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Category: Fiction
My fiction writing.
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Dissonance
Going for a walk and lost at the door Beating heart but you still can’t breath Loving the song but can’t hear the words Climbing a tree and can’t see the view Speaking aloud but nobody’s heard Meeting with friends but in another room Being held tight and floating away Reading a book but the… Continue reading Dissonance
Bed by Day
Brightness of day But you see the dark Crave a positive mind Not a contrary heart Lighting a candle Your world is distorted Chances surround you Ideals that are thwarted Comfort under swaths A belly of dread Body is protected It’s all in your head
Self Love
You waited for someone else to show you that you are enough, Convinced yourself that you have no worth . You picked up the clues left by the people you followed, Always going in the wrong direction, trusting in a compass that had broken . If you had loved yourself then love would have found… Continue reading Self Love
Sea Glass
Keep searching for glistening colours You need to look closely for the precious pieces, they’re always there Find the fragments of sea glass Small gems hidden amongst infinite sand and stones They’ve survived the buffering of the waves They have come through more beautiful than they were before Holding tiny glimpses of the past Once… Continue reading Sea Glass
First Draft
12th June 2021. I was awake early, about 5 am no chance of getting back to sleep. My head was full of ideas for the last couple of chapters of my novel. So I went downstairs, fed the cats, made a cup of tea and sat at my laptop. I wrote for an hour and… Continue reading First Draft
An Introduction to My Novel Writing Progress
I did a couple of short story creative writing courses a few years ago with the fabulous Jackie Buxton (Tea and Chemo, Glass Houses) and then went on to do ‘A Novel in a Year’ course. I have always loved writing but never had the confidence to do anything with it until I started writing… Continue reading An Introduction to My Novel Writing Progress
Very
Very (May 2017) (Words 998 / 3.5 mins) It was so very still. I didn’t want to move for fear of sending ripples out and disturbing the scene around me. I couldn’t remember ever being out of my bed before 6am, never mind out of the house. Our movements had been so restricted since the… Continue reading Very
Stop!
Stop! (Apr 2017) (Words 926 / 3 mins) “Stop! I don’t understand what you’re asking me to do, please, can we just start at the beginning and go through it again?” Clare was getting increasingly bewildered, it seemed her matured mind just couldn’t keep pace with modern technology. She was finding it harder to keep… Continue reading Stop!