Blog 43 – Mistresses of our Art – Spot the intentional fib and three free Creative Ink handout sheets are yours. Four years after graduation, Oxbridge graduates are invited to receive an honorary Master of Arts from their university as long as they keep their noses clean, don’t go to prison or get divorced. I […]
Mistresses of Our Art …
03/06/2012 // by Jan Moran Neil
Raining Cats and Dogs …
20/05/2012 // by Jan Moran Neil
Blog 42 – Raining Cats and Dogs …Ms Paige Turner tells an intentional fib on each blog … a flash fiction 250 word assessment to be won on this one … We have brand new cream carpets on all our floors. We even take off our slippers and walk barefoot so that not a speck […]
Change of Seasons and Flip Sides
25/03/2012 // by Jan Moran Neil
Blog 38 – Change of Seasons and Flip Sides … White Rhino in Winter And suddenly … clamped on road side, zooless – but ours for the viewing, prehistoric pedestrian – pavement slab for hide, blank blinkers stare seemingly – at nothing. Handicapped horn bent towards winter earth, the haunting whisper of captivated guide, “She […]
Managing Expectations
12/03/2012 // by Jan Moran Neil
Blog 37 – Managing Expectations …Ms Paige Turner tells a porkie pie on each blog. Be the first to spot it this bi-month and you win yourself three free handout sheets of your choice … ‘Managing Expectations’: now that’s a quirky little phrase which has recently popped out of mouths, isn’t it? Miss Trial told […]
Three Little Words …
13/02/2012 // by Jan Moran Neil
Blog 35 – Ms Paige Turner never fibs on Valentine’s Day … Three Little Words … Easy to love In darkened rooms On damp afternoons When lamplights beat On seal-wet streets With eyes that meet Over the rims of time Deep in the soul of red, red wine. Not easy to love On soggy mornings […]
Blog 33 – Visiting the Underworld or The Importance of Tight Foundations …
15/01/2012 // by Jan Moran Neil
Blog 33 – Visiting the Underworld – or the Importance of Tight Foundations …Ms Paige Turner tells a porkie pie on each blog – you can win a Creative Ink free taster session on a Tuesday – Tuesday writers exempting …if you guess correctly … When I saw some of the Bull Rushes of the […]
Rushing to Give a Sausage…
04/01/2012 // by Jan Moran Neil
Blog 32 – Rushing to Give a Sausage … Just before New Year I met Mr Double Cream from Uxbridge lurking around the Party Packages in Waitrose, Beaconsfield. I was tossing up as to get a Bumper Pack of Cocktail Sausages or get the all inclusive Sausage Rolls and Chapatis as well, which he thought […]
All Wrapped Up
19/12/2011 // by Jan Moran Neil
Blog 31 – All Wrapped Up – Ms Paige Turner takes a festive break from intentional fibbing every Christmas … To my three constant blog readers – you know who you are – and anyone else reading in – excepting spammers – a very merry Christmas and I wish you the gift of happiness this […]
The Dust has Settled or Turkey Counselling …
04/12/2011 // by Jan Moran Neil
Blog 30 – The Dust has Settled … or Turkey Counselling. On each blog Ms Paige Turner tells an intentional porkie pie. Spot this week’s fib for four Creative Ink handouts … When people asked me to make commitments in 2011 I spent the best part of the year saying, “Oh! I’m not sure as […]
Normal Services …
21/11/2011 // by Jan Moran Neil
Blog 29 – Normal Services … Week 19 on Knotty Green House Renovations and … The house is strangely silent … 12 ‘Dear Johns’ ‘in the can’ … Miss Trial has selected her wedding dress and … My God is in His heaven … Creative Ink for Writers’ classes resume the week of Tuesday 10th […]