Tag: the Drabble

poetry

Social Media, Novels, Poetry, Blogger

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This blog post brings together some of my used and usual writing styles, all into one post. a poet friend, suggested I write a poem about something I’d written in a Facebook comment and the more I thought about it, the better it seemed as an idea. So I did it. I can’t decide whether to post the poem here, or attempt to get it published somewhere else first.

By the time I finish writing and posting this blog post, I will have made up my mind about it all. So here are my comments to clarify (maybe!) what I’m writing about here.

“I’m feeling very radical at the moment, this morning after the basket of cleaned washing was tipped on the bed, I folded and put away everything, but I DIDN’T MATCH MY OWN SOCKS! I just put them away in my sock drawer in a colourful unmatched JUMBLE!

I’ve been wearing unmatched socks for about six months now, putting together unmatched socks and wearing them like that, so a striped black and white sock on one foot for instance, and a green plain one on the other foot, for instance.

But to not match up any socks at all, that feels really out there!

One day I may even be radical and brave enough to wear striped clothes with something ‘floral”

That’s it, I’ve sent an edited version of my poem off to The Drabble to see if they will publish it on their site – fingers crossed.

Well I didn’t write about novels, but now I’m wondering whether the main character in one of the writing I have on the go might wear unmatched socks too … Who knows what might happen, that’s what I love about writing fiction!

I have to say thank you to Sarah Jane Justice, the poet who suggested I write this poem, Many thanks!

 

 

 

Writing

the Drabble, a New Place to be Published

carolyncordon

I am pleased to announce that I have had a short, short or ‘flash fiction’ story published in the publisher named in the heading. I don’t know how long “the Drabble” as been going, but they seem to have many supporters, and I am glad to have become one of their published writers, and am hoping to get more things published there.

If a writer/poet wants to write for the Drabble, they will have to write their piece in up to 100 words, no more, not including the title. Any submissions of more words than 100 will be rejected straight away.

So, I’ve had one published so far, and have just submitted my second one. This second submission follows on from the first, and I’m looking to perhaps continuing the story, in these small slices of 100 words or fewer. Can I keep this up? Who knows, and there’s no way of knowing what may or may not be chosen to be published in this interesting site.

I’m enjoying the writing of these pieces though, and if a writer is having a good and enjoyable time, I think that is a good thing, don’t you? Writers can have a miserable time, sometimes, staring at a blank screen, awaiting the arrival of their Muse.

I’m going to wait and see what happens with my second submission, and if it gets accepted, I thing it will be time to put a lot more thought into where and how I want this to all continue on.  the Drabble accepts poetry, as well as prose (both fiction and non fiction). I will try to get both non fiction and as well as the fiction I’ve already written for the Drabble, into my ongoing narrative.

If they don’t want my next submission, well, I always have my other bits and pieces of writing awaiting completion, so I will keep busy! I think having fun when you are writing is an important aspect of the whole thing, because that can keep you going!