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May 31, 2012
Friday Fictioneers – Too near the sun
This week’s photograph for the weekly challenge set by Madison Woods called Friday Fictioneers is a beautiful picture provided by Doug McIlroy which looks very like the top of the world to me.
Copyright Doug McIlroy
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Whhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee …….!
The flight took him upwards, away from the mountains and their prison towards freedom.
He heard his father call over the wind ‘Russsy, remember what your mother said … don’t disobey your father...
The Thursday Throng author interview with Michael Cargill, author of ‘Shades of Grey’
‘Throng’ isn.- A multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd.
Welcome to The Thursday Throngand this week I’d like to welcome Michael Cargill, the author of several books of short stories including ‘Shades of Grey’.
Since being given a Kindle for Christmas a couple of years ago I have found that my reading has become much broader and I was recently invited to read Michael’s book of short stories ‘Shades of Grey’ and was pleasantly surpri...
May 30, 2012
Having Faith in FREE or feeling the fear and doing it anyway
A little over a week ago I posted that I was about to try the new Kindle Lending Programme which gave me the chance to try offering Woman on the Edge of Reality free for up to five days. I must admit to having a lot of trepidation, I mean I had done very little marketing up till this point having hoped (vainly it turned out) that the fact that I had a lovely and loyal following with the Hysterectomy Association would carry me through … that’s not to say that they don’t still like me, just tha...
May 29, 2012
Tales of t’Internet – the feast and the famine
The continuation of the Tales of the Kindgom of t’Internet a slightly irreverent look at search engine optimisation.
When the Kingdom of t’Internet became first occupied the land was lush and green; food and wine flowed for all the inhabitants and everything was good. There was much cheer amongst the people and they regularly enjoyed glorious gatherings with all manner of feasting and entertainments.
Visitors came regularly to the kingdom and they were directed to those inhabitants that could...
May 28, 2012
Woman on the Edge of Reality - FREE Does Work ....!
Oh, and if you don't yet have a copy you can get yours in the UK here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Woman-The-Edg... in either paperback or kindle version .... Te He !!!!
And in the US here: http://www.amazon.com/Woman-The-Edge-...
“SPICULE” is The Weekly Word – how would you use this word?
Welcome to this weeks Weekly Word, which is ‘SPICULE‘ and it comes courtesy of JK Bradley’s Friday Fictionners piece FLASH FICTION FRIDAY,almost. When I read his post last week I found the sentence “reticent spicule of urban sprawl” to be incredibly evocative and the word just stuck in my head all weekend.
So, I’d like to challenge you to find anunusual, imaginative orcorrect usage of the word in a single sentence or a paragraph.
This weeks word is SPICULE,it is a noun pronounced’spy-cue-al’
SPI...
May 27, 2012
Beautiful Blogger Award
I’ve just received my very first blogging award and I am very chuffed about it too. It’s been awarded to me by the lovely Karen Payze of Drawing Room Days and it’s really made my day. I feel all warm and fuzzy and I fancy a little glass of champagne to celebrate .. or perhaps I’ll settle for a cup of peppermint tea instead.
I am so fortunate that my day job is often about writing too and that I get to ‘meet’, albeit virtually so many lovely people. Since, I decided to actually give my blog a l...
May 25, 2012
Woman on the Edge of Reality has just one day left as FREE on Amazon Kindle .....
UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B006LMYFAC/
US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006LMYFAC/
Woman on the Edge of Reality
May 24, 2012
Friday Fictioneers – Fairies Through the Window
This post is for the weekly challenge set by Madison Woods called Friday Fictioneers. The idea is that you submit a 100 word flash fiction story associated with the picture challenge added the previous Wednesday. You can find out more, and see the picture, on Madison’s Blog here:http://madisonwoods.wordpress.com/flash-fiction/moths-at-the-drive-through/. There is also a Facebook Page too specially for Friday Fictioneers and you can find it here:http://www.facebook.com/FridayFictioneers
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The Thursday Throng author interview with Vanda North, author of ‘Mind Chi – rewire your brain in 8 minutes a day’
