A Title to End all Titles Battling for Who Wore it Best Wednesday

Phew, dear Readers! Now the title of this post in and of itself is a mouthful but so is the book which is battling it out on the red carpet today. Wait for it... The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society If that is not one of the longest most literary mouthfuls of a …

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Writing Prompted Me Wednesday

Hello, literary lovelies, Today I bring you not a specifically prompted piece of writing but one where I got up to get a cup of tea and the scene flashed before me. I can't say where it came from. I wasn't watching anything at the time which has really any connection at all to the …

Before the month is out let’s try another Self-Love Sunday

So what do you do when you are feeling more at the bottom of your emotional well than usual dear readers? I have my usual tricks: my favourite movies, my favourite books (even if it is just reading my favourite passages - I'm looking at you Captain Wentworth's letter from Persuasion), and talking things out …

The Peddler of Wisdom – Review

Goodreads Synopsis: In the borderlands of the village Les Échelles, giants sleep and werewolves howl. Travelers must cross deep gorges to pay visit. The only strangers are treasure-hunters seeking the riches of Zahara, a drowned Crusader bride. She planted the nearby woods with rich botanicals, now the healing herbs of Irène Guéri, apothecary in these …

A fingertip on glass

What was it that first stirred my sleeping brain to your presence? The slight tap of your finger against the window pane or that tired old notion of your body knowing someone is watching you. I don't think you meant to possibly wake me but your nail tinkled against the glass making you draw back …

Self-Love Sundays

Dear Readers, we meet again! How long has it been since we last communicated? TOO LONG! That's how long. I am coming to you this Sunday with a once-a-month Sunday plan to share a little self-love with ourselves. Not the usual conceptual self-love pampering but one with an Honestly Austen twist, let's write something about …

Found

I have felt so sporadic in my writing as of late dear readers. These writing prompts have so far been the form of writing I have been able to extract from myself. What do you do when you can't write/read/function as you usually do? I just catch the sight of it as it descends from …

What if I’ve dragged you here to my own dark night

I was inspired to write my own prompt after reading Red Pen Gal's prompt last week - It Wasn't Me! Read it here! "What if I've dragged you here to my own dark night..." I never get the question mark onto my confession before she interrupts. "Dragged? You think you dragged me here?" She attempts …

A Back Porch Surprise

This week Writing Prompt Wednesday was inspired by the story Gift written by Red Pen Gal using this very prompt. She is such an amazing writer! Go read her work ASAP! I peered at it from the window as my breath frosted against the chilled pane. I tried to blink it's presence away, first slowly …

From the perspective of the page

Dearest Readers, For the vast majority of my life, I have been teased for my tendency to provide human characteristics to inanimate objects as well as animals, otherwise known as personification. I am sure I have even dipped my toe into the depths of anthropomorphism, which according to dictionary.com is the: The attribution of human …

I held onto the sound…

Hello, literary lovelies! We find ourselves mid-week and ready for a Writing Prompt Wednesday! I hope you have all been well and enjoy the short story I have for you today! I closed my eyes and held onto the sound, as I tried to grasp the translucent memories of a life I could not remember.   …

For the Love of Prose

Goodreads Synopsis: A house built high on the moor,  A golden age, ended by war,  A house left empty, falling to ruin.  During the Edwardian period, the wealthy Kearleys entertained important guests at their summer home on the moors; enjoying lavish parties showcasing the house and its views of the mountains.  By the 1950s the …

Whose Story? – Chapter 1

You may not know literary lovelies that I not only write this lovely blog for you all, but I have within the last year finished a novel. I have titled it: Whose Story. I would like to put the first chapter on here (a much longer post than my usual) for you all to read …

The Last Train-ers

Impromptu Writing Prompt Wednesday Hello, again dear Readers! I would like to say I am back, but I can't really promise it is so. There has been a lot of upheaval/strife in my life at the moment which has made dealing with my depression a little more difficult. I am going to do my best …

Splintered Trust – Review

Again we have another review by an author whose name you might recognize dear readers! You can find my review for the first book in this series Splintered Courage here! Goodreads Synopsis: Trust: Firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability or strength of someone or something. What happens when the one you irrevocably trust betrays …

Where have I gone?

An excellent question Dear Readers, One I am asking on your behalf (haha) in the wake of not having posted in quite some time. Let's catch up on what we have and have not been doing as of late. I have not been writing... anything. (Not even a couple of sentences in a writing prompt!) …

Knife’s Tell – Blog Tour

  Welcome to one of the last stops on the blog tour of Knife's Tell by Daniel Dark.   Goodreads Synopsis: In 1888 one of the most notorious serial killers in history plagued London’s East Side. Knife’s Tell is not about those murders, but the life behind them. What would cause a normal person to …