For a few years now - thanks to Alison Patterson - the Wordworkers writing group has displayed poems in the Harbour Arts Centre...

I mostly write about people. So, a day out of the house, going somewhere people are can often be seen as research. But, sometimes the...

A friend send me this pic of a story and asked if I'd written it. It's in our writing group's Wee Free Read, and it's a story about being...

If I'm in a tea-shop or a cafe, I'm usually with someone - which means we will be talking. But a solo visit to places like this can be a...

Each new term of the writing group brings it's own worries (and delights). This term (Wednesday 21st August) was one I considered...

They warn you to be careful what you say around writers. My unsuspecting friend - who I had a wide-ranging chat with yesterday - bears no...

It was a seat for ministers, communing, we hope, with God before the next sermon. I saved it from the renovation skip by donating to a...

The Edinburgh Award for Flash Fiction 2024 is now open. They welcome stories from any genre - provided they can be told in no more than...

The moments we create in little lives!

I wrote this about being a writer. Then I read it back. I think it works for so many aspects of today's society.

Well... today's writing group meeting went well. Just not in the way I expected it to. But I do like it when the plan shows me how it's...

Two hours just isn't enough time with this creative and gracious incarnation of the writing group. You know, the group has a different...

It's not art, but it is a heart-felt tribute to those beautiful boys :-) I'll be putting this up in the reception frame at the Harbour...

We sat down. Another, older, couple stood up. He helped her with her coat and she helped him. They left. Not exactly a story. But when it...

The Week Two report is a little late. To those who maybe weren't there and have been waiting for the prompt - apologies. The second...

What a day to start back! In the middle of a storm. I saw a man half-way up Harbour Street stop and rest for a while, leaning into the...

The first two weeks got an interesting crop of responses - but there are still a lot of people sitting on the edge of the creative pool...

Week one brought a nice collection of New Year pieces. So, onwards! For Week 2 Jo Bell suggests tackling the journey. It's a time of year...

In her book 52, Jo Bell suggests writing a poem a week for a year. So... 52 poems. As a prompt for the New Year, she offers Lauren...

Told slant, but just how it seemed to me.