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April 25: Flash Fiction Challenge – Exhausted

26 Apr 2019 35 Comments

by Ritu in #CarrotRanch Tags: 99-Word Fiction, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Carrot Ranch, Charli Mills, Exhausted, Flash Fiction

Charli’s Flash Fiction Challenge:

April 25, 2019, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that includes exhaustion. Who is exhausted and why? Can you make art of exhaustion? Go where the prompt leads!

Exhaustipated

Tired?
Seriously, you don’t have a clue.
Yes, so what? You get up, get ready, catch a train and work 9-5. The evening commute is hard, so you need a drink at the end of the day. Then you sleep. And repeat.
At least you sleep.
Me?
I’m not sure what time I wake up, because I’m not entirely sure I go to sleep. It’s an endless round of feeding, changing, getting housework done whilst he sleeps, then all over again. Babies don’t have a clue about tiredness.
Exhausted?
No. I’m exhaustipated.
Simply too tired to give a sh*t!
Ritu 2019

April 25: Flash Fiction Challenge

Shade #writephoto

25 Apr 2019 40 Comments

by Ritu in #WritePhoto Tags: #WritePhoto, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Etheree, Micro Poetry, Shade, Sue Vincent

Sue’s #WritePhoto Prompt:

Lay
Me to
Rest just here
Among the trees
Just beneath their shade
Let me take my last breaths
Inhaling nature's beauty
So that I may take some with me
To my body's next destination
A part of this world forever with me

Ritu 2019

Thursday photo prompt: Shade #writephoto

One Liner Wednesday – #LinerWeds –

24 Apr 2019 30 Comments

by Ritu in #1linerweds Tags: #1linerweds, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Easter, One Liner Wednesday

“I could kill for those leftover Easter eggs… No, I can’t… I need to lose weight!”
Ritu (After every Easter)

For Linda’s #1LinerWeds challenge

47 Years #lifegoals

23 Apr 2019 65 Comments

by Ritu in Family Tags: Anniversary, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Family, Parents

Today, my parents are celebrating 47 years of marriage.

A goal I aspire to as well.

They are a couple who have shown us how love, understanding, patience and a sprinkle of madness, is the best recipe for marital success.

Wishing them a wonderful day and hope their union may last many more years.

Happy Anniversary Pops and Mum ❤️

Tuesday Poems For #Writers #Inspiration #WritingCommunity – To Indie or Not Indie?

23 Apr 2019 34 Comments

by Ritu in Poems Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, poem, Poems for Writers, Poetry

Another poem inspired by Lucy of Blonde Write More! Thinking about the choices we make regarding publishing!

Could I do it
on my own?
Could I afford it?
Take a loan?

Push myself to 
edit?
Teach myself to 
market?

Formatting for
e-books
Seeing how the
inside looks

Do I need
a paperback?
Should it be seen
upon a rack?

Or do I try
submitting?
Find an agent
who is fitting?

A person who
can take care
Find me a deal
that's just and fair

Get me published
traditionally
What others think is
'properly'

So my books will
sell in shops
And book charts?
I could hit the tops!

Both are hard
Both need your book
Both need your time
Both need a hook

Yet with one 
you sell your soul
Trying to achieve
your only goal

And the other
it's up to you
How much effort 
you put in to

Creative control
may be taken away
Indie or traditional
I'm starting to sway...

Ritu 2019