by admin | Feb 19, 2021 | Blog, Challenge, Short Stories
This afternoon in Virtual Writers Group, the kids requested a random word writing prompt. This is a prompt where I give five random words that may or may not be related, and then you come up with a story that includes those words somehow. I picked five words and they...
by admin | Feb 15, 2021 | Short Stories
It’s Write on Wednesday time again. You can read the full prompt here. Thinking about this, I wanted another Jimmy James story. As a 9 year old, he wouldn’t be scared of monsters under the bed, so I put the question to my two boys – what would Jimmy James be scared...
by admin | Apr 3, 2020 | Short Stories
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,...
by admin | Mar 1, 2016 | Short Stories
Put down the biscuit and no one gets hurt. Emma smiled as the thought went through her head. She reached for the last chocolate biscuit in the packet. She was sitting on the couch flicking through the channels. There was nothing on TV. It was the end of a long day....
by admin | Feb 1, 2016 | Short Stories
This is the first of a series of short stories I’m going to post here so you can get an idea of the stories I write. These are flash fiction pieces, some have been previously published elsewhere. A new story will be published on the first of each month. “They’re...
by admin | Feb 29, 2012 | Short Stories
It’s write on Wednesday again. This weeks prompt is to imagine you are as tiny as your thumb. You can read the whole prompt here. I started thinking about this and the idea for a children’s story came to mind… I don’t know if this will be the start of my March picture...
