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Chocolate sour cream cake

October 11, 2023 cheryl

I made this chocolate sour cream cake for a recent Dean Writers Circle meeting where we were fare-welling a much…

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Posted in: Recipes Filed under: australian women's weekly, chocolate cake recipe

Slowly I approached the table

October 4, 2023 cheryl 6 Comments

Writing prompts this week courtesy of Kelley McNeil’s A Day Like This, my current read. It was meant to be…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, Writing prompts Filed under: cherylswritingprompt, flash fiction, short stories, women's fiction, writing, writing prompts

Rainbow’s Orange Poetry Book, Lily Lawson

October 3, 2023 cheryl

Lily Lawson has recently been entertaining us with her brilliant kids’ poetry books but that doesn’t mean we’ve missed her…

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Posted in: Book reviews Filed under: newbook, poetry, poetry collection, poetry motivational

‘I’d imagined something very different for my life.’

October 2, 2023 cheryl 3 Comments

Writing prompts this week courtesy of Kelley McNeil’s A Day Like This, my current read. He looked at me across…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, Writing prompts Filed under: cherylswritingprompt, flash fiction, short stories, writing, writing prompts

The folders bulge with unanswered letters

September 30, 2023 cheryl 2 Comments

Writing prompts this week courtesy of Katie Ward’s Girl Reading. Nancy remembered crossing the road to the newsagent. She was…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, Writing prompts Filed under: cherylswritingprompt, Fantasy, flash fiction, short stories, writing, writing prompts

She listens. Blood thuds in her ears.

September 28, 2023 cheryl 3 Comments

Writing prompts this week courtesy of Katie Ward’s Girl Reading. The storm came quickly, wind battering rain against glass to…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, Writing prompts Filed under: cherylswritingprompt, flash fiction, short stories, writing, writing prompts

Angela takes a moment to weigh these words

September 25, 2023 cheryl 4 Comments

Prompts this week from Girl Reading by Katie Ward, randomly picked from the bookcase. This story is vaguely a continuation…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, Writing prompts Filed under: cherylswritingprompt, flash fiction, short stories, women's fiction, writing, writing prompts

Woman laughing: picture prompt

September 23, 2023 cheryl 3 Comments

The last of the picture prompts this week. Enjoy playing with this one. Bright colours, she’d said. Which had puzzled…

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Asian taxi in autumn forest: picture prompt

September 20, 2023 cheryl 2 Comments

Continuing with picture prompts this week, and another short one. Have a little fun with this contrasting image. She had…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, Writing prompts Filed under: cherylswritingprompt, Fantasy, flash fiction, short stories, women's fiction, writing

Girls in the rain: picture prompt

September 18, 2023 cheryl 3 Comments

Picture prompts this week and it’s nice to be back. Keeping it short and sweet for today, but getting the…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, Writing prompts Filed under: cherylswritingprompt, Fantasy, flash fiction, short stories, writing prompts

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