Historical Fun

It was a nice day today. Well, the sun was out and the gale force winds had subsided, which is all you can ask for around these parts. I was out in the back garden, let's say, erm, getting some fresh air, between the puffs of toxic fumes that seemed to appear in front of my face at random intervals. So, just relaxing when ... a huge, ginormous, extremely large, massive mutant bumblebee attacked me. It lunged for my face. I backed away. It lunged again. I ducked to the side. It swiped my neck and circled for another pass. This bee was serious. It wanted me dead. I had to get away. Run! Run as fast as I could to the safety of the house. The bee soared into the sky. It was coming around for another pass. It passed in front of the sun. The entire garden went dark. That bumblebee was massive. Think Godzilla with wings and an annoying buzzing sound that gets worse the more you hear it. Kinda like Miley Cyrus. The bee roared. The ground shook. It reached its apex, ...

On this day: In 1477 Margery Brews sent the oldest know Valentine's message to her fiancé, John Paston http:// news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/642175 .stm   … Happy Valentine's Day everyone. Roses are red. Violets are not. That is all.

Thought it was about time I updated my blog. And today's post is about a writing contest I entered on Janet Reid's blog last week. Or the week before. Not really sure, as I seem to have lost track of days. Find Janet's blog here:  http://jetreidliterary.blogspot.co.uk/  and if you don't all ready follow her, then you should. She is an awesome agent and gives out brilliant advice. Anyways, the contest was simple, write a 100 word story which included a lost phone. Yep, very simple. Below is the entry I submitted, and I even got a special mention from Sharky. The second time that's happened, so it made me very happy. He was dead. Jack tensed every muscle in his body and waited for the impact. The black bonnet of the car hurtled towards him, a blur against the intense sun behind. Tyres screeched. People screamed from the pavement. A smell of burnt rubber filled the air. "You’re mine, Jack." A voice cut through the chaos. Not from the onlookers watching ...

T'was the night before Christmas When all through the house Not a creature was stirring Except for that man-eating lion! It's coming to eat me! Someone save me. Please. Arrrghhhhhhhhhhh.

I was going to barf. Not because I was nervous about spending the summer at camp, but because Dad was driving like a man possessed. The speed was excessive as we drove down the motorway, but now we had hit the country roads, it was terrifying. The roads were narrow, lined with trees, and he took the bends like a Formula One driver chasing a victory. Dad was normally a very cautious driver and always obeyed the speed limits. If he didn’t, Mum would insist in her most insistent voice, which always worked. It was chilling to the bone. Yet no noise came from the passenger seat. Mum just stared out the window, silently willing Dad to go faster. At least that’s how it appeared. If I were a suspicious kid, I’d think they were overly keen on getting rid of me for six weeks. Dad yanked the steering wheel to the right. The car veered around the corner and, for a moment, I really thought we had lifted onto two wheels. “Dad, can you take it easy. I’m feeling--” “We have to get to th...

After some advice from a sharky-toothed literary agent, I decided to redesign my blog. Since I have no idea about design, colour schemes and whatnot, it's up to you guys who read this to tell me if it's okay or not. Now I'm going to have to come up with some stuff to blog about over Christmas. Hmm, that can't be too hard, can it?