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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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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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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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The Photo
This is my short fiction piece for the prompt of ‘photograph’. It’s 171 words long, which falls into the category of flash fiction; not everything has to be a major work. 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…
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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…
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Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: P is for Photograph
I’d like you to write something – story, poem, or just a little piece of writing – sparked off by a photograph. Is it in colour, or black and white? Formal, like a portrait photo, or more of a snap? Where’s this photo come from? Is it known to you or not? Have you found…
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Getting In: A Poem for the Writing Club
I wrote this poem for the Writing Club prompt of ‘open’, and I think it holds a lesson for us all. He tried password – it didn’t work; He tried 1234. He tried his place of birth but got No further than before. He tried his mother’s maiden name, His father’s mother’s too; He tried…
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A great read … thoroughly enjoyable
Another reader review of Twicetime. Our thanks to reader Elizabeth, who posted this on Goodreads: ‘A great read if you like witty banter and one-liners in your fantasy books. I met Carol Carman at an Alternative Fayre and after reading the blurb of this book, I was immediately intrigued and decided to buy a copy.…
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Carol Carman’s Writing Club Prompt: O is for Open
Our next writing prompt is O for open. Such a small word applies in many different ways. You can open little things – jars, bottles, packets, parcels – or large things: you can open doors, open a new building, a business, a fair or a fete, or you can open your garden to the public.…
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Come and see me!
If you’re in the Huntingdon area on 31st August, please do come and see me at this event. I’ll be there, selling my comedy fantasy books Gingerbread Children and Twicetime. Come and have a chat! I’ve put up a poster for the event (see below) as well as what you can expect from my books.…