“A blog is a message in a bottle, both in purpose and likely readership.” https://saltedcaramel670.wordpress.com/2022/09/12/blogging-insights-nf-53/ is today’s inspiration. I haven’t thought about a blog being a message in a bottle, but there the purpose in writing a blog can be different for many people. I write my blog because I enjoy writing. Although on nightsContinue reading “Message in a Blogging”
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Driving Style
The question this week, fromhttps://lifeafter50forwomen.com/author/sadje19/ is about driving style. My driving style is slow and cautious. I make sure I am not going too quick (speeding not optional) I have got caught out when I thought the limit was 40 and it was 30 but attending a speed awareness course has helped me further. MakingContinue reading “Driving Style”
Foist
Written in response of https://fivedotoh.com/2022/09/10/fowc-with-fandango-foist/ word of the day. ‘You foist this unfair rule on me, and I’m not allowed to argue.’ ‘Not if you want to live under my roof. What are you thinking of doing, hoarding your own collection of bowls, knives, and forks in your room. then we need to have rules.’Continue reading “Foist”
Silent
Written for https://fivedotoh.com/2023/02/24/fandangos-flashback-friday-february-24th/ Not quite February, but this appeared when I typed it in. https://lindaghill.com/author/lindaghill/ Stream of Consciousness is silent letters. In the English language we are full of them. A knife, you know, and our palms are numb. There are many rules when writing, and yet it is something I know, rather than somethingContinue reading “Silent”
In The Dark – Another Draft
If I had to summarise the theme of my novel, it is guilt, and grief, and how we place the blame on our shoulders. My ideas are changing from the original idea, but a recently completed beat sheet has helped me know in what direction it is going. Sarah is a journalist, who after theContinue reading “In The Dark – Another Draft”
A Band of Writers
PROMPT WORD: BAND – Written forhttps://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2022/09/04/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-228/ A band of writers joining together for the love of creating stories. Constructive critiques, chats, and a sense of belonging. Novels, slowly changing, with advice given. Meeting again, in a safe place to show your inspiration to a band of writers joining together in their love of creating a worldContinue reading “A Band of Writers”
Sentence
A slightly different approach to https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2022/09/08/reenas-xploration-challenge-247/ and a video of someone writing but writing just one sentence instead. Any thought that passes through you is good enough, as long as you can express it one sentence. The sentence can be two words or as long as you can stretch it. It’s perfectly okay if itContinue reading “Sentence”
Picasso
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/author/talesfromthemindofkristian/ and their word of the day – Beaming. Beaming, James brought his mum his masterpiece. His teacher said it was the best painting, and that his use of colour on the trees was imaginative. It didn’t matter that they were all different – yellow, green, red, blue, purple (he would have painted some withContinue reading “Picasso”
Fine
How are you doing? Seriously, are you okay? Feeling good? Just okay? Not so great? Why do you think you’re feeling the way you are? is https://fivedotoh.com/2022/09/07/fandangos-provocative-question-181/ and my answer is complicated to say the least. How often do you get asked how you are, and the most common answer is fine. Even when youContinue reading “Fine”
Blog Writing
TODAY’S QUOTE from https://saltedcaramel670.wordpress.com/ Sometimes I think of blogging as finger exercises for a violinist; sometimes I think of it as mulching a garden. It is incredibly useful and helpful to my “real” writing. ~Kate Christensen What is real writing? I think it is every time you write. From what I can see a lotContinue reading “Blog Writing”