The author’s tale

This story was inspired from two totally different sources. The loan of a cottage to allow fledgling writers tranquility is true, and the ghost story for Halloween was a prompt for a short story competition. As for the rest I'll leave you to decide how much is fiction. Thud! There it was again, the same …

Friends, Promos and book birthday

When I first joined the realms of authorism I was amazed at the support from the established writing community. If I knew then what I know now....    It was around 5 years ago that I realised writing a book was the easy bit. My novel 'Changes' a romance intertwined with my love of a Mediterranean …

The camera never lies

This story was inspired by a photograph from Bryn Graves Photography. I mentioned that it set my imagination racing and he kindly gave me permission to use it.  Although my usual expertise was in portraits I often found myself traipsing through unknown areas off the beaten track for that special picture. On one autumn ramble …

Dragon’s revenge

This was inspired by a prompt asking how the main characters in a novel first meet. Rather than respond with the facts from my current novel in progress it seemed logical to introduce a dragon.  This is his story. It had turned into one of those days. First I got up late, then rushing my …

Beyond the Glass Part 3

I can now appreciate how famous actors feel when they take their third encore. 😀 After posting the first part of this story, which was initially for a competition of under 500 words, I was delighted when my audience wanted 'More.'   Part 2 followed to further applause and encouragement so here for your delectation …