These ones need more work than the others, but I like some lines from them. The first one is based on a story my papa told about his brief...

  Another useful early morning session with Marjorie Lotfi's Substack writing group. First prompt: describe yourself using things that y...

So I joined a writing group on Substack, run by the lovely Marjorie Lotfi. I'd attended a writing retreat she offered, last autumn. It...

 Niss heard the clink of something being left in the large metal bowl. Silence for a beat, then the sun-walker started talking, getting loud...

 I found a little lead plant ID label the other day while walking the dog. It must have been for some variety of primula, as I could see the...

 I need to get back into writing. I've got a full book to edit, and I do really just love juggling words around and seeing what shapes t...

 Ma mither aye minds me tae keep ma ain counsel, sae ye willna be hearing ony gossip frae me. Hairst time is busy eneugh onyways, nae time t...