Even when I have a big writing project underway, like Raven Mother: War, Family and Inheritance, I like to have some smaller writing projects on the boil. Short stories, flash fiction/non-fictions, book reviews, journaling, essays. They’re all fun, challenging and creatively nourishing.
Stories…underway
‘The Whole Life Story‘— A short story. With her messy hair and tattoos, Sasha suspected she was exactly the kind of woman the Colonel and his wife didn’t want to live next door to. Woke, feminist, left-wing, loonie. But then, they didn’t like anyone in the street.’
‘Making Barbie Clean Again’— a flash fiction. ‘Her voice was gravelly and warm like honey, smoked meat, and liquor. She had two girls when she moved in next door, seven and nine. They’d play in the paddle pool and on the swing and leave balls and their Barbies out in the rain and the sun. Legs askew, hair splayed out, half-dressed. I’d look out from our deck and want to rescue them. Straighten the dolls’ limbs, smooth their hair down, straighten the skirt or the shorts.’