Welcome to day two of the A to Z Challenge! My theme is 100 word (give or take a word or two) flash fiction on the darker side of human nature. I hope you enjoy. Blood Blood. Blood everywhere. Gallons of it. On the floor, the walls. My clothes and hair are soaked, and my skin … [Read more…]
Welcome to day one of the A to Z Challenge! My theme is 100 word (give or take a word or two) flash fiction on the darker side of human nature. I hope you enjoy. Always Last night, you lashed out at me. You caught me across my cheek. It stung. It hurt, but it … [Read more…]
I love blogging and by extension I love the blogosphere (the blogosphere is the backdrop to blogging – it covers blogs, bloggers, and social media). The people, the laughs, the sense of community and the brilliant writings I get to read all add to the fun of writing a blog. Like all good things though, … [Read more…]
Time for the review of Rick Riordan’s Heroes of Olympus – The Demigod Diaries, the last book from March’s reading list. Heroes of Olympus – The Demigod Diaries by Rick Riordan Blurb from The Back Cover In this action packed short story collection, runaway demigods Luke and Thalia face untold dangers on their way … [Read more…]
I promised a post on using Instagram to drive blog traffic at the start of this month. Upon reflection, I realised I don’t feel I know Instagram well enough to give advice on this topic, so I called in an expert. Who better than social media queen Becky from Cuddle Fairy. Before you read Becky’s … [Read more…]
I have always said I would never use Facebook to promote my blog. It was the one network I wanted to keep for personal use only. Of course I gave in and set up a Facebook page. I’ve had my page about a month now, and it seems all I have learned in that time … [Read more…]
The headline on the front page of yesterday’s Daily Star screamed Easter eggs are banned. Well, at least having the word Easter on them is by several big brands including Cadbury’s, Green and Blacks, Nestle and a few of the big supermarkets. It is reported this is to avoid offending other religions. Of course this … [Read more…]
I don’t normally read much non-fiction, but when I was approached to review this Clinical Hypnosis Textbook by Professor Ursula James, I jumped at the chance. As someone who has studied psychology, the human mind fascinates me, and hypnosis has always captured my attention. It intrigues me how, when someone is in such a relaxed … [Read more…]
Welcome to the book tour for John Darryl Winston’s IA: Initiate. If you’ve never come across a book tour on blogs before, basically, a group of bloggers post something about the book every day, one day on each blog. The way the other tours I’ve taken part in have worked is that the bloggers taking … [Read more…]
Firstly let me just point out that this will in no way be Harry Potter fan fiction. I don’t really “get” fan fiction, why not just write your own story? Anyway, I’ve digressed already and I haven’t even wrote a paragraph yet. I recently re-read all the Harry Potter books. I thought of doing a … [Read more…]