General Chat

*frets....Ann she will be finding it difficult as I notice she has her fingers crossed, but hey... go for it Mau! :-D :-D

Mau, we look forward to those lists being transcribed into best sellers!! :-D

~~~ to Mau :-) Nice to see you and hope all is well. XX

Hi Fellow Scribblers :-D ~~~~~~

Sorry I haven't contributed any writing of late,had so much 'going on' at home.
I have a half written story,an idea for a poem and lots of lists ...written in the car today while travelling back and forwards to Edinburgh!(darn hard to do while driving lol )
So will hopefully,fingers crossed, get something finished eventually

Good to see lots of suggestions on the thread :-D

Mau XX

Forgive me for not contributing yet, have been busy finalising the decorating, clearing up, reframing photos to go back on the wall, supervising the resident electrician as he puts new lights in and cooking tonights dinner. I will have a look later and see what I can do.

Loved the new ideas, will give a really short story a go

Jan

Readers are always welcome Wend :-)

OK, I'll give it a go :-D

I'm happy to be more of a reader though for the moment, as I'm going to be quite heavily involved in the upcoming Brighton Festival in May. After that, I should have more time, gardening permitting!

Thankyou for those Ann :-D

I posted the same time Rose

Wend yes do please join us, as Ann said there is nothing regular about us lol :-D

Thanks Emma, I may do something on the ancestors soon, I've just found two family connections and realised when I was trying to explain who was who that I really do need to get the story written rather than just a 'a was the son of b who was the uncle of C', put some flesh on the bones.

Thanks Emma will give it a go

BC I have embellished a couple of your suggestions as they didn't have a character (is that OK?) And then added a couple more for good measure. Maybe these will do for two weeks as plenty to choose from, plus Emma's suggestion of

a character from our family history
and maybe one for the poets - Hidden secrets

A terrapin, an ancient castle and a gardener....

a wet windy night, a set of dentures, a red lipstick..... bus driver

a built in wardrobe, an Italian chef, and a Playboy bunny...

a toupee floating on a lake, a coincidence, a flat tyre..... beautician


A grandmother & a chiropractor
Conflict – feeling out of place
Weather – Heat wave
Setting – Cliff top
Object – A string of pearls

A toddler and an old flame
Conflict jealousy
Weather hail stones
Setting- harbour
Object – a novelty telephone

As one who receives your work and gives feedback,
would love to read about some of your ancestors of
long ago which you have found, about their life, work etc.
If this would be too personal to you maybe a story of fiction
about their life.

Emma x

Wend there is nothing regular about us :-D :-D

None of us stick to a routine as BC says it is as and when.

No we'll do yours (strange as they are Lol!!!) It is only fair as Rose said that we all have a chance. I just didn't think anyone else wanted to but somebody has suggested that they do so I'll wait and see.

Wend, there is absolutely no pressure to write regularly, you write as and when you feel like it or even become one of our valued 'readers'! Now put yer dentures back in and join! :-D

. . . . . and put my dentures into steradent to give them a good clean. They've been in for far too long. She took her hand off the door-handle and followed him into the sitting-room . . . . .

I'd love to join Ann, but I don't think I would have the time to regularly contribute. :-)

Ann, I only did that as a bit of fun and off the top of my (strange) head! And Wendy egged me on! :-D

Please put your ideas here as they will be more constructive. I find I get loads of ideas, but then the hard part is putting some structure to them and pulling it together. I have been reading other peoples' blogs on the internet and you know, our 'stuff' doesn't look too shabby in comparison! :-D

BC XX

I have to admit nothing springs to mind at the moment though.

Wend...... Join the group!!


I feel embarrassed now, I was offering suggestions because some time back after TW left nobody had any ideas to offer and I had a pile of Writers Forum magazines with ideas in for prose and poetry. I had not realised that others were 'waiting in the wings' with suggestions I apologise.

Thanks BC will look at those.

. . . . . she looked into his eyes, her hand trembling on the door handle, and said 'I'm so, so sorry, my darling, but I must go now'. He placed his hand on her shoulder gently and pleaded, 'Please stay, Wanda - it's not the right time to be leaving now, especially as the north wind is blowing in and it's starting to rain - please come back and sit by the fire for a while and we can talk'. She put her hand in her coat pocket and felt the familiar Dior lipstick she'd always worn nestling there and thought to herself 'Can I risk it, yes I can; one more night, but I must go home early tomorrow morning . . . . .