WoW – Notre Dame de Paris

WoW – Notre Dame de Paris

It’s Write on Wednesday time again. For details of this weeks prompt, click here. Between now & Christmas, I am hoping to write some stories about different aspects of Christmas – just for fun  I hope you enjoy them. “Oooh, pretty,” Sophie was in awe. There were...
What are your favourite Christmas traditions?

What are your favourite Christmas traditions?

My gorgeous boys have come up with an awesome idea for Jimmy James in the lead up to Christmas. This has started a list as well as me heading to Google and the library. The first thing we need to do is find 24 random Christmas traditions, preferably Australian ones....
WoW – The Saddest Thing I Ever Heard

WoW – The Saddest Thing I Ever Heard

It’s Write on Wednesday time again. The prompt this week is The Saddest Thing I Ever Heard. After reading some of the sad stories people had written, I wanted to find something a bit happier. I hope this fits the bill. To the untrained eye, Jack was a normal seven...
WoW – Choose Your Own Adventure

WoW – Choose Your Own Adventure

It’s Write on Wednesday time again.  I was going through the prompts at Ink Paper Pen to find one that would fit with Jimmy James (though it was tempting for him to make fire again…). Instead I chose I thought I saw… from a couple of weeks ago. So, here goes… I...
Different interpretation of words

Different interpretation of words

The good news is this – inspiration finally arrived last night. This morning, I read what I had written to my two boys, aged 9 & 7. I described socks as “bright orange socks with flashy purple spots on them.” I looked up bright in the thesaurus and flashy was one...
Trying to edit…

Trying to edit…

Since the Write on Wednesday piece this week, I have been working on the original idea of the Jimmy James story. Now that I know what I’m doing with his stories, I’m trying to rewrite the original. It needed work anyway, but now I have some details to add. Here’s my...