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Review: A Superior Spectre by Angela Meyer
Wow…… You know that feeling when you’ve read a book that’s so rich, so good, that you just know everything you are going to read for a while now is going to feel like fast food after fine cuisine? That’s … Continue reading
Posted in Conversation, Poetry
Tagged A Superior Spectre, Angela Meyer, book review, ghosts, Literature, neuroscience, speculative fiction, writing
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Sonnet
Profundity of prose is not my goal I rarely think of speaking to the wise A poet’s words should ravage through your soul And wake from sleep the dullest care-worn eyes So if by chance some measured rhyme atones … Continue reading
Sign
And when we sign our name The whole world changes Not the same Entering into The big boys game When we sign our name And when we take a chance We hear new music For the dance A bit of … Continue reading
Pen
The pen is weary All the ink run dry Across a parchment scratches Ideas lost in time No new blood is drawn From the pain of life There are only tears And banality Nothing left for me The screen is … Continue reading
Posted in Air, Poetry
Tagged frustration, ideas, inspiration, lost, pen, writer's block, writing
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New Year, New Blog!
Hi everyone Happy New Year! I hope 2015 proves to be fabulous for you all! I have a couple of major writing based new years resolutions this year. The first is to launch – as I am today – my … Continue reading
Posted in Conversation
Tagged Happy New Year, horror, horror writing, literary agents, new blog, publishing, resolutions, Supernatural, writing
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Peel – for Prompt 80, Unforgiven
I peel you off Snake shedding its skin A little blood and pain A pure recompense And you are gone The remnants shrivel Curl and crackle Like dying embers In firelight at night And you are gone Fresh skin will … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Water
Tagged affectionless, dark, loss, lost love, memory, pain, prompt, unforgiven, writing
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Echoes on the Breeze – Ann Bagnall’s wonderful new book of poetry
Last week I received my copy of Ann Bagnall’s ‘Echoes on The Breeze’ , a wonderful collection of her micropoetry now published by lulu.com. See her wonderful blog and the link to the book at: http://annieb222.com/2014/09/13/echoes-on-the-breeze-by-ann-bagnall-paperback-lulu-au/ That link is for … Continue reading
Posted in Conversation, Fire
Tagged Ann Bagnall, Beauty, book review, originality, poem, poetry, review, strangeness, writing
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Muse
Your beautiful face Etched upon my memory Of pity, no trace Deeper muse to me Arising from your dark eyes Beguiled fantasy There is no surprise The wellspring in this place What depths comprise Your beautiful face Repeating in the … Continue reading
Update and a question to all writers or readers of trilogies…
Hi So, work is still mad and my time is limited, but Easter is coming. I had planned to do some serious blog reading and catching up, but my editor has just finished manuscript assessing my latest novel, an occult … Continue reading
Posted in Air, Conversation
Tagged advice, inspiration, muse, serial books, trilogies, update, writer's advice, writing
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