Things Happening Outside

May 3, 2011

Since the days when I first ran the Writing Adventure Group, which used techniques designed to get the writer out, observing, and...

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H is for Hurrah!

Apr 9, 2011

What a fantastic week this has been.With B for Bounce, C for Celebrate, D for Dizzy, E for Elated, and F for Friends, G for...

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A is for Ambergris

Apr 1, 2011

Ambergris. The word looks pretty. Like Amber, right? It’s a lovely girl’s name. It’s my cats name. (Amber, not...

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Women and Geography

Mar 25, 2011

Okay so I had planned to write a #fridayflash short short today, but I woke up blank and with a headache. It’s not that I have...

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Other People’s Toast

Mar 21, 2011

Why does other people’s toast smell so great, but when the mouth-watering scent inspires you (and by “you”, I mean...

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Word Heroes

Feb 19, 2011

As most of you will probably realise by now, I like words. Not exactly a news flash. But unlike some writers, I’m not one of...

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Imagine a Were-penguin…

Feb 9, 2011

Without a doubt the two most dangerous words in the English language are “What if…” (Okay, maybe the two most...

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Sole-Mate

Jan 10, 2011

How fortuitous that I got this email (below) just in time for Patti Larsen’s blog hop on the topic “New Connections”...

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Fear and Loathing in Quotation...

Sep 15, 2010

A few days ago I was reading the Chicago Manual of Style. (That should be a question on a quiz entitled “How Big A Writer-Geek...

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Cheery Monday

Aug 16, 2010

No writing advice today! It’s Monday, and I’m having trouble getting started with anything productive, so you get funny...

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