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  • Gift of song

    Gift of song

    Originally posted on The Bingergread Cottage: It was that dispiriting time of year when winter was not quite over but had gone on quite long enough and spring hadn’t quite arrived. The riverbank animals were restless and grumpy. It had been a hard winter; they had lost a few old friends, including Granny Wytcher who had…

  • Behind You Another Runner is Born*

  • Someone Else Lives Within Me

  • Someone Else Lives Within Me

  • Dancers

    Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo: Ronovan’s haiku challenge.

  • Caterpillar

    Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo: Ronovan’s haiku challenge. Couldn’t resist… :)

  • Weekly Writing Tip – Remove Unnecessary Words

    Originally posted on Writerish Ramblings: I once read a tip online that said to replace the word damn for the word very in your writing and see what happens. For me what happened was a lot of deleting. When writing a rough draft I think most of us throw in words we don’t need. Sometimes…

  • Courtesan or slapper?

    Originally posted on The Bingergread Cottage: WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT? Yesterday, we had the pleasure of Vivienne Tuffnell coming to visit and I mentioned that her blog is often very thought-provoking. Very much so in the case of “I would do anything for love but..” which covered the delicate subject of how much we authors have to sell our…

  • Ode to a dead office chair…

    Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo: My dignity is damaged Since the wheel fell off the chair And sent me spinning backwards With both feet up in the air. There was that awful moment When I knew I couldn’t stop And wondered on which bit of me The chair …and me… would drop.…

  • Six years of blogging – come celebrate with me!

    Originally posted on Zen and the Art of Tightrope Walking: Six years of blogging – come celebrate with me! On the 9th of February 2009, I started this blog. I wasn’t really sure what I was doing, but it felt like the right thing. Six years and over 850 posts later, and I’m still not…

  • Gift of song

    Gift of song

    Originally posted on The Bingergread Cottage: It was that dispiriting time of year when winter was not quite over but had gone on quite long enough and spring hadn’t quite arrived. The riverbank animals were restless and grumpy. It had been a hard winter; they had lost a few old friends, including Granny Wytcher who had…

  • Behind You Another Runner is Born*

  • Someone Else Lives Within Me

  • Someone Else Lives Within Me

  • Dancers

    Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo: Ronovan’s haiku challenge.

  • Caterpillar

    Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo: Ronovan’s haiku challenge. Couldn’t resist… :)

  • Weekly Writing Tip – Remove Unnecessary Words

    Originally posted on Writerish Ramblings: I once read a tip online that said to replace the word damn for the word very in your writing and see what happens. For me what happened was a lot of deleting. When writing a rough draft I think most of us throw in words we don’t need. Sometimes…

  • Courtesan or slapper?

    Originally posted on The Bingergread Cottage: WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT? Yesterday, we had the pleasure of Vivienne Tuffnell coming to visit and I mentioned that her blog is often very thought-provoking. Very much so in the case of “I would do anything for love but..” which covered the delicate subject of how much we authors have to sell our…

  • Ode to a dead office chair…

    Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo: My dignity is damaged Since the wheel fell off the chair And sent me spinning backwards With both feet up in the air. There was that awful moment When I knew I couldn’t stop And wondered on which bit of me The chair …and me… would drop.…

  • Six years of blogging – come celebrate with me!

    Originally posted on Zen and the Art of Tightrope Walking: Six years of blogging – come celebrate with me! On the 9th of February 2009, I started this blog. I wasn’t really sure what I was doing, but it felt like the right thing. Six years and over 850 posts later, and I’m still not…