Remember me like this by Bret Anthony Johnson. Reading this for my work’s book club. It’s a beautifully written and observed book. Slow yet dramatic and very moving. A book about parenting and how everybody loses when a child is abducted and returned some years later. It’s a sad book about family and how children […]

Writing prompts Usually we write (Me and Simy!) for five minutes on a prompt but this evening we are looking back on our past prompt writing and choosing any one piece and developing it further for ten minutes. Enjoyed this second draft.. . . . . #writingprompt #writersofinstagram #redraft #broadchurch #fiveMinutePrompt #fiveminutewriting #creativeWriting #justWrite #goOn […]

FILM alert this evening! 45 years is the film based in possibly my favourite short story by the never boring David Constantine. The short story is called In another country and is a teary few pages long. The film is also teary, moving and as good as the original story. . . . . #davidconstantine […]

Saw this last night in @visualgallery_carlow. It was excellent. Two actors took to the stage for nearly two hours and held our attention completely. The screenplay was adapted into a film of same name with Julie Watson and Michael Caine. Well worth a view for a vintage classic. This play is screening for two more […]

Let It snow, a snow short story by David Sedaris for #worldbookday and #snowDay You’ll find this on the New Yorker at https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/12/22/let-it-snow/amp #stormemma #beastFromTheEast #reading #whatiamreading #shortstory #newyorkerfiction #fiction #rozzie #tenMinRead

99 stories of God by Joy Williams. Plus her collection, the visiting privilege. She is v cool and difficult to get but willeabe you thinking and never come to a conclusion. #joywilliams #shortstory #reading #writing #fiction #rozzie

Reading The spot, David Mean’s short fiction collection. There’s a powerful story in here called The Spot. #davidMeans #whatiamreading #reading #writing #books #theSpot #shortstory #shortFiction #itsTheWeekend #faber #rozzie

Reading the first story in this collection by Annie Proux this evening. Brokeback Mountain is a set of stories set in Wyoming, USA. #iamreading #shortstory #annieProux #rozzie #bedtimeReading #brokebackMountain

Five minute writing prompt. An oldie but a goodie of a writing prompt. Go to any newspaper and choose first headline you see. Write for #fiveminuteprompt on any aspect of that headline. See where it goes. Do it again tomorrow and tomorrow. #writingprompt #writing #reading #rozzie

Bridport Prize for poetry, short story, first novel and flash fiction is open now until 31st May. Get revising! #rozzie #writing #writingcompetition #writingsubmissions