I completed my ninth run in the Race Through America series – North Carolina. Race Through America is a virtual run series hosted by Virtual Run Events. This series involves having participants complete a virtual run in an American state in each month of the year. I signed up for a one mile (1.7km) run, which I completed on 24 December
Read moreI completed my eighth run in the Race Through America series – Michigan. Race Through America is a virtual run series hosted by Virtual Run Events. This series involves having participants complete a virtual run in an American state in each month of the year. I signed up for a one mile (1.7km) run, which I completed on 16 December 2021.
Read more‘What I didn’t do on my holidays.’** Road Trip I’m on the road, finally free, out of quarantine, going back home (if it’s even home anymore). I forgot how long highways and isolation can be, I’m finally free. **Reference: Marsden J 1998, Everything I Know About Writing, Pan Macmillan, Australia.
Read moreEarlier this year, the Australian Writers’ Centre encouraged writers to submit a 29-word story with a road trip theme. I’ve finally written my 29-word story, which can be found below. *** Road Trip I’m on the road, finally free, out of quarantine, going back home (if it’s even home anymore). I forgot how long highways and isolation can be, I’m
Read moreEarlier this year I entered the NYC Midnight 250-word Microfiction Challenge, an international creative writing competition that challenges participants to write original 250-word stories by giving them a specific genre, action and word assignment, in 24 hours. Every writer is placed in a specific group based on the genre, action and word assignment they are given. The competition judges pick 10
Read moreThe happy-ending machine.** The Happy Ending Machine Once upon a time there was a little girl named Stella. Stella was happy, bright, and loved making things. One Friday at school, her best friend, Gina, told her that her parents were getting divorced and was very sad. As Stella had a big heart, she decided that she was going to make
Read moreCharmed (the original series) revolved around three powerful, sister-witches known as the Charmed Ones, who use their powers to fight against evil. Charmed’s premise in itself revolves around a big picture, almost common morality—good vs evil—however the season two episode, Morality Bites, focuses on the sisters’ personal morality, and how the choices they have made based on this morality have
Read moreWould the last person to leave please turn off the lights?** The Next Chapter The house is finished. After six months of painting, shifting furniture, and fixing things, my house is finally complete. To celebrate and say thank you to all of the tradies who helped me, I invited them over for dinner. I made a toast to them for
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—August 2021 short story competition was as follows: Your story’s first sentence must contain only four words. Your story must include something being shared. Your story must include the words PAINT, SHIFT, WAVE and TOAST. (Longer variations were accepted as long as original spelling was retained.) *** The Next Chapter The house is finished. After
Read moreSo it’s December 1 and NaNoWriMo 2021 is officially over, so how did I go? My goal for NaNoWriMo 2021 was to write as much as possible and complete as many of my writing projects as possible. While I did manage to write 9,508 words in total, I didn’t complete as many writing projects as I set out to, due
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