Category: writing
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You Could Write Anything
Go on. Try it. Maybe start with a word. The most lovely word. Your favourite, in fact. Describe its colours. Describe its sound. Tell us about the music it forms in your mind. Set that paragraph into a context. A scene. A moment. A memory. Put someone in that context. Maybe you, maybe not-you. Maybe…
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Mundane Description
“Annie! Annie, are you up yet? I’m taking the kids to school!” Avery’s voice carries well throughout the house and reminds me of home. I’m awake, but have yet to rise. I have to now. First stop is the bathroom. I see to Mother Nature’s necessities and then my own. In the mirror, a woman…
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Daily Prompt: Constant
Change is constant This is all we know I’m a spring singer a summer sojourner in autumn, an artist and a winter writer Live in an instant Just go with the flow I’m always uncomfortable because I’m always changing my identity’s portable we’re not in the business of prearranging Staying the course is nonsense Burn…
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Be Wilder: an advice poem
Be wilder: Baby girl please don’t age; you’re so pretty Be wilder: Pretend you’re a ballerina Be wilder: But be nicer to Tina Be wilder: One day you’ll travel the planet Be wilder: Make a wish; the candles are lit Be wilder: But don’t rip your new dress Be wilder: Only a good girl can…
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Daily Prompt: Cavity
cavity like the one in your chest just because they said you were resisting arrest cavity like the ones in your teeth leading to extraction cause you can’t afford to treat cavity like the ones that get searched by the ones that never put your dignity first cavity like the way your stomach feels when…
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Daily Prompt: Dominant – Allele Appeal
oval face cleftless widow’s peak eyebrows bushy, sepa r ated skip mascara dimples free lobes almond eyes .f.r.e.c.k.l.e.s. tongue rollin’, no foldin’ wax my middle finger can’t thumb a ride bent pinky left over right brush the back of my hand only need two tendons via Daily Prompt: Dominant Read more of my work here
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Camp NaNoWriMo: The Road So Far…
5 tools for hitting writing goals, as learned from the first week of Camp NaNoWriMo.
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The grave bell’s ringing…
Another day, another rebranding. This one is sticking though, cause there’s a paid-for URL to go with it. We’re L’Oiseau de Feu now! Whoo! I decided I wanted an umbrella brand to do everything under. And a less common wording for Firebird became the brand, because I’m learning to give myself second chances. I’ve been…
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Itchen to Write — The Art House
I’m a firm believer in the “going to work” school of thought when it comes to writing…or for that matter, any home based work. The gist is that you have a dedicated space which is only for work, and thus when you go to this area your brain gets into ‘work mode’. This is why…
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A Spider, A Robot, and A Dragon Walk Into A Bar…
[I realised that the play I saw a few weeks back would make great review-writing practice, hence the delay between viewing and posting.] Four lucky writers had the chance to see their concepts workshopped into brief plays in Telling Tales, the collection of vignettes put on by a fantastic cast at The Berry Theatre in Hedge…