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Pictures that festered part #3

I took a bit of time to trawl through my Procreate files of old and found a few more gems of pure illustrated hatred to share with you. Today I’m taking you back to the pond in my garden as a child. My pond was only 4ft square, but to me it was the mostContinue reading “Pictures that festered part #3”

My third eye 👁!

I’ve gone from having no creative ideas at all to being overrun by them. As a result my iPad is currently bursting with pictures I’ve started but not finished. In desperation I picked my favourite and forced myself to finish it today. This project was something I wanted to go back to and approach differently.Continue reading “My third eye 👁!”

Drawings that festered part 2

Ahhhh, this is wildly inappropriate for this time of year, but it’s been so long since I even tried drawing anything fun that I had to post this and comment on my thoughts with the benefit of hindsight. Cruising TikTok I came across a drawing by someone else with tomatoes that had been given characterContinue reading “Drawings that festered part 2”

Selected again! So humbled and proud

Another day, another piece of awesome news! Incredibly, one of my short stories was selected again by Secret Attic. Once again, I took part in the Weekly Write. This time (week 47) I wrote a piece about grief. It’s a subject that I hate to say i’m terribly familiar with. As a result, I findContinue reading “Selected again! So humbled and proud”

Drawings that festered part 1

October is a busy busy month for writing. Honestly it can be tiring trying to come up with new, quality, interesting and original prose. So I’ve decided to take a step back for a few days, let the creative mud in my brain settle down a bit and use the opportunity to go back toContinue reading “Drawings that festered part 1”

Shortlisted again! August Tortive Theatre Flash 101

Another month and another amazing bit of news for my continuing journey in to becoming a writer. This time it’s back to the Tortive Theatre website and their monthly flash 101 competition. The set up is the same as last month, you are given a theme to work your story around and you have EXACTLYContinue reading “Shortlisted again! August Tortive Theatre Flash 101”

Selected again! I wish I could believe it!

I’m so happy to be able to celebrate another mini win at the hands of the Secret Attic Weekly Write. This time I chose the phrase “Please don’t hate me” to build a story of no more than 300 words around. My story (Choosing Boozing and Losing) is about a group of friends and theirContinue reading “Selected again! I wish I could believe it!”

New drawing style attempt #1. Puddles

I’ve mentioned so many times that I want to keep pushing myself creatively and often that means stepping completely out of my comfort zone, Over the last few weeks I’ve been dipping in and out of this work and now I feel like everything I add to it is unnecessary / doesn’t work / isContinue reading “New drawing style attempt #1. Puddles”

Feeling Proud! 1st Selected in a new short Story Competition!

I must be having a run of good luck, good energy and good writing! I’m absolutely over the moon to be 1st selected in the Secret Attic Monthly Short Story Competition for September 2021. This is the first time I’ve entered this competition, but I was feeling brave and with a 2000 word limit andContinue reading “Feeling Proud! 1st Selected in a new short Story Competition!”

Oh my gawd…I won!

Well I can’t quite believe I’m able to write this, but finally after a few short listings, I won a competition! Back to the Secret Attic website. This time I entered their Drabble competition. I’ve entered a few flash fiction stories in the past with varying success. This competition was another flash but it hadContinue reading “Oh my gawd…I won!”