About me
I'm a freelance writer - fiction, nonfiction and anything else that happens to tango its way through my mind. That's for me, and I've won a competition or two, and been published in a range of media. To keep the wolf from the door, I also edit, proofread and write for other people. Love it all. Aren't I lucky?
Six Weeks in Summer – Helen Meikle. Available on Smashwords and Kindle
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Daily prompt: Don’t fool with me, Grammar Check!
Daily Prompt By the Dots We all have strange relationships with punctuation — do you overuse exclamation marks? Do you avoid semicolons like the plague? What type of punctuation could you never live without? Tell us all about your punctuation … Continue reading
Daily prompt: Be afraid…
Daily Prompt Vending Wishes Soft drinks, electronics, nutrient-free snacks — you can get all of those from a vending machine. But what type of vending machine is sorely needed but doesn’t yet exist? Share your automated retail fantasies with us! … Continue reading
Daily prompt: A mild murmur from the minority…
Daily Prompt Seasonal Scents S’mores, salty ocean breezes, veggie burgers on the grill, sweaty people on the bus — what’s the smell you associate the most with summer? Tut tut, WP, there you go again, discriminating against the downunderdog. Not … Continue reading
Daily prompt: There’s a good reason why you can’t change the past
Daily Prompt Groundhog Week If you could relive the past week, would you? Would you change anything? What a truly hideous thought! An extra week of winter? Over my dead body – which it may well be, given my chronic … Continue reading
Daily prompt: You learn something new every day!
Sleepy Time More and more of us go to bed too late because of sleep procrastination. What are the nighttime rituals that keep you up before finally dozing off? Well my friends, what a day! What a celebration! Last night, … Continue reading
Daily prompt: Well you did ask…
Daily Prompt Offside Memories Team USA is playing today in the soccer World Cup in Brazil. Do you have any funny/harrowing/interesting memories from a sporting event you attended, participated in, or watched? No. 🙂 http://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_prompt/offside-memories/
Daily prompt: Ha!
Daily Prompt Set for Solstice Today’s Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year (in the Northern Hemisphere). How are you taking advantage of the extra hours of light this time of year? Do you like it, or do you … Continue reading
The fault, dear Brutus, lies in our stars after all…
The whole problem, apparently, is that Mercury is retrograde. Scoff all you like, my friends, but when this jolly astrological jester clobbers you in the financial goolies, you may well start to wonder whether I’m right. Or whether my daughter … Continue reading
How dare it?
A few nights ago, my microwave said Tssssphfft! very loudly, and blew its brain. How rude! These things are supposed to go on working forever, doing their bit at the press of the buttons I’m used to pressing, while I … Continue reading
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