Ross's Writing Blog

A Year 3 class was looking at their Family Tree. It made me think about family and links through time. Most of us have a relative keen to find more. For me, it was a cousin who traced sometimes t...

https://rossmannell.com/2014/03/26/100wcgu-wk126-prompt-family-100-words-family-forest/

Spike spent his days doing what must be done to survive. He was luckier than most. He had room, board and food included. All he was required to do was amuse visitors who stopped by. Life seemed g...

https://rossmannell.com/2014/03/02/100wcgu-wk123-prompt-but-surely-it-is-pointless-105-words-spike/

Mandu saw spirit life in everything around him. He’d been well trained in the way of his people. His people trusted his wisdom and the power brought to him by his ancestors. When he recounted a...

https://rossmannell.com/2014/02/21/100wcgu-wk122-prompt-the-blackness-enveloped-me-100-words-mandu/

Mirrin thought to herself, “Nothing can go wrong.” This was to be her first catwalk appearance. She felt confident. She was an expert at “the walk”. Music started. A voice was heard. Move...

https://rossmannell.com/2014/02/16/100wcgu-wk121-prompt-on-the-cat-walk-100-words-mirrin/

“Windows!” toddler screamed. Mother thought Finn excited by his reflection but saw fear in his face. As Finn grew, he was often lost in thought when staring at the windows. “Mumma…” Fin...

https://rossmannell.com/2014/02/05/100wcgu-wk120-photo-prompt-100-words-visions/

The end of day. I sit in comfort, the day nearly done. Tick… Have I dozed? Tock… Silence broken by a moment in time. Tick… A cup of tea nearby, untouched. Tock… Am I dreaming? Tick… The...

https://rossmannell.com/2014/01/29/100wcgu-wk119-prompt-whenever-i-hear-it-i-think-of-you-106-words-clock/

“…tea, coffee, hot chocolate or…” words so often heard in my small café. For some, it’s an excuse to take a break and think their thoughts. For others, talking with friends. Some want ...

https://rossmannell.com/2014/01/14/100wcgu-wk117-prompt-tea-coffee-hot-chocolate-or-105-words-ear/

Michael was a typical curious four year old. He had the wide-eyed amazement we all had at seeing something new. He was studying the way a toilet flushes. “Where does the water go?” “Down th...

https://rossmannell.com/2014/01/14/100wcgu-wk116-prompt-but-where-does-the-water-go-106-words-flush/

“Buy a poppy for Remembrance Day?” I handed over the money and clipped the poppy on my jacket yet I needed no reminder. It was a day always important for my father, one he honoured in memory ...

https://rossmannell.com/2013/11/18/100wcgu-wk113-prompt-photo-100-words-eternal/

Crazy George they called him. His strange ideas made him seem so, his latest just another example. “There’s an Einstein-Rosen bridge* in the pond,” he claimed. Everybody laughed. There wasn...

https://rossmannell.com/2013/11/10/100wcgu-wk112-prompt-photo-100-words-tangential-thinking/