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Poem: Not An Inch Of Space
My daughter’s bedroom’s full of toys – There’s not an inch of space. And so I thought I’d clear some out And give them to a place Of charity, where others might Then take them home for play And raise a bit of money for A good cause on the way.
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Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: T is for Toy
We’ve all played with them, watched others play with them, seen them given or thrown away or bought them them in charity shops as well as toy stores. Sometimes we can’t bear to get rid of them, because they represent so much of our growing up and the fun of our younger, carefree selves. And…
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Poem: Have A Look In The Chemist’s
We don’t just do prescriptions – we’ve many other things – We’ve pick-me-ups and calm-me-downs, we’ve bandages and slings. There’s ointment for your skin, hay fever tablets by the score; Warming creams and cooling gels for muscles feeling sore. We’ve syrups and we’ve powders to help with ’flu and cough; Body-building pills if you can…
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Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: S is for shop or shopping
S is for Shop. Anything to do with a shop, or shopping, or a shopkeeper – so there’s plenty to go at. It could be a character shopping for something special – how easy is it for them to get the perfect present? What could go wrong? Maybe your character hates shopping… does online shopping……
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Short Fiction: The Cobra Crown
Sweat dampened her hair and trickled down her neck as she slung a shoulder bag across her body. The red light in the darkroom didn’t help, intensifying the heat surging through her. Urgency drove her racing pulse, and the vital importance of her mission made her clammy hands tremble. She looked at the timer, willing…
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Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: R is for Round or A Round.
Plenty of choice with this word. You could write a piece involving something that’s round. Easy as that. Think of all the various things that are physically round – in one dimension at least. For example, a carousel is round, but not spherical. Similarly, one of those giant water chute tube things. And if you…
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Poem: Tickets, Please
The stadium holds 64,000 Two tickets was all I desired To go see my favourite musician For the last time before he retired. I desperately wanted those tickets; I’ve been a fan many long years I knew that if I couldn’t get them I’d most likely end up in tears. There was only one way…
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Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: Q is for Queue
Q is for Queue or Queueing. Queue – the only word where you can take four of its letters out and it doesn’t change the sound of it. We’ve all had to do it – wait our turn, stand in line, watch another queue going faster than ours… Think of all the places you can…
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Short Fiction: A Random Click of the Shutter
Everything in the bungalow was neat and pristine, except the photo frame. Its glass was clouded from her fingerprints, but she didn’t care. She’d taken the snap at her daughter’s wedding, miraculously capturing an unguarded moment of laughter between her husband and her daughter. A random click of the shutter became the treasured image of…
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Come and see me at Royston Book Fair!
If you’re in the vicinity of Royston on 28th September, I’ll be there giving a reading and selling my books. I’ll be at the Book Fair, which is part of the Royston Arts Festival. Time and date: Saturday 28th September 2024, 11:00am – 4:00pm, in the Royston Masonic Hall, 2 Jepps Lane, Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8…