by TobiasHayden | Jul 19, 2020 | #WritersByNight
Hot tarmac scorches our eager feet as we scuttle down towards the sand. Me on one end and Mike on the other of his two-man rubber dinghy. Vinegar invades my nostrils as we nip past the kiosks. Negotiating the concrete steps with our ready-inflated vessel high above...
by Marcela | Jul 19, 2020 | #WritersByNight, Our World, Travel
Long ago there was a time when I thought that all cities and towns in the world were surrounded by the sea. I believed that everyone had a beach that they belonged to. The sea is an important part of me, I close my eyes and it’s there, I hear the booming of the...
by nicola | Jul 18, 2020 | #WritersByNight, Fiction
The poet extraordinaire, Brian Moses, published this poetry writing prompt on Twitter yesterday. Following our brief exchange, this story literally fell out of me. I would really appreciate some feedback. It is a fifteen-minute first draft, as I was supposed to be...
by nicola | Jul 16, 2020 | #WritersByNight, Poetry
I’d planned to do some writing with my friend’s daughters Reneé and Chloé today. When the morning came, neither Chloé or I were really in the mood. To make things worse, when we tried talking about this we were thwarted by a dodgy Zoom connection. I know...
by nicola | Jul 14, 2020 | #WritersByNight, Animals, Fiction
A quickie from me today. Thanks for the inspiration Booklover2013! Hedgehog invaded Ant’s nest, chaos ensued. 🦔😱 Gliding through the water, lightning struck. 🏊🏾🌩️ Koala dropped the last eucalyptus leaf. 🐨😨 Koalas beware; Lotta’s in New Zealand! 🐨🇳🇿 ...
