Her footsteps crunching through crisp autumn leaves beat in time to the thud of her heart and the rasp of her breath. The rhythm grew pace as she corned the outer rim of the dusk soaked forest. She had left leaving too late, and now panic was in for the night.
Author Archives: Peter Wyn Mosey
Day 9 – 30 Day Writing Challenge
Today’s challenge comes from my wife, Chrissie, and it’s a bit different to the other prompts I’ve had…She’s asked me to write her an apology (for drunkenly keeping her awake until 6am on Sunday morning- when she needed to be up at 7:30am). If you’d like to add to my writing to-do list, I’m doingContinueContinue reading “Day 9 – 30 Day Writing Challenge”
DAY 8 – 30 Day Writing Challenge
Three thirty, on the dot. He sits. No paper. No dog. No pipe. He just sits.
DAY 7- 30 Day Writing Challenge
I have a cloudy memory but I’ve always been drowning in cotton candy words. I tried to put my finger on what I needed to say, only to end up adrift, or worse; shooting the messenger. Nothing was ever shipshape and Bristol fashion, and so often I would beat a dead horse.
DAY 6- 30 Day Writing Challenge
Are you listening?
Pied
Brave New World Revisited
‘Fifty percent of all books have more words than Brave New World and fifty percent have less. It is a very good book’
DAY 5- 30 Day Writing Challenge
We can share a tic tac. We can share red velvet.
DAY 4 – 30 Day Writing Challenge
So I guess I’m on a precipice. I like that. A big goddamn word. Like plateau. How do you like that fanciness?
DAY 3 – 30 Day Writing Challenge
The facts that consume us define us.
DAY 2 – 30 Day Writing Challenge
Today’s challenge comes from Chris Hewitt who challenged me to write about what my dog Pablo was thinking. My wife and I got Pablo about eight weeks ago. He came from a rescue centre. He’s a two-year-old pug/ border terrier cross. He’s a lovely boy who is very affectionate, and extremely sociable. He’s learnt soContinueContinue reading “DAY 2 – 30 Day Writing Challenge”
DAY 1- 30 Day Writing Challenge
Each wave crashed a beat matching the throbbing pulse that he would seek to cease. Each ebb taking away nothing, and leaving him with burden.
30 Day Writing Challenge
I need YOUR help!!
Speed Reading
The world record for most words read per minute was set by Stephen Berg and stands at twenty-five thousand words per minute.
5 Simple Writing Rules To Overcome Writer’s Block
Write fast. Make mistakes. Spell your words however they come out
How Do You like To Write?
Tell me about your writing habits!!
The Gutenberg Printing Press
There have been over one hundred and thirty million books published in modern history. Every year that number grows by an average of two and a half million.
The Spoken Word
This week, I said four hundred and six words.
Brave New World
‘The shortest story is six words. Largely attributed to Ernest Hemingway. The longest is Artemene by Georges De Scudery. It’s One million nine hundred and fifty four thousand three hundred words’
The King James Bible
The King James bible has seven hundred and sixty-three thousand, one hundred and thirty-seven words. Between March the fourth two thousand and two and March the fifth two thousand and two, I read for forty one hours and twenty three minutes. No sleep. No food. I used the toilet twice.
Switching To Green: Ways You Can Help Buck The Climate Change Trend
You cannot turn on the news without hearing about climate change. And, as the mercury rises in the thermometers this summer; new records have been set. Climate change deniers claim that there have always been trends of peaks and troughs when it comes to extremes of temperature. However, it is becoming abundantly clear that we are rapidly hurtling towards a situation where we will see the results of dramatic environmental damage occurring within our lifetime.
Preparing For Your Holiday: Top Tips Before You Travel
Image Credit Holidays can be some of the most exciting times, but they can be the most stressful too. You will probably have been looking forward to getting away all year, and you don’t want one small mistake to ruin everything. With holidays being such a significant expense, we want to get the most enjoymentContinueContinue reading “Preparing For Your Holiday: Top Tips Before You Travel”
