Something a little different from my usual flash fiction posts, but still cycle related. On May 10th 2026, I will once again be undertaking the "Daddy" of all Cycling Sportives: The Fred Whitton challenge. This is a 182km (112 mile) cycle around the Lake District in England, taking in all the major mountain passes totalling … Continue reading Something A Bit Different
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It’s only words?
What is your favorite quote? It’s almost the weekend and I’m excited or not so excited as another ‘exam’ begins… 😥. Is WP is making us psychoanalyze ourselves? Send a picture for physical description 🤣. If someone wants to know me then get to know me. Simple. Done. I have many favorite quotes, it is … Continue reading It’s only words?
Why Write Like No One’s Reading (Because They Probably Aren’t)
There’s this popular piece of advice you must’ve heard so many times: Dance like nobody’s watching. It’s meant to be liberating, to live freely, without shame, without the heavy gaze of the world pinning us down. Everyone says dance like nobody’s watching, but honestly, I was over here typing like my Wi-Fi was broken and … Continue reading Why Write Like No One’s Reading (Because They Probably Aren’t)
These Words on SpiritualDragonfly’s Blog Are So Poignant
https://spiritualdragonfly.wordpress.com/2025/06/27/truth-%f0%9f%98%9e/ Silence Is Not Golden Moved massively by these words.
Like.
What is a word you feel that too many people use? It’s become part of common vernacular, in the past twenty years, to add the term “like” intermittently into sentences where it has no relevant place. To explain why I think this is a bad thing, we have to discuss something very important to me: … Continue reading Like.
Like… Like… A pandemic!
What is a word you feel that too many people use? Like. Like seems to populate everyday conversations now like… like… a pandemic! Some recently overheard conversations: ‘You know, I was like walking down the street and this man like bumped into me without saying sorry! I, like, told him how rude he was and … Continue reading Like… Like… A pandemic!
Writer Brain and Editor Brain
This recent post by author Damyanti Biswas describes two different types of reading experience. It’s interesting, and also reminded me of an idea about writing I have been mulling for some time. In traditional publishing, the writer and the editor occupy two different bodies, at least as far as a given written work is concerned. … Continue reading Writer Brain and Editor Brain
Kelvin M. Knight 