Crimson’s Creative Challenge #78

Posted on May 6, 2020 by crispina kemp

CCC#78

Welcome to my weekly challenge—open to all—just for FUN, FUN, FUN

Here’s how it works:

Every Wednesday I post a photo (this week it’s that one above.)
You respond with something CREATIVE

Here are some suggestions:

  • An answering photo
  • A cartoon
  • A joke
  • A caption
  • An anecdote
  • A short story (flash fiction)
  • A poem
  • A newly minted proverb, adage or saying
  • An essay
  • A song—the lyrics or the performance

You have plenty of scope and only two criteria:

  • Your creative offering is indeed yours
  • Your writing is kept to 150 words or less

If you post a link in the comments section of this post I’ll be able to find it
If you include Crimson’s Creative Challenge as a heading, WP Search will find it (theory)
by ‘Searching’ in the WP Reader (fingers crossed)

Here’s wishing you inspirational explosions. And FUN.

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Beta Readers Wanted for Learning to Fly

Posted on May 5, 2020 by crispina kemp

BETA READERS WANTED FOR WORK-IN-PROGRESS

Learning to Fly: The blurb

When Neve’s grandma dies, she decides now is a good time to find her mother… only to decide against it when she discovers she’ll have to take a long-haul flight. That search is revived when she meets the immortal Raesan with his disquieting news. There follows a hunt through history to find her grandpa as a prelude to finding that far distant mother. Meanwhile, there’s a dragon about to wake after a thousand-year sleep…

But what is a beta reader?
A reader who offers detailed feedback on plot, characters, clarity and pacing.

What do I want?
Readers of all ages and both sexes to help me perfect Learning to Fly (154k words) historical fantasy fiction. 

What do I ask of you?
That you read the book—sent to you in four sections of around 34k words (novella size)—and answer a few questions, some specific, some general, in as many or as few words as suits you.

Simple, yea?

What to do next?
Fill in and submit the form on the Contact Page. I will then send you further details.

More information on being a beta reader can be found at beta-reader etiquette

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Rock Star Ryan With Lyrics Forgotten

Posted on May 4, 2020 by crispina kemp

image by Ryan McGuire on pixabay

Rock-star Ryan, lyrics forgotten…

Yikes! Couldn’t remember the tune either.

10 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Tune

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Sunday Picture Post: All in White

Posted on May 3, 2020 by crispina kemp

Last week I featured three blue flowers. This week I feature white…

Ramsoms (wild garlic): 23 April 2019

Spring Beauty (that is its name, for sure): 23rd April 2019

Watercress (more often seen trimming a salad): 3rd May 2019

Stitchwort (my childhood favourite): 3rd May 2019

And because we’re now into May…

May blossoms (aka Hawthorn): 23rd April 2019

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A River Crossing

Posted on May 2, 2020 by crispina kemp

When out in the Norfolk countryside, away from the towns, BEWARE, for one might find a river crossing the road.

Shotesham ford, SE of Norwich: 3rd May 2019

On the Road, another title achieved in Maria’s Antonia’s #2020picoftheweek

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Beta Readers Wanted: Learning to Fly

Posted on May 1, 2020 by crispina kemp

BETA READERS WANTED FOR WORK-IN-PROGRESS

Learning to Fly: The blurb

When Neve’s grandma dies, she decides now is a good time to find her mother… only to decide against it when she discovers she’ll have to take a long-haul flight. That search is revived when she meets the immortal Raesan with his disquieting news. There follows a hunt through history to find her grandpa as a prelude to finding that far distant mother. Meanwhile, there’s a dragon about to wake after a thousand-year sleep…

But what is a beta reader?
A reader who offers detailed feedback on plot, characters, clarity and pacing.

What do I want?
Readers of all ages and both sexes to help me perfect Learning to Fly (154k words) historical fantasy fiction. 

What do I ask of you?
That you read the book—sent to you in four sections of around 34k words (novella size)—and answer a few questions, some specific, some general, in as many or as few words as suits you.

Simple, yea?

What to do next?
Fill in and submit the form on the Contact Page. I will then send you further details.

More information on being a beta reader can be found at beta-reader etiquette

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CCC77: A Norfolk Cob Cottage

Posted on April 30, 2020 by crispina kemp

Crimson’s Creative Challenge #77

Widow Cob and the spinster Daff
Together cobbling a crafty craft
A wily web stretched across the path
To snag unwary pedlers as they pass
Bind him, cocoon him, store him for later
Suck out his blood, his plasma, his water
Leave him a husk, a convenient cob
Cob upon cob upon cob upon cob
Builds to a new cottage for Thingamabob.

The cob in cobweb means a lump, as are the cobs from which cob cottages are built.

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #77

Posted on April 29, 2020 by crispina kemp

CCC#77

Welcome to my weekly challenge—open to all—just for FUN, FUN, FUN

Here’s how it works:

Every Wednesday I post a photo (this week it’s that one above.)
You respond with something CREATIVE

Here are some suggestions:

  • An answering photo
  • A cartoon
  • A joke
  • A caption
  • An anecdote
  • A short story (flash fiction)
  • A poem
  • A newly minted proverb, adage or saying
  • An essay
  • A song—the lyrics or the performance

You have plenty of scope and only two criteria:

  • Your creative offering is indeed yours
  • Your writing is kept to 150 words or less

If you post a link in the comments section of this post I’ll be able to find it
If you include Crimson’s Creative Challenge as a heading, WP Search will find it (theory)
by ‘Searching’ in the WP Reader (fingers crossed)

Here’s wishing you inspirational explosions. And FUN.

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The Fabric of Life: An Observation

Posted on April 27, 2020 by crispina kemp

image by Sabine Van Erp on pixabay

The fabric of life of late has frayed
Lost is the self-edge that should waylay it
Warped and teased with covert intent to unravel
According to those who conspiracies see
No longer a cloth to support the living
Now more a winding-sheet for the dead
The fabric of life comprises less of spirit
And more of diets, tissues and fears
Comprises less of community
And more of distance, arm’s length, keep away
Comprises less of social cohesions
And more of social suspicions
The fabric of life requires a new spinner
Who is older and wiser with solutions tried if never tested
It requires a clipper with sharp shears
To snip the snags before they grow and undo us
The fabric of life, with chain-stitched seams
Will yet contain us. We pray.

131 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Fabric

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Sunday Picture Post: Springtime Blues

Posted on April 26, 2020 by crispina kemp

These photos need no introduction other than to say they were taken on 23rd April last year (2019)

Green Alkanet

Forget-me-nots

English Bluebells

In a Bluebell Wood

Every year since moving from here (back in 1983) I’ve returned for the bluebells. But not this year; to do so requires two journeys by public transport. Classed as not essential.

Looking for a good read? Join Kerrid on her quest to discover her sin…
The Spinner’s Child, available on Amazon

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