Have you been busy? My month has whizzed past in an increasingly chilly blur, but before it skitters off entirely I thought I’d post a 500 word story I wrote at the start of the month, for the AWC’s Furious Fiction. I’ve missed the last six of the monthly writing challenges so I was determined … Continue reading Join the queue
Wife is one of those words which we think we understand, but it can surprise us. Hmmm, perhaps I’ll leave that alone and move on… At its root, wife just means ‘woman’ rather than ‘female spouse’ which solves my childhood puzzlement over how a housewife could be married to a house. It also makes sense … Continue reading Meet the wife
With a writing prompt like that picture, you’d think it would all be clear sailing, right? Well, maybe it’s been too long since I had a holiday but I couldn’t conjure blue skies and an idyllic ocean. Instead, I wrote something which valiantly tries to put the fun back in funeral. As it turned out, … Continue reading Rocking that dress
After a weird two months of blog silence, I’m back with a bang, or at least a funny story. But it’s not of the ‘three men walk into a bar, one got concussion and the other two were slightly injured’ variety. It’s my entry to this month’s Furious Fiction competition. The challenge was to write … Continue reading Funny you should say that
The line between comedy and tragedy can be pretty thin and my latest piece of flash fiction crosses it. I’m not entirely convinced that’s a good idea in a story of less than 500 words. But I’m hopeful that the foibles of the fascinating world of theatre, particularly at the amateur dramatics end of things, … Continue reading The play’s the thing
You know it’s lovely down in the woods but sometimes it can get a little creepy. That’s what happened with the March Furious Fiction writing challenge of ‘person, place, object’. Simple right? Our <500 word stories had to include a character in disguise and a mirror, and take place in a park. National park, dog … Continue reading Better not go alone
Another month, another Furious Fiction. Today’s post is a two-edged sword – one side shares the 500 word story I wrote for February’s AWC Furious Fiction Challenge, and the second (the sharper side and call to action) is to tell you that today, at 5pm, the AWC will unveil their March challenge. You’ll have 55 … Continue reading On guard, and time for fury!
‘A’ list, ‘B’ list, reality TV list – who can keep up? I swear I can read a list of celebrities appearing somewhere or the other and not recognise a single name. Is this something to be proud of, or a reflection that our notion of celebrity has gotten out of hand? I’m confounded by … Continue reading Celebrities? Get me out of here!
Talk about a writing challenge – AWC’s Furious Fiction this month almost defeated me. Why? Because the first criteria was it had to be set in a library or bookstore and, if you read Sweet serendipity, you’d know I did that last month. Plus, you had to include at least six of their twenty words. … Continue reading The anti-cupid
It was a tough round of writing requirements for the AWC’s Furious Fiction challenge this month. In 500 words or less you had to include the name of at least one element from the periodic table AND the words ‘traffic’, ‘jowls’ and ‘hidden’ AND something that buzzes AND the first and last letter had to … Continue reading Sweet serendipity