Something for the senses. What is this? Some folk and I were talking on my Facebook page about flash fiction, and how it is super fun but can be hard to get started. So, to (hopefully) help your writing brain warm up, I upload a weekly writing prompt. There’s no pressure
As a lover of love, and a writer of magic realism, I was obviously very sorry to hear of the passing of Gabriel García Márquez. How could love ever be fully realised in words without the injection of magic? “The only regret I will have in
No one went in for my currawong song! Evidently I am strange and alone in thinking it inspiring ;) This week's prompt has obviously come out of the grey week we've had in Melbourne. I love to be in the rain, and to be in love
When I was writing LATKES WITH SYLVIA, I watched this YouTube clip upwards of 100 times. The Currawong's song appears more than once in the story, and the accompaniment of the rain and the leaves makes this more or less my favourite sound in the
I must apologise for the tardiness of this prompt. It has been a week of hiding in blankets and hugging children close enough to smell the salt in their eyes. Hello! Some folk and I were talking on my Facebook page about flash fiction, and how it is super
I'm trying something a bit different this week. Instead of an image, I have a sound that I hope will spark something for you. Click to play. Maybe close your eyes. Or eat a biscuit. That's what I'm doing. New to weekly flash fiction? Some folk and I
We had some dark, dark contributions to last week's prompt, so I've tried something a little lighter this week (but that could potentially be less light, if you wanted it to be -- no fluffy kittens, I'm afraid). Have at it! Hello! Some folk and I
Hello! Some folk and I were talking on my Facebook page about flash fiction, and how it is super fun but can be hard to get started. So, to (hopefully) help your writing brain warm up, I’m going to put up a weekly writing prompt. There’s no pressure to
Hello! Some folk and I were talking on my Facebook page about flash fiction, and how it is super fun but can be hard to get started. So, to (hopefully) help your writing brain warm up, I’m going to put up a weekly writing prompt. There’s no pressure to
Hello! Some folk and I were talking on my Facebook page about flash fiction, and how it is super fun but can be hard to get started. So, to (hopefully) help your writing brain warm up, I’m going to put up a weekly writing prompt. There’s no pressure to
Hello! Some folk and I were talking on my Facebook page about flash fiction, and how it is super fun but can be hard to get started. So, to (hopefully) help your writing brain warm up, I’m going to put up a weekly writing prompt. There’s no pressure to