Daily Archives: January 30, 2020

Noelle Granger comes up for a breath and a cover reveal!

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Sayling Away: My Scottish Gaelic class is challenging and when I’m not struggling with verbs and learning vocabulary, I am on a third edit of my book. Here is a picture of the final, wrap-around cover: And a … Continue reading →

Posted in reblog | Tagged book extract, cover reveal, new book, pilgrim, Plymouth, teaser | 4 Comments

Earth ~ Reena Saxena #writephoto

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

angry colors beat wispiness of clouds overshadow cool skies Continue reading at Reena Saxena

Posted in photo prompt, Photography, Poetry | Tagged Poetry, Writing Challenges | 2 Comments

From the Poetic to the Factual: Two Book Reviews ~ Annika Perry

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Children’s author Annika Perry reviews books by Bette A. Stevens and Mary Smith: After a lifetime of New Year’s resolutions … and often failing to keep them, these last years I’ve steered away from making any. However, one aspect of … Continue reading →

Posted in reblog | Tagged A-Z of Dumfries: Place-People-History, Bette A. Stevens, book reviews, Dumfries, Factual book, haikus, Keith Kirk, Maine, Mary Smith, My Maine: Haiku through the Seasons, Poetry Book | 6 Comments

Voices in the Mist (1) ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We had never been to the First World War monuments and graves in northern France. As a young man, I considered them part of a national mindset that glorified war. But, over the decades, that view was moderated and I … Continue reading →

Posted in The Silent Eye | Tagged Arras, civilisation, France, French War Monuments, Notre Dame de Lorrette, spirituality, Vimy Ridge, war, WW1 | Leave a comment

Thursday Photo Prompt- Day Break #WritePhoto

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Originally posted on Keep it alive:
Sue Vincent is the host of Thursday Photo Prompt Welcome to this week’s writephoto prompt. This week’s prompt ~ Daybreak ? (For visually challenged writers, the?image shows a morning sky aflame above dark landscape,…

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Thursday photo prompt: Daybreak #writephoto

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Welcome to this week’s writephoto prompt. You can find all last week’s entries in the weekly round-up, which was published earlier today. Throughout the week, I will feature as many of the responses here on the Daily Echo as time and … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography, Poetry | Tagged fantasy, fiction, flash fiction, Humour, imagination, mystery, short story, symbolism, writing prompt | 119 Comments

Photo prompt round-up: Entrance #writephoto

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Bewitched and entranced Accept the journey within Embracing shadow Light and darkness meet and meld One step beyond the threshold * The photo for this week’s prompt was taken in the hills above Castleton in Derbyshire, at Odin’s Mine. … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography, Poetry | Tagged fantasy, fiction, flash fiction, Humour, imagination, mystery, short story, symbolism, writing prompt | 14 Comments

Lifecycle

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Within each seed a birth From every birth a passing Light born from shadows In self-sustained perfection A frugal Mother’s design * For Colleen’s poetry challenge

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged circle, Life, nature, tanka | 31 Comments

Entrance ~ Hayley R. Hardman #writephoto

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The return journey home was a long one but finally after all these years they had been gained back the country of their great-grandfathers. The land was war torn and reclaimed by nature but they didn’t care about that. They … Continue reading →