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Oh crikey, thank you so much jonathon! I wasn’t expecting that at all! There was so much to love in all the others. I actually, despite your concerns, absolutely loved your list of prompts!

I’m (still) on a train so will mull on a theme and kick off December tmrw. Thank you again. 🙂

Well done Raine, fantastic competition Jonathan, many thanks for the feedback

Well done, Ath 🙂

And well done other fellow NaNoers

(Sorry, 500 words not inc title)

Stairway

In the church in my village was a staircase that went nowhere. It was not such a very rare thing. Lots of mediaeval churches in my part of the world have a little alcove near the pulpit that used to lead to the rood gallery – an actual gallery, often beautifully decorated, high above the congregation from where the priest would deliver t…[Read more]

Thank-you everyone. 🙂 🙂
@Daedalus, it’s due out in Feb, apparently. Quite a quick turn around!

Superb Raine, I love that story. Any idea when the antho will be out?

And that’s a real endorsement about the flash piece. I’m sure they wouldn’t have nominated it if they didn’t think it had a shot at winning.

Brilliant, Raine. And very well deserved 😊

Thank-you @thea. 🙂 Those comps produce some amazing stuff!

The Flower and the Bee (370 words)

We watch the open window, falling sunlight, a red flower and an amber bee. This is just the start. Remember that. This is Venus raining diamonds above the black horizon in a damson sky. You have begun to breath the sea and your skin is a map of evenings and the moon will always rise, remember that. When my hand…[Read more]

Thanks @philippaeast, there’s some good stuff in there isn’t there? Considering printing out a copy for when I start to query (a while away yet)

I think what writers commonly refer to as procrastination is not quite the same as that definition, anyway. Sometimes forcing yourself to write can be the worst thing for your writing, and doing something else can be what you need to get your head into the right place.