Today brings a nice wintery theme for me to write about. Today's theme describes one of the things I love most about the winter period. I look forward to crisp, frosty days coming back. *** Winter. My favourite season. The ever-present hope that I might actually get snowed in by a blanket of fluffy white …
Continue reading Hideaway Fall Writing Challenge Day 5 – Ammil
Another day, another word I've never seen or heard before! It made for a challenge today. Today was a touch more of a struggle. A word I'd never heard or seen before meant a bit more thinking was needed. It took me a bit longer to work out what I wanted to do this time. …
Continue reading Hideaway Fall Writing Challenge Day 4 – Dwale
Today's piece of writing continues the story of the man first introduced in my short story for Day 2 of this writing challenge. It's as if Hideaway Fall have turned to my personal list of favourite words. First 'susurrous', and now 'petrichor'. Not only do I love the word, but I love the smell too …
Continue reading Hideaway Fall Writing Challenge Day 3 – Petrichor
I thouroughly enjoyed writing my piece for the theme set on Monday of 'susurrous'. Today I am sharing my take on the second theme: Kairos. This one fascinated me. It's not a word I knew of before now. That's not overly surprising considering it is an Ancient Greek word. I had to do some research …
Continue reading Hideaway Fall Writing Challenge Day 2 – Kairos
It's been a long time since I last had a go at writing a short story. A small UK publisher, Hideaway Fall have started a daily writing challenge. There's a very simple premise behind it. Each day they will share a theme. Those joining in then write a piece, whatever they like, about that theme. …
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