Category Archives: fantasy

Photo prompt round up – Anomaly #writephoto

This week’s photo was taken one cold, frosty dawn, looking west from the top of Higger Tor in Derbyshire. The iridescence is caused when light is scattered by water droplets in the clouds and produces an eerie, otherworldly effect. Iris … Continue reading

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Thursday photo prompt – Anomaly #writephoto

 Use the image below to create a post on your own blog… poetry, prose, humour… light or dark, whatever you choose, by noon (GMT)  Wednesday 9th November and link back to this post with a pingback. Please make sure that … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round-up: Creature #writephoto

I nearly missed the deadline this week, as I seem to have lost an entire day somewhere. Perhpas I too had an unseen Halloween visitor.The photograph for this week’s prompt was taken inside the cavern known as Odin’s Mine. I … Continue reading

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Nobody does it like that any more from Tallis Steelyard

How does one promote a book? This question continued to nag at me as I went about my business in Port Naain. How on earth was I going to live up to my promise to ensure ‘A Bad Penny’ gained … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round-up: Violet Sky #writephoto

The photograph for this week’s prompt was taken one rainy morning at dawn on my way to work. It is for moments like these that I carry the camera. Violent Sky Dark conflagration Aerial Armageddon The earth held in thrall … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round-up: Moonlit #writephoto

The photograph for this week’s prompt was taken from my bedroom window one night, looking out over the fields. The moon was clear and bright, casting fabulous colours across the sky. Moonlit (tanka) No clouds to obscure One face reflects … Continue reading

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When the hammer falls from Tallis Steelyard

Reblogged from raconteur and poet extraordinaire, Tallis Steelyard: Old ‘Ordan’ was dead. It had to happen sooner or later, and in his case, he’d have said, the later the better. But now it had happened. I’d known him for a … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round-up – Glimpsed #writephoto

The photograph for this week’s prompt was taken from inside one of the cells at Buckingham Gaol, now a museum. The tiny castle-like building dominates the centre of the town and has a very strange atmosphere. The cell doors were … Continue reading

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Be my guest: Charles Yallowitz – How to Destroy a Champion

A big thank you to Sue for hosting me and letting me do a fun book promotion for Legends of Windemere: Charms of the Feykin.  This is the 11th book of the series, but each story is self-contained enough that … Continue reading

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Thursday photo prompt – Glimpsed #writephoto

  Use the image to create a post on your own blog… poetry, prose, humour… light or dark, whatever you choose, by noon (GMT)  Wednesday 13th October and link back to this post with a pingback. Please make sure that … Continue reading

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