The clothes may make the woman writer... I have been thinking about all the readings I've been to and what people were wearing. It is strange because I have seen some incredibly stylish people and some that have been wearing what looked like large house-coats. Yet in every instance you could pick out from the entourage… Continue reading The Clothes (May) make the Woman (Writer)
Author: Kate
Dylan Thomas Boathouse
Today was the first day of the masters and we all went to the Dylan Thomas Boathouse to meet and have a poetry reading. It helped that it was also National Poetry Day... Something I should have known about but didn't. If you don't know the Boathouse it is in Laugharne in Wales and is… Continue reading Dylan Thomas Boathouse
A Fortunate Dilemma
This is a prompt from Write so Fluid and you can see her site here. A Fortunate Dilemma Pamela is a psychic and one morning she wakes with a vision. She has a choice. She can either miss breakfast or have it. Having breakfast will make her late for a meeting, so late that the other… Continue reading A Fortunate Dilemma
Fearful Symmetry
Fearful Symmetry This is a story where every sentence has to start with the same letter. I've chosen - A. Night Terrors A child lay in his bed, he was sleeping but he was also moving. A while back his mother had taken him to a specialist to ask why he moved, why he was… Continue reading Fearful Symmetry
Ghosts
Have you noticed on the TV they are starting to put on more horror...? I guess it must be coming up to that time - Halloween! I love this time of year with the leaves turning red and orange and the pumpkins ripening; looking like orange jewels in a load of green and brown foliage.… Continue reading Ghosts
Child Genius
Child Genius This prompt got me thinking... If you are a child genius what happens when you get older? Sure you skip a year or two in school and everything flies by until you are no longer with peers but people who are so much older than you. Do you socialise? How do you socialise?… Continue reading Child Genius
Ebb and Flow
The Daily Prompt has asked for a blog post from the future, three years to be exact... What will I be doing then? Most of the time I barely know what I am doing a week in advance. But this is a blog post of my perfect-ish future. Ebb and Flow 2016 September is ending… Continue reading Ebb and Flow
Imagery and the art of realism
When I write I am totally focused on bringing my characters to life; to create something so real that you want to go up to the character and shake their hand. You want to meet them in a restaurant or dinner or cafe and talk to them, to ask about their life and their family.… Continue reading Imagery and the art of realism
Sub-text and sub-plot
Why do I find this SO difficult? The sub-plot is another plot that runs along the main plot but isn't the main plot, whilst the sub-text is the underlying meaning of the phrase or dialogue that is there but not explicitly stated... What! My head hurts!!! The other thing we looked at in the workshop… Continue reading Sub-text and sub-plot
The elderly spy
The Elderly Spy The beginning - Mrs Simpkin sat at her desk. She was Mr Hargreaves personal secretary and as such was privy to all his comings and goings. So when the operative had walked over that morning and smiled at her, handing her a note she had stared at it with surprise. "Am I meant to… Continue reading The elderly spy