A little bit of silliness

A little bit of silliness

We are living in ‘unprecedented’ times. There are a lot of people who talk about all the things we could be doing during this time, and one of these is writing a book. I don’t know about you, but I’ve been  a bit all over the place lately. It...
Evil Octopus

Evil Octopus

I have just finished writing my second silly story from a prompt given to me by my nephew. This one was from my 8 year old nephew. The prompt he gave me was An Evil Octopus in Underwater Isolation. When he gave me the prompt, he also started giving me tips on how to...
10 Prompts – Toilet Paper

10 Prompts – Toilet Paper

It’s made headline news in the last few weeks, and everyone is talking about it. It’s toilet paper! With this in mind, our first 10 Prompts on Tuesday is all about toilet paper. There are prompts for fiction and non-fiction, stories and poems. This ebook...
Using writing prompts

Using writing prompts

Writing prompts are one of my favourite ways to get writing started when I’m stuck. I also love coming up with crazy and creative writing prompts for the Young Writers Group. I’m always blown away by how many different stories can come from the same...
Talking Watermelon

Talking Watermelon

Last week, my 3 year old nephew set me a challenge – to write a story about a talking watermelon. He gave me this idea with such a twinkle in his eye, I just had to give it a go. I shared this idea (getting a story prompt from a 3 year old) with other writers,...