Category Archives: Stories

John Marsden Writing Topic #206

Write about a librarian who tries to discourage people from borrowing books** Good Old Days Everyday Shirley took the bus to work. While she chose to embrace the landscape outside as if it was an everyday scenic tour, her fellow commuters chose the small virtual world of their smart phones to be caught up in. Shirley would frown upon this,

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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, I was there as a friend to support the recently

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John Marsden Writing Topic #170

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,

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John Marsden Writing Topic #349

Write a poem that begins ‘The day our daughter/son was born…’** Little Twig The day our daughter was born– we suddenly weren’t kids anymore, our carefree teenage lives gone. The day our daughter was born– our lives changed forever but we didn’t end up staying together.   The day our daughter was born– we didn’t realise our divorce would only

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