This week’s #SundayLit prompt is: Unexpected The prompt is open to interpretation. Share a WIP snippet, short story, poem, or whatever the theme inspires. I'll also post discussion Qs related to the prompt during Sunday under the #SundayLitQ tag. #WritingCommunity #Writing #Prompts #AmWriting

Done! But I know they can see all the incorrect answers we collectively put in. They must get such a laugh from those. Let me know if you need clues. They puns are still terrible, but not as bad as the one they did a few years back for The Man Who Died Twice. #HiddenBooksGame

My hearing aids won't be ready until January, which means one more Christmas period of failed socialising in large gatherings because I can't hear what's being said. This has made me more sad than I expected.

Emma, just accept that running is now a migraine trigger and stop kidding yourself that it might have magically switched back to those days in my 20s when I could knock out 10k along the coast path without a problem. Signed, Me (nursing a post-run eye stabbing migraine).

This week’s #SundayLit prompt is: The Mentor The prompt is open to interpretation. Share a WIP snippet, short story, poem, or whatever the theme inspires. I'll also post discussion Qs related to the prompt during Sunday under the #SundayLitQ tag. #WritingCommunity #Writing #Prompts #AmWriting

This week’s #SundayLit prompt is: Dreams The prompt is open to interpretation. Share a WIP snippet, short story, poem, or whatever the theme inspires. I'll also post discussion Qs related to the prompt during Sunday under the #SundayLitQ tag. #WritingCommunity #Writing #Prompts #AmWriting

#sundaylit A3: Which colours regularly crop up in your storytelling? Why is that? 2/2 Here is a sample. Full range color use. **Snip Konbini Idol** All around was a clear **blue** sky, and far below were **green** prairies cut by **tan** roads. Houses clustered like prayer beads along them […]

#sundaylit A2: Do you use colour based on its symbolic weight? How do you avoid using clichés when using colour symbolically? e.g. green for envy, red for anger. I use color incidentally. Meaning some colors show up under certain conditions. It is seldom meant a symbolize. Nor is it cliché […]

#sundaylit A3: Which colours regularly crop up in your storytelling? Why is that? Blue -> supernatural & hair color Black -> style Red-> Hair color White/Silver/Gray -> fog, clouds Green -> Growing things I describe things, and color is part of that. It is part of a baroque writing style.

#sundaylit Colour: It shimmered, it’s form a wavering mass of colour as though it was enclosed within a soap bubble. Within was a clockwork contraption, looking far too much like a ten-legged spider. I did not like the look of it, especially the thick legs, the resembled the slightly curved […]

#SundayLit Prompt: Colour

#sundaylit prompt: Colour (tangentially related to recent #pennedpossibilities prompt too) Four disparate lines from the WIP: "Polly was the first and only ghost he knew who was actually drifting about clad in gossamer white." "Leo was not precisely afraid of ghosts, not even after what had […]

#sundaylit 10/11 prompt is: Colour So far, every LI I have written favors wearing black. Except Kan-chan, whose color is pink. Just a hint all of the LI's except Kan-chan are Goths.

#sundaylit 10/11 prompt is: Colour The meaning of Blue. For most horror and horror-adjective fiction, red is the color of fear. Demon eyes blaze red, fire crackles. However, in "Otherside Picnic," blue represents otherworldliness, and that seeped into my work. Ghost and phantom flames give […]

This week’s #SundayLit prompt is: Colour The prompt is open to interpretation. Share a WIP snippet, short story, poem, or whatever the theme inspires. I'll also post discussion Qs related to the prompt during Sunday under the #SundayLitQ tag. #WritingCommunity #Writing #Prompts #AmWriting

#SundayLit Happiness:

#SundayLit Happiness (show, don't tell): share a WIP snippet, short story or poem which shows the feeling of happiness without using the word. This one's a little tricky, because it's really only in comparison with previous scenes of Leo being Mr Awkward that a […] [Original post on mastodon.au]

#sundaylit Happiness: I triggered the latch, and carefully pushed against the gnarled, wooden surface. The ancient hinges creaked ominously as the door slowly opened. I beamed as I gazed about the massive hall beyond. My smile must have been as bright as the room’s gleaming contents, so […]

#SundayLitQ Q1: How does showing emotion bring the reader closer to the story and the characters? Add your thoughts in the comments. I will post more questions throughout the day. #SundayLit #Writing #WritingCommunity

Today’s #SundayLit prompt is: Happiness (show, don’t tell) Share a WIP snippet, short story or poem which shows the feeling of happiness without using the word. I'll post discussion Qs related to the prompt during Sunday under the #SundayLitQ tag #WritingCommunity #Writing #Prompts #AmWriting

For any #Writers in #Cornwall #Writing #WritingCommunity hermitagepress.co.uk/blogs/news/s...

This week’s #SundayLit prompt is: Happiness (show, don’t tell) Share a WIP snippet, short story or poem which shows the feeling of happiness without using the word. I'll post discussion Qs related to the prompt during Sunday under the #SundayLitQ tag #WritingCommunity #Writing #Prompts #AmWriting

Blackened mould mottles the wallpaper and ceiling. Intricate tattoos of death. My parent’s home is decaying like my brother in his grave. He stares accusingly from the photo frames. The table is set for four, but there are only the three of us. #WriteCBC

FFS! AI writing tool, ProWritingAid - whose sponsorship with NaNoWriMo finally destroyed that toxic place - is now promoting their own version called Novel November. #WritingCommunity #Writing

# Market Open #wss366 #mastoprompt #sundaylit The #market had just #opened, and Tina #trembled. This was her first show, a small affair in a neighboring village. There were a few farmers, the blacksmith, a phone service vendor, one juggler, and a local musician. Still, she was terrified. What […]

#SundayLit Openings

#sundaylit Openings It was just like any other door, except this one was mine. Chosen fairly and squarely by lottery. As I stood waiting, I looked across to the others. Those that had missed out. I could sense their envy. And those that hadn't. Some terrified. Others as eager as I was. The […]

# #sundaylit prompt: Openings (The Opening of my Time Travel Serial.) Bijou: The Time Traveling Ghost Prologue: 2025: A Filthy Alley Vague shadows coalesced. Regrets, half-lived lives cut short, but by what? There were just swirling doubts. “Revenge” was the first thing I thought. But […]

#SundayLit Prompt: Openings - the opening of my novel, Cold Fury. When Nick Devlin came-to on the cold, slimy cobblestones of that dark alley, his first thought was—I’m gonna shoot Sebastian Einhardt in his fucking face, then fuck the bullet hole.

#SundayLit prompt: Openings This is probably an apt opportunity to muse over the opening for my upcoming book... I originally started with a single big block of text; it is meant to be slightly overwhelming because my character is slightly overwhelmed […] [Original post on mastodon.au]

#SundayLitQ Prompt: Openings Q2: Many stories involve openings between different worlds and times. Books themselves offer an opening to another place. What reasons draw you to write and/or read something unusual and alien to your lived reality? #SundayLit

#SundayLitQ Prompt: Openings Q1: What makes a good opening to a novel? Is it dependant on genre? What are some of your favourite opening lines from the stories you've read? Add your thoughts in the comments. I will post more questions throughout the day. #SundayLit #WritingCommunity #Writing

#SundayLit Prompt: Openings - the opening of my current embryonic WIP. The sea is angry tonight. The water thumps against Matty Bowden’s skiff like a man who slams a fist upon a table, ready to start a fight. #WritingCommunity #Writing

I keep meaning to post here more. Where's the #WritingCommunity? What are the best hashtags to follow? I write epic fantasies and stories full of Cornish #folklore. I currently have one novel out to query, another I'm editing, and a third that's in the embryonic stage. I also love tea. #Writing

This week’s #SundayLit prompt is: Openings The prompt is open to interpretation. Share a WIP snippet, short story, poem, or whatever the theme inspires. I'll also post discussion questions related to the prompt during Sunday under the #SundayLitQ tag. #WritingCommunity #Writing #Prompts (1/2)

#SundayLit is a new weekly writing prompt open to all. Share a WIP snippet, short story, poem, or whatever the theme inspires. I’ll also post discussion Qs throughout the Sunday. My aim is to make a space for writing and community, so please read, engage and enjoy. #WritingCommunity #Writing

When we posted this a couple of weeks ago, we had some AI enthusiasts insist that this diagram was the result of poor prompting, or that the prompt that the original poster made was to generate a funny, bad diagram. So we decided to test ChatGPT's capability...

I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday. As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.

Our democracy is too precious to be a plaything for foreign tech barons. Elon Musk doesn’t care about the British people or our rights. He only cares about himself and his ego.

Take the chance to act Instead of impotency A cowards thoughts and prayers #vss365

'What?' he growled, irritated I'd pulled him from his phone screen and into reluctant consciousness. #vss365

Did they realise his words pirouetted them like puppets? That their seemingly arbitrary actions were tugged by his tongue alone? Is a part of them deep inside screaming while their facade laughs as they punch down at the weak and voiceless? #vss365

Yippie! My MRI results are normal.

Despite countless times checking and rechecking, it took me ages to notice a typo on an agent cover letter, and I managed to send the document over in the wrong format. I'm only human. Actually, that might work in my favour. It proves I'm not AI flooding the slush pile.

Briny perspiration sheens his face. He reeks of desperation as he grabs the material totems of his wealth and power, only to see them crumble like sand castles. #vss365

9am: receding tide, before the tourists.

That’s the problem with ghosts. Doors don’t stop them. They just pass right through. Here I was, bra off, cheese toastie in gob, a nice bit of mundane telly… but noooo, I have things of a spiritual nature to deal with. ‘Can’t this wait? I’ll call you on the ouija board in the morning.’ #vss365

The yews stand vigil. They remember the distant days when they were worshiped. Long before the stone churches left them in the shade and crying for sun. They feed off the dead the living bury. Their roots crawling through rotting jawbones like the devil's tongue, hissing secrets of the dead. #vss365

Gig rowing. My new favourite thing.

I revived my Ko-fi page as a nook to share art, work-in-progress pieces, and notes from my creative capers. It’s where I explore the Cornish landscape and its folklore. It's free to follow. Donate if you fancy. It’ll keep my polar bear mug filled. ko-fi.com/emcox #KofiMembershipChallenge #Art