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Sue’s #WritePhoto prompt this week: A sea of blue Interspersed with green A forest floor of blooms Rising from within, trees A gentle breeze Rippling the flowers A gentle bluebell tinkling I could listen for hours Ritu 2020

Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 172, #Poet’sChoice #Senryu

Colleen’s challenge this week is Poet’s choice of words in a syllabic form of poetry. From me, a trio of senryu about getting moving, during this lockdown time… A sedentry life This self isolation lark Need to get moving Easy choice, to sit To watch, to read, to consume But it's not healthy Find a […]

Author Interview with Ritu Bhathal, author of ‘Marriage Unarranged’ @_thebookbabe

Pop over to Rebecca’s Blog, The Book Babe, to read an interview with me! (If you’re not sick of me already!) The Book Babe Interviews Ritu Bhathal

Chai And A Chat #77 #ChaiAndAChat #CoronaDiaries Week 2

Another week passes by… is it just me or did it seem to go on for about five months? Anyway, enough pondering… let me tell you about my week! Monday was my first full day in school with the keyworker children. It’s strange, a different sort of latchkey kids, you know. These children who have […]

Spidey’s Serene Sunday – Part 266 – Live In The Moment

“Wherever you are, be there totally.” Eckhart Tolle Well, Spidey, you’ve gone all deep on me this week! The world has chosen to give a huge amount of the population time at home, with this awful pandemic that is raging through so many countries at the moment. Many of us have been tearing our hair […]

So, The Interview Happened!

I was dreading it, you know. My heart was beating triple time. Would it still be happening? Would it get postponed again? Would I be able to speak? But I shouldn’t have worried. It happened! I am officially an interviewee on TalkRadio! And I am not sure how long it will last, but here is […]

And… The Interview is BACK ON! (Plus #BookSale!)

You might remember a couple of weeks ago, I excitedly posted about being interviewed on TalkRADIO about my dear book baby… then, due to this horrible virus, it got delayed… then postponed. Well, I am delighted to say that (touchwood) it is back on tonight! I’ll be being interviewed for part of Badass Women’s hour […]

April 2: Flash Fiction Challenge – Pizza

Charli’s Carrot Ranch fiction prompt! April 2, 2020, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story that includes pizza. It can be an original pizza pie (or slice) or something pizza-like. Go where the prompt leads! Pizza Face “Stuffed Your Face Pizza. Hmm, that’s an interesting name for the business, Marcus.” Lorraine […]

Marriage Unarranged Sale! #CoronavirusRead #BookSale

Hey there, everyone! Just wanted to give you the heads up that my book baby, Marriage Unarranged is on sale this weekend, from Friday 3rd April, through to midnight on Monday 6th April! It’s down to only 99p/99c on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk on Kindle. Take advantage of the sale now, while you can! getbook.at/MarriageUnarranged It […]

Death – #SprintFiction

Another little prompt from that writing group on Facebook. We did a live sprint, or rather, several, and then ended up with a ten minute flash writing challenge. The prompt was Death. This was what came to me… DEATH Death. Huh. You don’t scare me. Really. You’re just a namby-pamby character in a stupid, dark, […]