Does anybody listen to British folk-rock? Stuff that flourished, really, in the late 1960s on the back of the counter-culture and some of which floated away on a cloud of Tolkien influences into the 1970s. That wasn’t surprising. In its British incarnation the counter-culture took on overtones of ‘Merrie England’, the nineteenth century sense of … More Tolkien and folk-rock and us
This week’s mega-writing challenge is a photo I took of the Miramar Peninsula, in Wellington. From a distance, it looks like an island – which isn’t surprising, because it was one less than 600 years ago. Use the photo below to inspire a 150-200 word super-short story – a proper one, with beginning, middle, end and punchline … More This week’s mega-writing challenge
Here’s another super-short story writing challenge. Use the photo to inspire a 150-200 word super-short story – a proper one, with beginning, middle, end and punchline (all super-short stories gotta have a punchline) – and post it on your blog, with the prompt photo and a link back to this blog for others to pick up … More The next super-short story writing challenge
Here’s another super-short story writing challenge. Use the photo to inspire a 150-200 word story – a proper one, with beginning, middle, end and punchline (all super-short stories gotta have a punchline) – and post it on your blog, with the prompt photo and a link back to this blog for others to pick up and … More Another super-short mega story writing challenge
Here’s another super-short writing challenge. Use the photo to inspire a 150-200 word super-short story – a proper one, with beginning, middle, end and punchline (all super-short stories gotta have a punchline) – and post it on your blog, with the prompt photo and a link back to this blog for others to pick up and … More A dieselpunk short story writing challenge
Here’s yet another super-short mega story writing challenge. Use the photo to inspire a 150-200 word super-short story – a proper one, with beginning, middle, end and punchline (all super-short stories gotta have a punchline) – and post it on your blog, with the prompt photo and a link back to this blog for others to … More A super-short mega-story writing challenge, driven by the awesome power of hydro
Welcome to this week’s Super-Short Mega Story writing challenge. Use the photo below to inspire a 150-200 word super-short story – a proper one, with beginning, middle, end and punchline (all super-short stories gotta have a punchline) – and post it on your blog, with the prompt photo and a link back to this blog for others … More This week’s super-short mega-story writing challenge
Here’s another super-short mega story writing challenge. Use the photo to inspire a 150-200 word super-short story – a proper one, with beginning, middle, end and punchline (all super-short stories gotta have a punchline) – and post it on your blog, with the prompt photo and a link back to this blog for others to pick … More Another super-short mega story writing challenge
Welcome to a Super-Short Mega Story writing challenge. Your challenge is to use the photo to inspire a 150-200 word super-short story – a proper one, with beginning, middle, end and punchline (all super-short stories gotta have a punchline) – and post it on your blog, with the prompt photo and a link back to this blog … More A Super-Short Mega Story writing challenge
A couple of autumns back I spent a week on Rarotonga, where I took this slightly dramatic picture of a tropical storm looming. Luckily I was able to get my camera packed away before the storm broke. It was an evocative moment; the feeling of oppression, the stillness – and then the rain, with its feeling … More Writing inspirations – bright skies before a tropical rain
