Well, I reckon spring is just around the corner - and if we're due another cold snap, the garden knows nothing about it! Although my winter tubs of blooms are still in full flow...
... the hyacinths and daffs and tulips are sprouting lovely green shoots.
My spring bulbs are starting to peep out of the ground. The snowdrops are in full flow
and the crocuses in the garden and on the lawn are gleaming their magic colours.
My cats are starting to get a spring in their steps - and SO AM I!!
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WRITE ON...
It came as a bit of a shock to me this week, that a critique of my flash fiction story, BED OF ROSES, showed an 'average' rating. I was diasappointed, disgruntled, f-f-furious! But when I went back in to the story, I realised that my reviewer was absolutely right - I'd cocked up big-style.
I hadn't kept my writing TIGHT and I'd thrown in so many pesky ADVERBS, it was untrue. So I took the story back and edited it before submitting to a writing competition on Fan Story. What a difference. Now I'm like a dog with two tails - I've LEARNED a lot about writing flash fiction.
Well, folks, the upshot of it was that the person who'd critiqued an 'average' had WON the competition - and I came 5th out of 13 competitiors, so in the end, I didn't do so badly...
The moral of this story is ALWAYS LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF YOUR CRITICS - you'll be a better writer for listening to advice instead of blowing a gasket!
If you'd like to read 'Bed of Roses', here's the link:
BED OF ROSES
and if you'd like to read my 3-5-3 haiku poem about spring flowers, just to keep you in 'spring mode', here's the link:
If Spring is really nearly here...
...then my flowery cup, flowery top, flowery tights and flowers in my sparkly vase might have brought me a touch of good luck! HERE'S HOPING!
TALK TO YOU SOON, CONSTANT READERS
