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#writephoto early September | Serenity

This beautiful writephoto is the prompt for a blog item relating to Serenity. Writephoto is the brainchild of Sue Vincent, to whom I am very grateful for the reminder to get writing regularly again!...

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Thursday #writephoto | Calling

Thursday #writephoto is the inspiration of Sue Vincent.  Each week Sue posted a picture with a prompt and invited bloggers to make what they would of it – whether in poetry, prose or some other way....

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Ten Years of Jemima’s Drivel – A WEP+IWSG Grave Mistake

Grave mistake is today’s WEP prompt, but first… Haiku Ten years pass in flash— plus reviews, news and info… Jemima Pett blogs! Ten years of my drivel or wittering or, if you’re kind, stories The...

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Thursday #writephoto | Balefire #flashfiction

Balefire was the prompt from October 2019.  I’m going back to Sue Vincent’s older posts while she’s busy with more pressing things. Here’s the picture: I admit I didn’t know what ‘balefire’ was, but I...

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Thursday #writephoto | Glass: Deirdre Goes Boating

Glass was the writephoto prompt from this time last year.  I’m trying to catch up with Sue Vincent’s meme while she’s doing other things.  I hope she’s doing well and will be back soon. This was the...

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Thursday #Writephoto | Light Mishap – Woebegone orienteering

Light is this week’s, or rather last year’s, writephoto prompt. I’m catching up on the ones I missed while Sue Vincent is busy with other important things.  I hope it’s going well, Sue. So, the word is...

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Thursday #writephoto | Afar

Afar: the photo prompt from this time last year in Sue Vincent’s #writephoto meme. A chance remark from a friend started this one off.  Another friend fostered a greyhound during the first lockdown...

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#WEP+IWSG Flash Fiction | Unmasked

Unmasked was the prompt for the December WEP+IWSG short story writing challenge. In an on-off sort of reversal, it finally continues on its due date, from my perspective, as it’s an optional one for...

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Flash Fiction | Chill #writephoto Connections #Giftmas2020

Connections and Chill, two words that combined to give me a flash fiction prompt. This story gives me a second chance to direct you to the Giftmas 2020 fundraising effort, with all the details in...

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Wednesday #writephoto | Entrance

Entrance, a #writephoto prompt, succeeded the first one I did last year.  Hopefully, I can fill in last year’s gaps with stories this year, until Sue Vincent returns to full strength. I write that in...

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Flash Fiction | Guarded #writephoto

Guarded is today’s #writephoto prompt, with the photo below, and I’m pleased to say it is a 2021 one!  Sue Vincent is providing prompts as long as she can, so it has spurred me on through a little...

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Flash Fiction | Appointed #writephoto @SCVincent

Appointed is today’s #writephoto prompt, courtesy of Sue Vincent. This crow sitting on top of a tree reminded me of something I wrote several years ago to the title Crow of Nine-World, but that is no...

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#WEP+IWSG Artful Flash Fiction | February – The Kiss

The Kiss, by Gustav Klimt, is one of my favourite paintings, and I had the pleasure of seeing it at the Belvedere in Vienna, many years ago now. It also introduced me to Egon Schiele, and Kokotchka: in...

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Rise Up! WEP Flash Fiction Challenge #WEP+IWSG #AtoZChallenge2021

Rise Up is my thought for the illustration in the badge – Freedom Morning by Claude Clarke. It’s a tricky one, because I’m combining the WEP flash fiction challenge with the A to Z Challenge where...

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Swan Guard #writephoto

Swan. Mute swan, to be explicit. They aren’t exactly mute, but have a range of hisses and other sounds. When I lived in Norfolk, I was lucky enough to be closely associated with two pairs of swans –...

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George and the Maiden #writephoto #anniversary

George and the Maiden is the title of my offering for the #writephoto prompt today. Thank you, KL Caley, for organising the blog hop at New2Writing each week. Here’s the picture: Today is the tenth...

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Penny for your Thoughts #writephoto #flashfiction

Penny for your Thoughts: it came to mind because of this week’s #writephoto prompt – the Money Tree. If you’d like a regular flash fiction prompt, then consider popping over to KL Caley’s website...

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Flash Fiction | Steps of Venice #writephoto

Steps of Venice is my story today. I was thinking of maybe 200, maybe 500 words, but Venice took over and I’ve edited it down to just over 1000! And as you saw on Thursday, the photo from this week’s...

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#writephoto – Tunnel | #flashfiction #30DaysWild

Tunnel is this week’s #writephoto prompt. I’m still doing #30DaysWild, so my thoughts turned to nature writing again. It’s lovely to see the number of participants in #writephoto growing again, and...

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In Search of the Wave #flashfiction #WEPFF

The Wave by Hokusai. An iconic piece of art that has been much used (and abused) over the years due to the ownership of the print blocks being in the publisher’s name, not the artist or his...

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