500-word challenge
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Through The Glass
Darkly
by Gwen AngstromThe next challenge, write up to 500 words around the theme: SPEED. Closes midnight, 1 May 2012 AWST (GMT+8) More>
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The Lure of Open Windows
I’ve never been one for planning. Not when I’m off duty. In strategic games like chess or Scrabble, I rarely think beyond the next move or two; in life generally, I’m much the same. I may have a hazy idea … Continue reading
The Sound of Silence
How do you describe silence? How to evoke the stillness of the early morning, when it feels like even the grass and the trees are asleep and you are the only living creature looking out at the crisp majesty of … Continue reading
Desperately Seeking Daniel
Late last night, I was hit with a game-changing revelation. (Note to distributors of insight: there’s no shame in throwing under-arm, people.) It turns out, when you’re trying to think of something to write about – wait for it, this … Continue reading
The Secret to Great Make-Up
Think of your favourite book (or books if, like me, your literary affections are fickle). Now think about why you love it. I’ll bet the first thought to mind is not ‘because it’s so well written’. That may be one … Continue reading
Voicing A Writer’s Frustration
I thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I didn’t realize that there is something called originality and your own voice. ~ Amy Tan There’s something about outing yourself as a ‘writer’ – in … Continue reading
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Diary of Events
No blog tonight as I am absolutely exhausted after compiling a calendar of writers’ festivals and other wordy events in Australia and beyond for 2010 and 2011. You would think someone had done this already, but I can assure you after … Continue reading
Scratching the Night Itch
When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen. But if you have not a pen, I suppose you must scratch any way you can. – Samuel Lover, Handy Andy, … Continue reading
Rioting in Greece
A writer friend sent me a link that has rent my fantasy world asunder. Where once I dreamt of warm days on a poolside lounge, a teetering pile of books and the time to devour them in turn, interrupted only by the … Continue reading
And So We Begin..
The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamouring to become visible. ~Vladimir Nabakov After years of being haunted by these ghostly words, I have decided to … Continue reading
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