) and I will be updating you on my progress every Wednesday during May. Starting today, and for the rest of the month, I am…