Ghost Town

As I wonder down my street, houses small, standing side by side, there is no echo of children playing, no small grinning faces, glad to be out of school for the summer. The town is empty, the pavements desolate. No footsteps tap on the concrete. Few revving cars can be heard, their music, coarse and […]

Gone: Poem

We used to have such fun, You and me. Me and you. We would laugh about the silliest things – oh how you would laugh at my jokes. You were small, and I tall. We had opposing views about some things but none of that mattered. We had a secret way of knowing no matter what, […]

Scream: Poem

Deep down there is a well bubbling, it is threatening to overflow. Whirling round and round picking up more strength at it goes. My mind can hardly contain my angst, my lungs aching as a scream bursts from my body, the echo of which can be heard around the world. And I would give the […]

Write Away: Poem

  To write is to express To write is to shine a light on all that is unseen Or misunderstood To give hope To illuminate all that is hidden Within you To write is to bring joy Forever more!   Thank you everyone for your continued support during 2018 and before that. All your likes […]

Creative Writing: Love It Or Hate It!

Well, look, listen this is worth some consideration.  Have you ever had one of those moments, when you are trying to write something, a novel, a short story or a piece of poetry and nothing is coming, you can’t find the words? Or you start something and then decide you don’t like it, do a […]

Do You Believe Your Own Story?

Okay, so you are working on your novel and you have got to about the third chapter.  So far so good. As you may know there are all sorts of ways to approach longer fiction.  

My, My, My!

My, my my, didn’t it go fast! 2014 is well and truely out of the way. How did it go for you? Did you achieve all or most of the things you wanted to, or did it exit with a whimper and the