Hi everyone! Today, I’m thrilled to be visiting fellow author, blogger, Story Empire member, and friend, Gwen Plano. Gwen has kindly invited me over to help me promote the release of my second book of poetry: Life & Soul, Book …
#NewBook: Harmony is on tour with Gwen Plano @gmplano for the release of #Life&Soul Read more »
Hi everyone. Exciting news today! After my amazing first-place win on the Vocal platform, I’ve written a fictional piece for the Fantasy Prologue competition. This is based on the opening line, There weren’t always dragons in the valley. The story is entitled: The …
Hi everyone! Today, I have a book review for a great read from an author new to me, Marieke Nijkamp. Here’s my review >>> About the Book: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Is Where It Ends comes …
#BookReview: At the End of Everything by Marieke Nijkamp @mariekeyn @sztownsend81 Read more »
Hi everyone! 🙂 Today, I’ve joined Colleen’s weekly TankaTuesday challenge, which asks for us to create a syllabic poem based on a Photograph provided by David, from the Skeptic’s Kaddish, for this month’s challenge. Colleen’s comments for this week’s …
#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRYCHALLENGE #274 #Ekphrastic #PhotoPrompt @ColleenChesebro Read more »
Hi Everyone! I hope this finds you all well. I’m super excited to announce I have a new book of poetry coming out! I was so shocked to discover it is seven years since I published Slices of Soul: Book …
#NewBook: Life & Soul by Harmony Kent @harmony_kent #Poetry Read more »
Hi everyone! I hope you all had a good weekend. Today, I’m going to stick my neck out somewhat by recommending an excellent book review platform I’ve been a member of since August last year. Why have I waited …
Hi everyone! I’m over at Sally Cronin’s place today to talk about things I know now I wish I’d known then. We’d be delighted if you could pop over and check it out. You’ll even get to see me in …
#LifeLessons: Don’t Believe Everything your Parents Tell You … @sgc58 Read more »
Hi everyone! Today, I have a book review for a great read from an author new to me, Sharon Bolton. This is a stunning read, and I’ll be checking out this writer’s other works. I discovered this book via NetGalley. …
#BookReview: The Dark by Sharon Bolton @AuthorSJBolton @orionbooks @NetGalley Read more »
Hi everyone. Exciting news today! After quite a long absence from the Vocal platform, I wrote a fictional piece for the Ship of Dreams competition. This was based on the tragedy of the sinking of the Titanic. Guess what???!!! 🎉Lifeboat …
Hi everyone! 🙂 Today, I’ve joined Colleen’s weekly TankaTuesday challenge, which asks for us to create a specific syllabic poem based on the Butterfly Cinquain. As ever, we need to avoid ‘ing’ ending words if at all possible. You can …
Hi everyone! Today, I have a book review for an author new to me. I saw this book in quite a few places around the blogosphere and had to check it out. I downloaded this read via my Kindle Unlimited …
#BookReview: The Midnight Man by Caroline Mitchell @Caroline_writes Read more »
Hi everyone! 🙂 Today, I’ve joined Colleen’s weekly TankaTuesday challenge, which asks for us to create a syllabic poem based on colour. As ever, we need to avoid ‘ing’ ending words if at all possible. You can find Colleen’s post …
#TANKATUESDAY Weekly #POETRYCHALLENGE #272 #TasteTheRainbow @ColleenChesebro #Diablo Read more »
Hi everyone! Today is day Thirty of the national poetry month competition and the final day! Here’s my offering >>> DAY THIRTY: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Thirty … Write a Cento. A Cento is a poem that is made up …
Hi everyone! Today is day Twenty-Nine of the national poetry month competition and the penultimate day! Here’s my offering >>> DAY TWENTY-NINE: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-Nine … In certain versions of the classic fairytale Sleeping Beauty, various fairies or …
Hi everyone! Today is day Twenty-Eight of the national poetry month competition. Only two more days to go! Here’s my offering >>> DAY TWENTY-EIGHT: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-Eight … Write a concrete poem. Like acrostic poems, concrete poems are …
Hi everyone! Today, I have a book review for an author I enjoy. I saw this book on my local library’s list, and I was able to download it for free, using an app called Borrowbox. I am so pleased …
#BookReview: 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard @cathryanhoward @BorrowBox Read more »
Hi everyone! Today is day Twenty-Seven of the national poetry month competition. Only three more days to go! Here’s my offering >>> DAY TWENTY-SEVEN: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-Seven …Write a “duplex.” A “duplex” is a variation on the sonnet, developed …
Hi everyone! Today is day twenty-six of the national poetry month competition, and also Colleen’s weekly Tanka Tuesday challenge #271. Today, I’ve combined the two challenges into one. Here’s my offering >>> DAY TWENTY-SIX: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-Six … …
Hi everyone! Today is day Twenty-Five of the national poetry month competition. Here’s my offering >>> DAY TWENTY-FIVE: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-Five … Today’s (optional) prompt is based on the aisling, a poetic form that developed in Ireland. An …
Hi everyone! Today is day Twenty-Four of the national poetry month competition and the last Sunday. Here’s my offering >>> DAY TWENTY-FOUR: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-Four … Hard-boiled detective novels are known for their use of vivid similes, often …
Hi everyone! Today is day Twenty-Three of the national poetry month competition. Only seven more days to go! Here’s my offering >>> DAY TWENTY-THREE: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-Three …Write a poem in the style of Kay Ryan, whose poems …
Hi everyone! Today is day Twenty-Two of the national poetry month competition. Two-thirds of the way through, already! Here’s my offering >>> DAY TWENTY-TWO: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-Two … In honour of today’s being the 22nd day of Na/GloPoWriMo 2022, I’d …
Hi everyone! Today is day Twenty-One of the national poetry month competition. Two-thirds of the way through, already! Here’s my offering >>> DAY TWENTY-ONE: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Twenty-One … Write a poem in which you first recall someone you used …
Hi everyone! Today, I have a book review for fellow friend and one of my favourite authors, Staci Troilo. This is the third book in her Keystone Couples series >>> About the Book: When you grow up on a vineyard, …
#BookReview: Between the Vines by Staci Troilo @stacitroilo Read more »
Hi everyone! Today is day Twenty of the national poetry month competition. Two-thirds of the way through, already! Here’s my offering >>> DAY TWENTY: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Twenty … Write a poem that anthropomorphises a kind of food. It …
Hi everyone! Today is day nineteen of the national poetry month competition, and also Colleen’s weekly Tanka Tuesday challenge. Today, I’ve combined the two challenges into one. Here’s my offering >>> DAY NINETEEN: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Nineteen … write …
Hi everyone! Today is day eighteen of the national poetry month competition. Here’s my offering >>> DAY EIGHTEEN: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Eighteen … This prompt is based on Faisal Mohyuddin’s poem “Five Answers to the Same Question.” Today, I’d like …
Hi everyone! Today is day seventeen of the national poetry month competition. Here’s my offering >>> DAY SEVENTEEN: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Seventeen … This prompt was developed by the comic artist Lynda Barry, and it asks you to think about …
Hi everyone! Today is day sixteen of the national poetry month competition. Here’s my offering >>> DAY SIXTEEN: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Sixteen … Write a curtal sonnet. This is a variation on the classic 14-line sonnet. The curtal sonnet form …
Hi everyone! Today is day fifteen of the national poetry month competition. Here’s my offering >>> DAY FIFTEEN: [Instructions:] From NaPoWriMo Day Fifteen … This one may seem counter-intuitive, but today I’d like to challenge you to write a poem …