The Joy of Writing What makes writing a joy? Sometimes I am not sure, reading the same sentence time and time again trying to get it just right. I wrote a series of articles some time ago about why we write, I thought back and decided to sort of revisit. Writing is a joy or should be. Well, some writing is a joy. Of course some writing has to deliver bad or sad news. Is that writing? To me it…
Alien Landscape. He fought hard against the growing tide of assaults. Inch by inch crawling over the itchy grains., each one like a mountain exhausting to climb. Another wave, battering, forcing him back what seemed like miles. There was one aim, to make it home. All he wanted was that safe place. Again he pushed almost frantic to be with those he knew. He could only feel, no sight to speak of, just a sense of where to go. Homing…
Hello Dear Reader Flash Fiction 1 Over the few weeks, I have challenged myself to write something called flash fiction. This is sort of shorter version of a short story. Although, some would argue that many pieces are short stories. The current definition of flash fiction is from 50 words to 300 and possibly up to 1000 words. I took up the challenge and produced three pieces. It took me a time to sort them out and one may not be as…
