I just finished my novel! Aaaaaaarrrghhhh! I had to share this. Okay, this will not be the most intelligent blog you ever get from me but….Oh…..My……God, I finished it! And then I fed my tarantulas (one is called Te Ora, one is called Te Wairua; the life and the spirit. I like to think their…
Tag: storytelling
Seven days already?
That new job I started? Well, it’s going great! But my God I had no idea until this morning that it has been well and truly more than seven days since I promised a return to our latest story! My sincerest apologies for that…. It will be here shortly, perhaps give me the weekend? In…
Life going backwards.
My fourth theme, today given to me by my other and last adoptive mother, Libby, is entitled ‘Life going backwards’. When she first told me this was her choice, I have to admit I was a little worried. Such a strange topic! But here we go, and here the plot thickens, as they say! (If…
The Brilliant Mourn
So here it begins, the first step of our 31 day journey. I’ll take a quick moment here to thank the talented Lyndsay for my ridiculously over the top New Years manicure (It was all blood, sand, sparkles and skulls – just what I always wanted!) and the first topic of my writing challenge; Pink…
The children. Horror story in two sentences?
Can I tell a story in two sentences? A good friend challenged me to this about a month ago. I woke up in the middle of that night with the story etched on my mind. Boom. So what do you think? The children. JR Manawa. Written by JR Manawa
This side of darkness 