The Microteer

Love that fact that one of William Caxton's (the man who introduced the printing press to England) apprentices was call Wynkyn de Worde.

One step closer to my N-I-F being self-published.😁Also, may have found an illustrator for a couple of historical activity books. Fingers crossed. If this works out I hope to develop them into a series. Got Bruce, Wallace. Maybe, Mary Queen of Scots next?

Dark Crescent is fabulous. I loved it. Wish I could be there but got the lurgi. Good Luck. @lunapress.bsky.social @lyndseycroal.bsky.social

Back to studying after 28 years. Starting slowly with an Arts and Language Access course (Open Uni). Hoping to go on and study a degree in English Language, this is the first step.

'What was different about that Christmas Eve, that Santa wanted Rudolph to guide his sleigh?'
Was there a secret mission that only Rudolph to complete?
Did Santa know it would help him integrate with the other reindeer?
Was is a particularly dark night so Rudolph's nose would act as a torch?

Why?

On the approach to Christmas I have been considering Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer.
Specifically the line. 'then one foggy Christmas Eve Santa said Rudolph with your nose so bright won't you guide my sleigh tonight?'
'Why had Rudolph never guided the sleigh before?'

The question I hate most is, 'What do you want for Christmas/ or your birthday?'

'Why do I need to want anything?'

Is it not enough to enjoy time with family? To spend the day doing something I love? Spend it the way I want to?

As a writer of Micro Fiction; I say 'Yes'. The shorter the better. Short can be hard hitting and powerful

Thank you.

Thank you.

After nearly 3 decades I walked away from my a career in Financial Services. A few months of recharging, resetting and reading ahead.
My reading material? @lunapress.bsky.social

MICRO MONDAY #4 – A Bumper Crop Of Microfiction Here’s the fourth in our series of ‘Micro Monday’, where we publish a bumper crop of micros from our 1-2-3 submissions, here on our website. (Or direct to your inbox if you subscr…

A Micro inspired by a tweet (Sorry, for using that word here 😋) published today in Cranked Anvil.

You will need to scroll down to read.

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Can YOU write a #story in 75 words? EXACTLY 75 words? Paragraph Planet has been publishing one piece of #flashfiction - or novel extract - every day since 2008. Submit today! Http://www.paragraphplanet.com/submission.php (pls share)

As an introvert I don't suffer from FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) rather I suffer from FOJI (Fear of Joining in).

I have just discovered that 'Fungal Fiction' exists.

I forced the story to be a 100 words, now I have allowed it to be 50 words and it is so much the better.

Looking forward to learning about Anthropology via the Royal Anthropology Institute.

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It is here. My website. However as I have chosen a free one (due to an upcoming change in circumstances) it can't be searched in Google but will work if you copy and paste it. If I had known about that limitation at the time I wouldn't have chose Wix.
themicroteer.wixsite.com/mysite

Happy, 'National Read a Book Day' to all the book lovers out there.📚

Building my Writer's Website. As a technophobe it is a long slow job but I will get there.

The downside of writing longhand - I have notebook after notebook full (double figures).

Another blog post - this one is on The Power of Micro Fiction.https://medium.com/@dorcas.wilson11/the-power-of-micro-60dbc1060873
Micro fiction the proof that small things are beautiful.

Mini Cross buns - thank you for that image.

2024 Hermit Crab Prize Shortlist The 9 stories that will be published are...

The 9 stories that have gone through to the Hermit Crab Prize shortlist and will be published in the Prize Anthology edition of WestWord are here! Congrats to all! westword.substack.com/p/2024-hermi...

I write long hand. One strange quirk I have discovered is that I write better, am more inspired, when the pad of the moment is colourful and feel stifled if it plain. @writershq.bsky.social , @newwritersuk.bsky.social

Hermit Crab Prize One of the best things about flash fiction, is the innovation inherent in these tiny stories. The advent of the hermit crab story has been a wonderful thing to behold. So we want to celebrate this inn...

Tell all your writing pals about our exciting new prize at WestWord. We're celebrating the Hermit Crab story and the shortlisted and winning titles will be published in an anthology edition and win cash prizes! westword.substack.com/p/hermit-cra...

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Looking forward to my first Flash FaceOff in 3hrs 30mins. 😀
@writershq.bsky.socia

The Power of Micro Fiction: How so much can be conveyed in so little or what isn't said. Difficult/painful subjects can be covered using a narrow or broad lense, metaphors or using second or first person multiple point of view.

A sauropod in a Santa hat pulling a little Christmas tree on a sledge, all on a bright yellow background

IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S FINALLY HERE!

The Writers' HQ Writing Advent of Inspirational Awesomeness 2023 is open for booking, because nothing says Christmas like a sauropod in a Santa hat.

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