Intensity I have problems with showing my emotions in the first place but you know that moment in 'Love Actually' where Keira Knightly realises that the best friend of her new husband is actually in love with her? Well I have had one of those. I don't love easily, in fact I have only been… Continue reading Intensity
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Nanowrimo Extract
This is actually chapter 2 and I've written it like a transcription of a police interview. It hasn't been edited so please bear with any mistakes. Enjoy! Chapter 2 from 'A Terrible Beauty' From the transcription of the Police Interview with Benedict Ashton Case 410 Present – Detective Morris Franklin and Sergent Barry Moss, Benedict… Continue reading Nanowrimo Extract
Day 4 of Nanowrimo
Word count - 5109 Status - Tired Plan - The tramp has lifted off a man hole cover and is going to bump the body down it... But still Ash doesn't know what to do about him. I have a feeling that it may involve a knife. This is an update on my book I… Continue reading Day 4 of Nanowrimo
Day 3 of Nanowrimo
Word Count - 5068 Status - Confused Plan - Where did the tramp come from? There is a tramp in the alley on page 17. He has seen the dead body... How is Ash going to get rid of the tramp and the body? How did I write in a tramp? Not only a tramp… Continue reading Day 3 of Nanowrimo
A Cure
I suppose my first thought for a painless cure ought to be my weight, or maybe my eyes, but it isn't. It has to be my migraines. Placebo Effect I have migraines and they can cluster. Sounds simple enough and even cute - a little cluster of migraines, like a litter or puppies. Except that… Continue reading A Cure
Day 2 of Nanowrimo
Word Count - 1600 Status - Shocked Plan - I have a plan... No I had a plan... Then the characters started to speak. Goodbye plan and hello chaos. I must try to make sense of what my heroine is doing.
Conflicted
This is a true story... Conflicted We were in the car when I pulled over. I was getting that feeling again, the one behind my eyes that made me feel like I was looking through a long tunnel. "Bea, what's wrong?" my sister asked. "Nothing," I said but I could hear that my voice was… Continue reading Conflicted
1st Nanowrimo update
Word count - 0 Status - panicking Plan - to write something! Anything! And then not to immediately delete it....
The End is Nigh….
Eat, Drink and be Merry If the world were to end what would be your last meal? I have the image of Mel Gibson crying into a plate of food. In the film Signs he and his daughter, son and brother have what can only be described as a last meal. The aliens are coming… Continue reading The End is Nigh….
Trick or Treat
Happy Halloween or Samhain. I have pumpkins to carve and candles to light tonight. But right now I feel like a scary story... Trick, Not Treat When the electricity failed, Pat was plunged into darkness and was not aware of anything except for the suspicion of a noise out on the porch. He froze, hands… Continue reading Trick or Treat
Kate Murray - Cleaver 