It was a wild and stormy night. (No, really it was!) Gregor was in bed. He was curled up under the covers with his stuffed manatee (Matawee) and his toy dolphin. He wasn’t quite asleep but he was in that comfortable, warm and drowsy state where sleep is not far off. And so, when he… Continue reading Gregor and The Dragon And The Storm
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A Constitutional Pause
He lit a cigar and leaned back, shrouded by the red leather of his wing chair by the fireplace, unlit on this seasonably warm spring day. Off duty, perhaps, but still holding court, Sir Alec received visitors as they passed by…
The Father
…“Father! You’re back at last!”
Miraim’s head appeared in the inner doorway, then disappeared before she returned carrying a large vase of water.
“Here,” she said. “Wash.”
Philip smiled at his busy daughter, so like her mother and a welcome reminder of home, of their real life.
“And how was your supper after we women left you to your gossiping?” She asked, hands on hips…
The Fourth Egg
Bonnie was sitting now, wiping her face with her ever-present handkerchief. She sat, poker-straight, and stared at her shoes, not at her husband.
“It’s so stupid,” she said. “I’m Secretary of the 4H Club, for crying out loud. I been raising and slaughtering animals since I was Maggie’s age!”
Day One; Story Done!
Best of all, I’m loving reading everyone’s posts, which all have a kind of breathless quality to them. We’re all giddy and excited because we committed to this and can’t believe it, and yet we have written and had fun and are loving letting our creative kittens out of the river-bound sack.
What Was I Thinking?!
OK, I’m a little nervous. Two days until we begin this journey of writing a story a day. But it’s a good nervous. It’s an energetic nervous. I’m like a stallion in the gate, ready for the off. Quivering a little. Already I’m noticing benefits from this Story A Day project: I’m looking at the… Continue reading What Was I Thinking?!
All You Need Is Rov(ing)
I can be a bit reserved. I can see someone who looks really interesting and unless I’ve got a good excuse (like when I worked for newspapers, or in bars and shops) I tend not to wander up, introduce myself and ask all the questions I want to ask. Last week, however, my love of… Continue reading All You Need Is Rov(ing)
iPad Review: Using the iPad as an eBook Reader
Let me be upfront right, er, up front: I love my Kindle (s). But I was intrigued by the iPad because it was so damned new and sexy and multifuction and did I mention new and sexy? I had used my iPhone’s Kindle app as a portable ebook reader, for those times when I didn’t… Continue reading iPad Review: Using the iPad as an eBook Reader
Short Stories Are Not Novels
The best short stories can say a lot, but they don’t try to do too much. Writing a story a day is going to be a huge challenge. Inventing characters and settings and inhabiting them for just one day? Huge. Don’t try to do too much. We don’t have the time or space to tell… Continue reading Short Stories Are Not Novels
The Cost of Gas
Last year a helicopter carrying workers to their rigs crashed into the North Sea. My brother-in-law takes a helicopter out to work on his rig, every so often. He wasn’t on this one. 20 years ago, before my sister was married, there was a terrible fire on one of the rigs in the North Sea.… Continue reading The Cost of Gas