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Author: Carol

  • Short Fiction: A Letter From Jane Austen To Her Brother

    My dearest Edward, How timely is your wonderful invitation to come and stay with you a while in Hampshire! I am in sore need of a prolonged rest with little to disturb me, for I am quite beset with all manner of communications which clamour for my attention, hence my tardiness in replying to your…

  • Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: R is for Rest

    This week – the prompt is R is for Rest. There’s rest as in repose or taking a break from something – having a rest. There’s rest as in to put something down for a short while – rest your hand on someone’s shoulder… or rest a burden or a piece of work on something……

  • Poem: A Blind Date? What Were You Thinking?

    Why am I doing this? What shall I wear? Do I have time to colour my hair? What about nail varnish? Heels or flat shoes? Dress, skirt or trousers? Why can’t I choose? What shall we talk about? Where will we go? Why am I bothered? Why didn’t I say no? What if he’s awful?…

  • Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: Q is for Question

    Asking a question is a great way into a story, because it gives you endless possibilities. It doesn’t have to be a momentous question. Think of how an innocuous question such as – ‘What time is it?’ or ‘Who did you see in the Post Office?’ – has given vital information to Miss Marple or…

  • Poem: Seize the Clay

    Mrs Sybil Cottery And her husband, Ray, Had a ceramics business Making things from clay. They’d bought a lottery ticket And with the cash they’d won Decided to make pottery, Quirky, weird and fun. They fired up their wheels and kilns As quickly as they could; Ambition, though, outwei

  • Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: P is for Pot, Plant or Prism

    This is in honour of our late friend Sue in Beeston Regis, a valued member of Writing Club. Sue left some wishes for ways to remember her: one was to buy a nice autumnal pot plant for the windowsill, and another was to enjoy the colours produced by a prism refracting light. So, your prompt…

  • Poem: The Lovelorn Candle

    A single lovelorn candle – Smart, petite and bright – Just needed some affection To be a ray of light. To her, love was important, It wasn’t just a game; She didn’t want to end up As somebody’s old flame. She used to date a church candle, Upright, proud, but thick And stank so much…

  • Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: O is for Out

    This could be something as simple as in ‘I’m just going out for a walk.’ Or maybe your characters have been out somewhere and they’ve just returned. Where’ve they been? What’s happened while they were out? Out could be a warning – hostile: ‘Get out of my pub!’ or danger: ‘Get out – the roof’s…

  • Poem: The Sound Of My Garden

    This is the sound of my garden, A haven of peace and of quiet. Want to relax in a garden? Come round to my house and just try it. Pigeons cooing, cows are mooing, Hedges kept in check with trimmers, Motorbikes and kiddies’ trikes, Lawns are finished off with strimmers.

  • Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: N is for Noise

    The world is full of noise – some good, some bad, some irritating but necessary. What kind of noise is in your story? Is it the presence or the absence of noise that’s important? Think about how you would describe it – or how you would describe whatever it is making the noise. Is it…