A few posts back I shared Unlisted Memory, a short piece of fiction I’d written for a challenge AlisonTrollop ran on her blog. She’d asked for no more than 100 words and the prompt for the story was lists. Although the writing on my blog will always be predominantly food-related in some way shape or …
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Unlisted memory
Ever since I started this blog I’ve been trying to make sure I include posts that aren’t solely food-related. It probably says something about my gluttony and obsessions that I’m finding this much harder to do than I expected. Thankfully my friend Alison Trollop has started to place a monthly short story challenge on her …
Cafe conversations
I wrote this short piece for a cafe themed writing challenge that Alison Trollop put on her Patreon site. ”How did you come across him?” Cafe conversations, going on around me. “How old was he?” Like a badly tuned radio. “I hope you like cinnamon.” Fragments fluttering by. “I stood on a box.” Cup half …
My phone is having more fun than I am.
Our phones met across a crowded room. They reached out, shared memories and in a matter of moments were having the relationship which should have been ours. Somehow that’s the way of things these days, a world we’ve become willing but unknowing participants in. Each shrinking into of our own spaces, counting friends, loving likes, …
Writing prompts
As much as I enjoy putting this blog together, I do sometimes struggle with knowing what to write about. Sometimes I’ll sit down with a clear idea in my head and the words come fairly easily, other times it’s with a hope of inspiration but a realisation that Twitter or Spotify may soon distract me. …
A life changing custard tart.
Yesterday morning I attended the final session of my creative writing course. Last week didn’t happen due to the coronavirus shutdown but for this one our tutor suggested we have a go at doing things online. I was a little wary going in but have to say that through a mix of email and a …
The girl with the broken mirror.
For the purposes of this post I should probably change the name of this blog to David in the kitchen but doing a bit more than just cooking. I’ve been taking a creative writing course recently through our local adult education scheme and for one of the recent sessions we were asked to write a …
David in the kitchen. 