Loveday Writing

A beginning** The Branches On My Family Tree Volume IV Sebastian and Leah’s wedding was absolutely beautiful, not to mention it was a “proper” wedding—in a church and with an actual reception—everything my wedding to him wasn’t, it drove me crazy. What eased my feelings of insanity…and jealousy…was the fact that I wasn’t at their wedding to celebrate their marriage,

Write a fortunately/unfortunately story: ‘Fortunately I won a two-week holiday in Japan. Unfortunately I hate flying. Fortunately there was a fishing boat going that way and I got a lift. Unfortunately…’** Big 30 Fortunately I decided to surprise my brother with a visit on his 30th birthday. Unfortunately he had to work both on the day I arrived and on

Write a modern version of an old legend or a Biblical parable** Ally and Simone: The Instagrammer and the Adventurer Ally invited her friend, Simone, on a trip to the coast, the only mode of transport was a train, which would take four hours to get there. To pass the time, Ally watched movies on her smart phone. Simone, who

You have a magic button on your shirt. Every time you twist it…**   At the Touch of a Button I have a magic button on my blouse with a clock on it that is second from the top and closest to my heart. Every time I twist it, I can travel back in time. I can twist it to

Write a piece where the end of the story is told at the beginning**   The Day When the Most Unexpected Thing Happened Wednesday March 23rd 2011 9.15am I was at campus, in the communications building, chatting with my friend and classmate; Kelly, awaiting the start of our journalism lecture when you were pronounced dead. There is a saying that

No** The Branches On My Family Tree Volume III Sebastian and Leah’s wedding was planned for July 17th 1989. I wasn’t going to go, although I was happy for them as Leah was clearly better suited to Sebastian than I was, but he’s still my ex-husband and I didn’t think it was appropriate. However Joanna is flower girl, so I’m

Yes** The Branches On My Family Tree Volume II Sebastian and I married in January 1985 and managed to get jobs–Sebastian managed to get a sales job at a sports equipment company and I managed to get a part-time job as a junior receptionist when Joanna was about six months old. We managed to find a modest unit to rent,

An unusual love story** Family of the League (Volume I) The day my boyfriend, Rohan, and I discovered we were going to have a baby started off with extreme happiness and ended with us in the hospital. As soon as we left the doctor’s office we went out and splurged on baby clothes, even though bubs wouldn’t be arriving for

My life was boring until…** The Branches on My Family Tree Volume I My life was boring until my family moved from Sydney to Wagga Wagga. My father was transferred for work. My mother wasn’t overly happy, but with her job, she could easily work anywhere. It was 1983, I was 15 and about to start year 9, my father’s

K** Eleven Lives and Loves Volume I–K is for kids December 17 2008 Lorraine’s story I didn’t plan on having kids, especially ten of them, of course I didn’t, especially since I had my eldest at seventeen. When I discovered I was pregnant, my boyfriend, Markus and I freaked out, which was to be expected. What we didn’t expect was