Blog entries by BritInFrance

I took a break from writingforums.org, because I thought I was spending too much time reading about writing and not enough time doing it. Turns out it wasn't the forum's fault (duh!). I didn't write very much in the three month I was away (I did read a fair amount though). Then KaTrian wrote a review of one of my stories. It was a good review and made me come back to the fold. One...

This was written in response to a blog post by Em_Anders, in which she described a dream. ________ Emily looked outside. The window was streaked with green algae, that dripped from the leaking guttering, above. The view beyond wasn't exactly enticing. But sometimes it helped to look. To remember there was something out there. Even if it was only a “corpse motel”, as Andy called it....

The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1st September 1666 It is almost eleven o’clock as I write these words, with a shaking hand, by the light of a single candle. They surround us. We are trapped. I can see no way out. I do not know if I will finish this account of this terrible night. Nor, if there will be anyone left alive to read it. But write it, I must. The bells of St Magnus-the-Martyr...

I have just read an article (Guardian newspaper - A letter from a century ago) about a letter that was written on 12.12.1912 to be handed through the generations of his family. In it, the author wrote about his fears and predictions for the coming years, what the world would be like on 12.12.2012, as well as the world at the time. Unfortunately, whilst there are several quotes, the letter...

I joined the WritingForum just over a week ago, and it has already helped me immensely. Just before I joined I decided I needed to write something everyday. Anything really, just as long as I was writing. I set myself a daily target of 500 words. Not too much to be daunting, and unachievable. Not too little to be worthless. Joining this forum has helped me, not only focus on my...