Tag: Characters
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Seeing the Story

I enjoy seeing the story develop when I write. The characters may appear to me before a story takes shape, as the story gets going, or in future chapters. When I start writing, I have little idea as to where I would like the story to go… I just write, and with the help of…
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The Unicorn Challenge: Natural Makeover

Glynis Fairchops left her sisters’ hairdressers hastily; she’d spotted Myrtle and Ognar Rance walking into Avian Way, and needed to catch up with her friend. Miriam and Barbara Barber, AKA the Spinster Sisters, were more than used to Glynis’ unpaid exits. On Avian Way, Glynis found the Rances chatting with Edvard von Grünne outside the…
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The Unicorn Challenge: Eternal

‘I don’t want to be plastered on the side of a building or shoved onto the middle of a roundabout as a bronze statue…’ Beryl wailed in despair, smoothing down the right side of her long blonde hair. ‘I’m a character of decorum. I need to be etched in diamond or turned into a constellation.’…
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Festival Lane

“Oh, he’s such a dreamboat…” Ann Green stirred her runny porridge with a Sterling Silver spoon held between her right thumb and forefinger. Her elbow rested upon the polished Montgomery and Mattlesham solid oak dining table. “Who is, dear? Take your elbow off the table.” Ann’s mother, Florentine, said without looking up from her Exquisite…
