Writer’s Block

inspired to write about not being inspired to write

Twittering Tale #49

It's coming...

Song Lyric Sunday: a song with no lyrics

some elfin warblings for a Sunday evening

Stone Roses – ‘Made of Stone’

Revenge, bad break ups, the Stone Roses and a retro wooden stereo

Siegfried Sassoon: The Dug-Out

You are too young to fall asleep forever... remembering Siegfried Sassoon's brilliance

Finite – WordPress Daily Prompt

Nothing lasts forever. But God knows, Mother and Father had tried to preserve those childhood memories. Scrap books, photo albums, shoe boxes stuffed with old birthday cards. In the last few years, Carol had begun to feel that the actual physical presence of all the stuff was giving the elderly couple more comfort than her …

What Happens to Short Sighted People When the Apocalypse Comes?

I hit 'like' on this but it really deserves higher praise, so I'm reblogging. Jamie Dyson (go follow his blog, you won't regret it) absolutely nails it with this post about the existential fear that nags away at all us speccy-4-eyes folk when we grope for our gig lamps first thing in the morning.

REM: Try not to Breathe for #SongLyricSunday

A spot of REM for #SongLyricSunday

Catch my breath #marquessachallenge

Here's a thing I wrote for Simply Marquessa's #fridayfiction #marquessachallenge to write something based on a given song lyric ('every time I think of you, I always catch my breath' from John Waite's 'Missing You'). I had no idea where this was going when I wrote the opening sentence, and it turned out a bit dark... Every …

The last toy story – Twittering Tales #47

Every step echoed across the bare floor. Holding a box of broken toy cars and faded drawings, he closed the door for the last time. (131 characters) A story in less than 140 characters written for Kat Myrman's Twittering Tales challenge. I know this hasn't got anything to do with the photo prompt, but what interested me …