My writing

Here's a full list of the articles on my site

A fictional childhood memory

Off on an adventure, as usual in the summer, across the meadow we trekked with the daisies and dandelions brightening ... - READ

The Day the Sky Fell In

I swear that the information published below is a true account of events occurring in the Canterbury area between Wednesday ... - READ

Phobia

A woman finally conquers her phobia of wasps. - READ

A Guilty Secret

A story about a husband and wife whose marriage on the rocks and the secret between them. - READ

The Scar

This story follows Jane who is struggling to come to terms with a stillbirth. - READ

Excerpt from Tumbling Through Life

We meet in a bar near to Crick’s. I have managed to ignore the confrontation with Jeremy that needs to ... - READ

Family

This was written for an Open University assignment. It tells the story of a family devastated by teenage runaways. - READ

Warning

A work in progress, a spooky ghost story partly based on real life events, needs a better ending. - READ

Bluebell Prompt

A piece written for a group exercise, still rough around the edges - READ

The Weed

This piece was written as part of an adventure writing group. - READ

Nixy Valentine's Writing Adventure Group is part of an on-line writing community; http://www.nixyvalentine.com/index.php/writers-group/ Each week a new adventure is posted for you to try your hand at, there are some great writers. Why not jump on board and have a go. - READ

Novel opening

This is the opening for my second novel in very rough form. Any comments on the characters welcome as is anything you like or don't like. - READ

WAG#19

The WAG is the writing Adventure group and anyone can take part. It is kindly organised by India Drummond and you can find details at http://www.indiadrummond.com/ - READ

WAG #20

Writing Adventure Group is an all inclusive group for those who like experimenting with creative writing and kindly organised by India Drummond. Find out more here; http://www.indiadrummond.com/ - READ

Ripples

Join the Writing Adventure Group! All writers/bloggers welcome. Newly updated Group Guide here. And don’t forget to take a peek at last week’s fantastic participants! WAG Topic #23: “Ripple”. When our characters walk their worlds, the world reacts. So for this week, look only at reactions. Observe a person and describe the reaction of the world to them. What can you tell about them based solely on the reaction of others? What kind of impression are they making on the world, the environment, the people around them, even on you? What is changing (even subtley) because of their existence? Are they aware of it? No Rules! Now Write! (Now, instead of a deadline we have an ending date. You may add links to this list between now and 25 MAY 2010.) How to be added to the “results”: 1. Write whatever you like based on the theme suggested & post on your blog anytime between now and the ending date. 2. Return here, and at the bottom of the post, click on the link that says CLICK HERE TO ENTER and paste the direct link for your WAG post (not just your main blog link, please). IN THE LINK TITLE FIELD, PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR NAME. 3. To add the “blog hop” listing to your own blog and allow your readers to find other WAG posts on the same topic, return here, go to the LinkyTools section, and click GET THE CODE HERE. Cut and paste the javascript in the box into the HTML section of your blog. (Some blogs do not allow javascript. If this is the case, you will have to simply link to the Instruction post.) In hosted wordpress blogs, you MUST paste in HTML mode for the code to work. If you have any questions or problems, please write to me! 4. Use Twitter, FB status, myspace, your blog, etc to announce your own writing adventure! On Twitter, use the hashtag #WAG to designate Writing Adventure Group posts. 5. Invite your writing friends to join! All writers/bloggers are welcome. - READ