Category Archives: Writing
1000 Words
I have started a new blog. Below is the first post and about page. Please do visit and follow ! Sometimes I really struggle to sit down and write something that is worthy of being read. As I really want to write, I have decided to get serious about writing, which is why I have …
A valuable education
How fortunate do you really feel to have what you do have in life? You have just arrived in a rural village somewhere in Africa and you meet little Thembi, sitting on the side of the red dirt road that was painstakingly dug by hand. She is wearing a tatty old red check dress that …
Friday Fictioneers – Another Grapevine
My second story for Friday Fictioneers (a day late, I know) and this time I managed 100 words Enjoy! Sappy, oozing stuff bubbles out from the battered branches. A tiny face leans in to look. A pudgy finger pokes it. It wibbles and wobbles. The boy’s mouth opens into a broad toothless grin. A …
Friday Fictioneers – Grapevine
This is the first time I am attempting to do this, so bear with me My fiction piece is 160 words long. I know it is supposed to be 100 words. I couldn’t figure out how to get it down without losing something of the story. Maybe someone else can figure it out! The …
Those hurtful words
Why did I write a novel? Well, I had a story in my head, for months and months. This story became more and more vivid in my mind, to a point where every dream was about the story. In my mind, in my dreams, in my every thought, my story grew. Eventually I …
