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FFF #18 – One Day More

04 Nov 2015 21 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Fiction Tags: 100 words, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, fff, Flash Fiction, les miserables, one more day, thebookblogger

The Book Blogger, Matt’s prompt this week from Les Miserables…. ‘One Day More’…. Check out the challenge here!

“Are you ready?”
Mona looked up at Lisa, eyes full of apprehension. “I don’t know Lees… It’s all happened so fast. Am I really ready?”
It had only been a few short weeks since she made the decision to go to the police with the true story of what had happened that night.
And now here she was, a sack of nerves, knowing she was going to have to stand in front of a court full of people, and tell a bunch of strangers her story…
Still, at least he’d get what he deserved…

Just one day more to wait

Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge #69 – Haiku & Mind

02 Nov 2015 29 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Poems Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Haiku, Ronovan's Weekly Haiku Challenge

Monday Haiku Challenge Time Peeps!

Ronovan has given us interesting words to work with this week.. as he does every week..Haiku & Mind.

Read the challenge here.

And so, here are my attempts!

Haiku Form

When writing haiku

Formation matters

Five, seven, five, mind!

Haiku Tax

With so few words

Haiku sure taxes the mind

Telling a story…

Haiku Class

Fitness for the mind

Spinning words around your brain

Creating haiku

Ritu 2015

Hugh’s Photo Challenge #3 – What Lurks In The Shadows?

30 Oct 2015 27 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Hugh's Photo Challenge, Spiders, What Lurks In The Shadows

I am so late getting this on e in this time… Sorry Hugh!

I racked my brains, to think of something I could take a photo of, or of a photo I already had that would show something that really scares me or freaks me out, but it was so hard!

Can I be so blunt as to say not an awful lot fazes me… I don’t get as scared by things, as I used to. In fact the biggest fear of mine, nowadays is actually the thought of losing my loved ones, family and friends, not other things. I was so unsure how to capture that in an image.

However, as they do freak out many, even I am not a lover of arachnids… those 8 legged creatures that like to roam, and are around, everywhere, inside and out, especially now!

So, here is a lovely specimen we found in the nursery garden sat swimming in a bucket!

He’s a big un, stretched out, the size of the palm of my hand!

Sorry Judy I tried to be more original but couldn’t get my head around anything else!

Those multiple limbs

That scurrying and hiding

Turn me to jelly

One Liner Poetry Challenge – Autumn Waffles

28 Oct 2015 22 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Poems Tags: autumn, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Challenge, poem, Wafflemethis

Ooh! You know how much I love a challenge, and Syl has passed the poetic baton on to me today! I feel honoured, as he is amazing with words!

Now this challenge created by my big blog brother Rich is all about adding a line to a poem collaboratively written by us bloggers, great idea right!
Now to the rules for this challenge:
1. Thank the blogger who nominated you and link back.

2.Link back to me Waffles.

3. Write one line in the poem. If 4 lines have been reached before you then start a new stanza

4. If you are the 17th line no need to nominate just send it back to me Waffles with a title for the next one.
Autumn
Autumnal hues herald dawn’s amber glow.
Nature paints in colorful flow.
Everything’s pumpkin from pop tarts to chips.
There’s even a seasonal orange pumpkin dip.
~
Now a crestfallen suns rich corpse spawns a great feast.
The aroma from scented candles tantalize the palette.
Eerie glows emanate from window sills.
And I nominate Jane Dougherty to continue this beautiful collection of words 🎃😊

FFF #18 – Writing’s On The Wall

27 Oct 2015 64 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges Tags: Art, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Bond, Flash Fiction Foray, halloween, Sam Smith, the book blogger, Writing's On the Wall

It’s been a while, but finally Matt, our very own Book Blogger is back with his 18th Flash Fiction challenge, also known as the Flash Fiction Foray!

What the lovely Matt usually does, is give us a song to work with, as inspiration, and our job is to create a 100 word flash fiction masterpiece, which we post, and ping back to him!

Well the inspiration for today is the new Bond Theme by Sam Smith, Writing’s On The Wall.

And as it is the week of Halloween, I have allowed my mind to wander to the creepy side…!

They looked around the shabby room… no real clues here. Detective Inspector Walsh stepped into the hallway. “I don’t know what to think, really.” he murmered. There appeared to be no sign of any recent life here, yet the neighbours had been complaining of loud banging and shouting, scraping and screaming, over the last few nights.

Just then PC Brown called out “I think you’re gonna want to see this sir.” DI Walsh turned back into the room. A large piece of wallpaper lay, partly pulled off the wall, and there, alongside what looked like bloody scratch marks, were words…

I hope you liked my little effort!

To take part, visit Matt’s blog here.