People like to bring me things, mostly (almost exclusively) books, which makes a lot of sense what with the whole book store vibe we’ve got going on here. Usually it’s books to trade, sometimes it’s books just to show me and other times it’s interesting books that they just...
Story by Genevieve Clovis Penny sat on the dusty rug on the attic floor. Her nose was cold and so were her fingers but she hardly noticed so enraptured by what she’d found. The attic was full of boxes of old clothes, books, toys from when they’d been kids....
Last night’s writing prompts were a little bit different but a lot of fun. The second challenge was to write a story in which the protagonist is approached by someone who claims to know them. The protagonist doesn’t know the person but agrees to a meeting anyway. Story by...
Despite my hope to expand and revise some of the pieces previously posted (and some of those written but not posted) I didn’t touch any of the work I did with the writer’s group. I know, what a slacker! I was working, very productively, on other projects though. Which...
The past seven weeks of writer’s group have been wonderful. Seeing the progression in everyone’s writing has been a lovely experience. The group will be stopping for a few weeks for the Holidays and to give me a chance to re-energize. I’m hoping to pick up some of the...
Christmas music is playing softly in the background. Outside night is slowly taking over, a sleepy hush blanketing the neighbourhood as the sky fades to a darker blue. I get up to turn on the Christmas lights and poke my head outside to enjoy them. Turning to go back...
The writer’s group has been running for six weeks now, every week we do two prompts (but I only ever share one here). During the course of those twelve writing sessions this was the first time that everybody who was writing had the same thought. Something about the phrase,...
I am a firm believer in Christmas not being in people’s faces until December has begun. Don’t get me wrong I get excited about the holiday season pretty much as soon as it starts getting cold, but the decorations and the music don’t make an appearance until there’s less...
I love the writer’s group. The energy that is shared each week is really quite unique. It pushes each of us to write in ways we wouldn’t usually attempt and leaves us both exhausted and wanting to write more. The prompt I’m going to share with you this week...
At this weeks writer’s group I struggled with the selected prompts. It’s all part of the challenge though, sometimes the words flow out of us like water and other times we have to thaw through the ice first. Luckily the the others didn’t have quite as much trouble as...