Edda showed Millie up three flights of stairs to her room, leaving her to unpack a little and explore. It was a lovely, light-filled place with comfortable furniture and a neat little balcony begging for young plants to be nursed into growth there, in company with the two blooming vines hugging themselves to the building …
Paul kept Lexi hopping with requests for information on the house, its layout, its history, its owner and more. Eventually she put her foot down and organised a conference between him, Simon and the three architects in order to lay out both the history and the possible futures of the house. She decided not to …
The party leaving Sophia's family home a couple of days later was larger than expected, at least by Connor. Sophia's parents came to a swift decision after a letter arrived from Prince Stephen, requesting their kind attendance at a conference to discuss the education of the future queen of Lillia. Sophia thought he needed to …
After another twenty minutes or so of conversation, during which Anaria was conscious of being kindly but thoroughly questioned and assessed, Ingrid and Samuel made their farewells and the household settled in for the night. The next morning, following Sarah's instructions, Anaria gathered fresh clothes, donned the previous day's outfit and joined her in the …
A couple of weeks ago, my writing group gave ourselves a collective week off and, instead of putting our latest 2,000-odd words up for feedback, we tuned in to the 2020 Tolkien Lecture from Pembroke College at Oxford. It was a great presentation, a flowing, ninety minute conversation between six highly regarded authors and an …
He knew his smile was not going to be well received but couldn't help its spread. She'd been wanting to kiss him. He was right. At the sight of the smile, her eyes opened wide, realising what she'd said, what she'd admitted. "No. Don't you dare be smug. You are not allowed to be smug." …
The woman laughed, "Oh I do like an eager apprentice. Not that I've ever had one before mind you, greenwitches are a little few and far between." "How did you become one then?" "Thankfully there was a greenwitch available to me as I am to you." Millie started and blushed, "I haven't even introduced myself." …
I've been watching another YouTube video on writing, specifically on the five main mistakes made by 'amateur' writers, also known as aspiring writers. I'm not sure which is less depressing. The first one listed was Point of View, or rather the constantly changing nature of point of view in some early stage stories. I've slipped …
Anaria smiled gratefully at the burly forester, it was nice to not be seen as the one at fault for a change. Still, old habits run deep and she stepped in to defend her father, "Sebastian is a toad, but I'm afraid it was my behaviour that goaded father. I was very rude to a …
Sariya smiled encouragingly at them and poked Marcus. "What?" "It would be nice to introduce us." He grumbled but obeyed, presenting Sariya as his 'honoured guest from the far lands'. Sariya knew enough about the world's geography to be amused at her origins being placed in the area of their maps generally tagged with 'here …
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