Bread Pudding Days by Jan Moran Neil 20 year today this Valentine’s Day. On soggy days when the rain spits my mother’s house is filled with the warmth of cinnamon sticks, rich dried fruit and softly sifted sugar. She folds and wraps our words: – the bargain cost of my orange gloves – the price […]
Bread Pudding Days by Jan Moran Neil
14/02/2021 // by Jan Moran Neil
Painting the Sydney Harbour Bridge …
08/02/2021 // by Jan Moran Neil
Painting the Sydney Harbour Bridge … by Ms Paige Turner ‘The cupboards need cleaning out,’ I said to Mr Justin Case this week. ‘But you’ve only really just finished cleaning them out,’ he said. Deep sigh. ‘I know,’ I said. ‘But once one finishes that job it’s time to start all over again,’ thinking that […]
New Services Offered …
23/01/2021 // by Jan Moran Neil
New Services Offered … by Ms Paige Turner By request I am now offering: Online Educational Creative Writing Support for Young People: £100 – three assignments set, proof read and with feedback plus a 40 minute Zoom. (Please email me: info@janmoranneil.co.uk and let me know if you have different needs.) Creative Writing Sessions on Zoom. […]
Online Educational Support in Creative Writing for Young People …
09/01/2021 // by Jan Moran Neil
‘Online Educational Support in Creative Writing …’ by Ms Paige Turner Needs must. I have started to give online Creative Writing support for young people. This will be tailor made for your young person with a number of assignments, feedback, proof reading and hand out sheets on Characters, Plot, Theme, Story Building etc. We can […]
No Pressure, 2021
02/01/2021 // by Jan Moran Neil
No Pressure, 2021 by Ms Paige Turner We all hope so much from the year. Happy New Year if that is not an oxymoron. Here’s a billet-dure for the jogger on Forty Green Road, Beaconsfield who came up behind me and brushed my shoulder whilst I was on my morning walk: ‘I respect your right […]
A Pandemic Pantomime
10/12/2020 // by Jan Moran Neil
A Pandemic Pantomime by Ms Paige Turner If you can’t go to one, then write one for the family. That’s what I have done. Can’t bear the thought that the children won’t get to hiss and boo this year. I’ve been sending props (through Amazon) – I don’t go into shops – through to Maddie […]
Calling for Submissions: Anthology
30/11/2020 // by Jan Moran Neil
Calling for Submissions: Anthology ‘When This is All Over…’ by Jan Moran Neil from Creative Ink for Writers. It was during one of those long April 2020 walks whilst dodging joggers and cyclists that the idea of a pandemic thoughts historical document occurred to me. It would have to be for a charitable cause so […]
A Room of One’s Own
13/11/2020 // by Jan Moran Neil
‘A Room of One’s Own’ by Ms Paige Turner My three year old granddaughter locked herself and a friend in the bathroom. My daughter tried all the tricks in the book to get her to open the door. When finally she said, ‘Right, Maddie. No books tonight!’ Open Sesame. (Reward for all those ‘Tiger who […]
If You Are At a Loose End
30/10/2020 // by Jan Moran Neil
‘If You are at a Loose End …’ by Ms Paige Turner I am re-posting this blog bi-month for all but specifically for the Rennie Grove Nurses who have been given a link to my blog. Please send your words and your stories in to info@janmoranneil.co.uk. If you are at a loose end – and […]
If You Are at a Loose End …
20/10/2020 // by Jan Moran Neil
‘If You are at a Loose End …’ by Ms Paige Turner If you are at a loose end – and aren’t we all one way or another? Then think about writing up to 200 words for the anthology with the working title ‘When This is All Over …’The deadline has been extended until March […]