I can now understand the truth of the statement ‘when the pupil is ready, the teacher will come‘, as this is the experience I have having over the last few weeks and the pace is quickening! It has also been the case that those ‘teachers’ have not necessarily been what I would either have expected or wanted had I asked for them; but from each one I have learnt an important lesson. Continue reading
“Precocious” is The Weekly Word – let’s see what interesting uses we can make of our wonderful language
Welcome to this weeks Weekly Word. It’s a little on the late side today because we have a bank holiday here in the UK and I have had a lovely long lie-in and lazy morning.
The aim of the exercise is to see what readers and authors can come up with in the way of an unusual, imaginative or correct usage of the weekly word in a single sentence or a paragraph.
The purpose of these posts is to expand the language that we, as writers, use in our prose and poetry, and to find more descriptive ways to enhance our writing and make it more meaningful. You can find earlier Weekly Words here: womanontheedgeofreality.com/tag/weekly-word/
This weeks word is PRECOCIOUS, it is an adjective pronounced ’pre-coh-shus’
Friday Fictioneer’s – a wall to keep a secret
This post is for the weekly challenge set by Madison Woods called Friday Fictioneers. The idea is that you submit a 100 word flash fiction story that is associated with the picture challenge added the previous Wednesday. You can find out more, and see the picture, on Madison’s Blog here: http://madisonwoods.wordpress.com/flash-fiction/old-wallpaper/ Continue reading
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The Thursday Throng – Meeting Anne Orchard, Founder of Families Facing Cancer
‘Throng’ is n. - A multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd.
Welcome to The Thursday Throng in honour of the throng that waits eagerly outside the book store when a new author is doing a book signing event or appearance.
This takes the form of a ‘Meet the Author‘ online event with some information about our author’s latest book and an interview. If you would like to take part in the Thursday Throng then why not email me to find out more.
If you would like to see past Authors featured on The Thursday Throng you can click here: womanontheedgeofreality.com/category/thursday-throng/
Lessons Learned in April – on place, writing and change
April 2012 has marked a sea change in the way I view myself and my place in the world. At the beginning of this year I vowed to make a change, I even did it publicly on my blog but failed to actually do anything about it until mid March when I wrote a post titled The Art of Reinvention or how to start again! This is where the story of lessons learned in April really starts. Continue reading
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Novel, Short Story and Poetry Writing Competitions Update – May 2012
I’ve just added SIX new competitions to the Writing Competition Listings Page, they are:
- FBT Sports Writing Competition
- The Word Hut Short Story Competition
- The ‘Page is Printed’ Prize
- Segora Short Story 2012
- The Flaneur
- 2012 Spilling Ink Short Story Competition
“Loquacious” is The Weekly Word – let’s see what interesting uses we can make of our wonderful language
I’m introducing a brand new section to the blog and I’m going to call it the Weekly Word. Most of the time it will come on a Monday morning but this week it’s going to be Friday – other things got in the way this week unfortunately!
So, the plan is that I share a word of the week and people can submit the unusual, imaginative or completely accurate usage of the word in a single sentence or a paragraph.
This weeks word is LOQUACIOUS, it is an adjective pronounced ’lo-kway-shus’ Continue reading
Friday Fictioneer’s – Torn Flesh Rendered Mute
This post is for the weekly challenge set by Madison Woods called Friday Fictioneers. The idea is that you submit a 100 word flash fiction story that is associated with the picture challenge added the previous Wednesday. You can find out more, and see the picture, on Madison’s Blog here: http://madisonwoods.wordpress.com/flash-fiction/barbed-wire-and-bulls/ Continue reading
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“Eloquent” is The Weekly Word – let’s see what interesting uses we can make of our wonderful language
I’m introducing a brand new section to the blog and I’m going to call it the Weekly Word. Most of the time it will come on a Monday morning but this week it’s going to be Friday – other things got in the way this week unfortunately!
So, the plan is that I share a word of the week and people can submit the unusual, imaginative or completely accurate usage of the word in a single sentence or a paragraph.
This weeks word is ELOQUENT it is an adjective pronounced ’e-lo-kwent’ Continue reading
The Thursday Throng – Meeting Meaghan Delahunt, award winning novelist
‘Throng’ is n. - A multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd.
Welcome to a new section of this blog which I’m calling The Thursday Throng in honour of the throng that waits eagerly outside the book store when a new author is doing a book signing event or appearance.
This will take the form of a ‘Meet the Author‘ online event with some information about our author’s latest book and an interview. If you would like to take part in the Thursday Throng then why not email me to find out more. Continue reading
