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Tuesday 31 March 2020
Thursday 26 March 2020
Well Deserved Praise for our Key Workers
As I stood on the doorstep waiting for eight,
I held my arms out straight.
Then, when the time was right,
I thanked the Key Workers for continuing the fight.
We residents cheered and clapped as loud as we could,
because we all understood.
They are fighting the battle for our kin;
and they will carry on until they win.
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Saturday 21 March 2020
An Extract from 'The Reluctant Father' free on Smashwords
Two hours passed with still no sign of
Sarah, and Graham was just about to leave when he saw her walk up the path with
Tony. Tony had his arm around her waist, and they were giggling. They looked
like they were having a great time which annoyed him. When Sarah turned the key
in the lock and Tony leaned in to kiss her, Graham had to jam his fist in his
mouth to stop himself from calling out. Then, when Sarah responded to Tony’s
kiss, Graham looked away. The situation was certainly testing his patience and
he didn’t know what was stopping him from getting out of the car and
confronting them both.
The kiss only lasted a few seconds and
Graham was pleased when Tony turned around and walked back down the path. But
anger filled every pore in his body and against his better judgement, once Tony
was out of sight he got out of his car, slammed the door behind him and raced
up to the house. He tried to kick the door open with his foot, but it was locked
and in frustration, he banged his fist on the door.
Who’s that? Sarah grumbled as she walked
back down the stairs holding Jack in her arms. ‘We’ll never get Jack off to
sleep with that noise.’
She passed Jack to her mother and
answered the door. She was surprised to see Graham standing there, but even
more surprised when he grabbed hold of her arm and dragged her into the front
room. Ellie tried to stop him, but she had Jack in her arms and couldn’t do
much, so she raced upstairs, placed Jack in his bed and rushed back down.
‘Get your hands of me!’ Sarah screamed,
and realising that he was hurting her Graham let go of her arm. Sarah could see
the concerned face of her mother as she stood in the doorway and she tried to
smile at her mother to reassure her that she was ok, but her arm was hurting
too much.
‘Can you see to Jack please mum,’ Sarah
said, as calmly as she could.
Her whole body was shaking now, and she
felt sick, but she was determined to keep her mother out of this.
‘I’ll be upstairs if you need me and If
you do anything to hurt her Graham, I’ll call the police. Do you understand!’ her
mother screamed.
Graham nodded and then gently pushed
Sarah onto the settee and sat down beside her. Ellie gave him a look that said
one wrong move and I’ll kill you myself and left, leaving the door slightly
ajar.
‘Are you sleeping with him?’
His face was almost touching hers now
and she could see the anger in his eyes. She could also see that his temper was
getting the better of him and was afraid of what he would do next. But despite
that, she managed to find some inner strength and said as calmly as she could, ‘Yes.’
‘Damn you’ he roared, as he pulled her
off the sofa and pinned her to the wall.
She was shaking violently now and felt
breathless under the weight of him. In that split second, all the pent-up anger
she had been repressing since he had split with her erupted and she whispered
sarcastically, ‘Every night.’
‘You’re lying,’ he scoffed.
Scared that his temper would get the
better of him he pushed her away and walked across the room to the window. He desperately
needed to put some distance between them.
Sarah’s body was shaking violently as a
feeling of nausea swept over her. She had never been so scared of anybody as
she had of Graham in that moment, and suddenly, her legs gave way from under
her and she collapsed into a heap on the floor. Despite being afraid, she
didn’t cry out. She hoped to god that her son hadn’t heard any of this.
Disheartened by the fact that his worst
nightmare had come true, Graham put his hands over his face and groaned. He
needed to get away from the house before he did something stupid. She hadn’t
even tried to hide the fact that they were sleeping together, and it hurt like
hell. When he felt calm enough to talk, he looked over to Sarah and was shocked
to see her lying on the floor sobbing. He raced over to her, praying to god
that he hadn’t done any permanent damage.
When Sarah felt Graham’s arms around
her, despite his previous behaviour she felt comforted and after a while, she
calmed down. Graham could feel her body shaking beneath him and he took his
coat off and covered her with it.
‘Are you scared?’ he whispered.
‘Not sure, but - but - I can’t stop
shaking,’ she finally managed to say.
‘Shock I should imagine. I behaved like
a bloody animal, didn’t I? ‘
‘I think I need a hot drink?’ she said,
trying to lighten the situation but failing miserably.
‘I’ll get you one.’
With that, Graham jumped up and walked towards
the door whilst Sarah gently pulled herself up on to the settee. Graham glanced
up the stairs as he passed through the hallway and was pleased to see that
Ellie wasn’t looking down at him.
Graham watched in silence as Sarah
slowly sipped the tea and was pleased when the colour started to return to her
cheeks. He was ashamed of himself. When it came to Sarah, he couldn’t seem to hide
his emotions, and it was making life difficult for him - and her. Some may have
called him possessive he thought, as he pulled a strand of hair away from her face.
After reassuring himself that she was back to her normal self, he moved off the
settee and on to the comfy chair opposite.
‘Do you love him?’
The fight had gone from him now, there
was nothing more she could say to hurt him… unless she answered yes.
Sarah looked over at him and said irritably,
‘I don’t know.’
She felt a little better now that he had
put some distance between them, and although she knew that it was the jealousy
talking, she didn’t like this side of him.
‘I fell in love once. Love isn’t all it’s
cracked up to be,’ she said, giving Graham an accusing look.
He knew that she was referring to him,
but he didn’t bite back. He dare not.
‘Some people don’t realise what they’ve
got until its gone,’ he said in his defence.
‘What do you want from me Graham?’
If he had something to say then he
should say it and say it quickly, because she really wanted him to leave. She
needed to feel safe again and she wouldn’t be able to feel secure until he had
left the house and she had bolted the door behind him. Not because she thought
he would hit her, but because she was afraid of her own feelings.
‘You!’ he whispered.
Sarah had been wanting to hear those
words for a long time, but now that she had, his words felt hollow.
‘And you still love me don’t you Graham?’
she said sarcastically.
She had been in this position before and
he had let her down, so what was stopping him from letting her down again.
Graham smiled, hoping that she would see the sincerity in his face, but she
remained calm, almost indifferent.
‘I’m serious… I love you.’ Graham said,
frustrated by her coldness.
‘You’ve got a nerve. First you attack me
for no reason and then you say you love me. Seriously Graham, you need help!’
‘Why don’t we start over?’ he said,
wishing he’d thought of the idea sooner.
Sarah looked at him and frowned.
‘Start over?’
Friday 20 March 2020
Handy Web Sites ( Primary )
Government Spellings for each
year
Great site for teaching phonics
and spellings
For free worksheets
For lessons and tests
Worksheets and lessons
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Great site for teaching phonics
and spellings
For free worksheets
For lessons and tests
Worksheets and lessons
Great sites for educational
games
Thursday 19 March 2020
Monday 16 March 2020
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Saturday 14 March 2020
Front Cover Designed and Painted by Dorset Artist Stephen George Williams
Sadly, I thought I had finished this book, but alas, I had to delete half the book and start that part again. I was going to bin it, but have decided to file it under a different name. You never know, I might be able to use some of it, in another time or place.
I gave myself a deadline for this Historical Novel, and now I'm six months overdue. lol
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Thursday 12 March 2020
Sunday 8 March 2020
Gone but not Forgotten
I have been working on my latest historical novel since last summer but sadly, I've realised, that after proofreading since forever, I am going to have to delete the last half of the book.
I have deleted scenes before, but not half a book. Sadly, there is no structure to it, the timeline is off,
and it's so disjointed, that it cannot be saved.
In fact, I should have done it a long time ago, but it's like saying goodbye to a much loved friend.
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Friday 6 March 2020
Wednesday 4 March 2020
An extract from ' A Callous Land' an eBook by Susan Williams
‘Are you sure you want to do
this?’
‘I’ve never been so certain and
judging by the look of the rest of my body, and the look of horror on the faces
of the men folk in the fort, I can guess what I look like. But thank you for
your concern and if you don’t mind, would you leave me alone for tonight and fetch
me in the morning.’
‘I don’t mind Isabella. I
understand. I’ll see you tomorrow.’
With that, Mary left the dark,
lonely shack and a little tear fell from her eye. She wanted to be there for
Isabella, but she knew, this was something Isabella was going to have to come
to terms with on her own. She hadn’t wanted to give her the mirror but had
given in when she saw the look of despair on Isabella’s face, and now she was
regretting it.
Isabella placed the mirror face
down on the bed and walked over to the dressing table and poured herself a
glass of sherry which she downed in one, and then another and then another,
until, she felt numb enough to face what was to come. She pulled her long brown
hair up off her face and fastened it with a clip that she had found on the
dressing table. Then she sat on the bed and picked the mirror up.
First, she looked at her
forehead, there were a few small scars but nothing serious and they didn’t
distract from her beauty. Then she looked at her eyes and nose. Her face didn’t
look as good as she’d hoped it would. One of her eyes had a huge scar that went
diagonally across her face and on the other eye, a huge fragment by the side of
her eye had been gouged out. Then she looked down at her lips, fortunately, if
you could call it that, there were just a few scars over the top of them. Then
she looked down at her neck. She had a large red scar around it.
There were no words that could
describe how she felt and as she put the mirror down on the bed, a stream of
tears escaped from her eyes. Silent, knowing tears that she had no control
over. But she felt no more pain than she already did. The black void within her
just filled up with more excruciating hollowness.
She’d endured everything that was
humanly possible and survived, and for that she knew she should be grateful,
but she wasn’t. She had no life and nothing to look forward to and now she
understood why Tyak, the first man she had ever loved, had been repulsed by her
and in that moment, she was no longer afraid, because death would be a welcome
release for her.
Sunday 1 March 2020
An Extract from my ebook, 'A Different Kind of Love' only £2.25 on Smashwords and Amazon
‘Mind
if I butt in?’
Taylor
turned around to see Lewis looking at him and said, ‘Give it all you’ve got
mate but don’t forget she’s with me.’
Then
he left them to it and as he returned to his seat, he looked around for
Catherine. She was sat at the bar glaring at Lewis and Jade and he smiled. She
was jealous, and she couldn’t hide it. He was tempted to go over to her, and
give her some choice words, but what was the point?’
‘How
are you?’ Lewis asked, as he twirled her around and caught her in his arms.
‘I
used to love it when you did that. Now, you look as if you’re trying too hard.’
‘What’s
that supposed to mean?’
‘I
thought we had a happy marriage, but I was never in control of my own life. Now
I’ve got a life of my own, I realise how much you brainwashed me.’
‘I
wish I hadn’t strayed and the more I see you with that bloke, the worse I feel.
I love you. Can’t
you forgive me?’
‘Your
words are falling on death ears. I have no feelings for you, whatsoever. I’m
only dancing with you to make that cow jealous. Look at her, she looks as if she
wants to hit me, or you?’
‘Please
forgive me Jade,’ Lewis said, as he stopped dancing, forcing her to stop too.
‘I
forgive you, there. Now get back to her before her head explodes. Oh yes,
thanks for firing me. I’m sure I’ll get another job without references.’
‘That
was her idea.’ Then hastily, he grabbed her arm and pulled her to him so that
his face was almost touching hers and said, ‘We were good together and you know
that. Tell me to my face that it’s not true.’
Taylor
rushed over, stood in front of her and said, ‘That’s not how to treat a woman.
Which is probably why you couldn’t keep her.’
That
was too much for Ian and he took a swipe at him, but Taylor dodged the blow and
turned around to go. He wasn’t a violent man and had no intention of making himself
look like an idiot.
Sadly,
Ian had other ideas, and grabbed hold of Taylor’s arm to stop him going and
Taylor turned around and smiled. Then to annoy Ian more he said, ‘I’m not a
violent man but I can hold my own, and I warn you, if you start something, I’ll
finish it.’
‘I
know your type, you think you can have any girl you like but you’ll not have
her, and I’m going to do my best to show her what a low life you are.’
‘Look
at yourself mate. I’m a lot of things, but I’ve never cheated on a girl in my
life. Before you start slagging me off, look over there.’
Ian
looked towards where he was pointing and knew he had lost the battle when
Catherine beckoned him over. Embarrassed, he started to walk over to her, but
not before looking Taylor in the eye and saying, ‘I’d keep my eyes open if I
were you. You never know who will creep up and bite you.’
‘Threats
now is it. Well, here’s one to think about. If I ever have cause to believe
that you, or a hired hand are out to get me, I’ll bloody kill you and don’t
think that’s a threat, it’s a promise.’
Ian
walked off and Taylor, shaking slightly, walked to the toilet. He didn’t want
Jade to see that he was troubled. His father had been a bully and he didn’t
want to follow in his footsteps if he could help it, but sometimes, more often
than he would have liked, he’d had to stand his ground.
When
Taylor walked up to Jade, she hugged him and said lovingly, ‘My Knight in
shining armour. How can I ever repay you?’
‘There’s
a warm bed at home, how does that sound?’
‘Sounds
perfect.’
Then,
she stood on her tip toes and kissed him hard on the lips and he responded
eagerly, then took her hand and led her out of the pub.
The
following morning, having had breakfast they were now sat outside on the patio
enjoying the sunshine.
‘I
hate to break it like this,’ Taylor said hesitantly. ‘I’d love to spend some
more time with you, but I’m off to the south of France for a month. I do this
every year. I need some time to paint, and there’s no distractions over there.’
‘When
do you get time to paint?’
‘I
usually paint in the evenings or at weekends but for some reason,’ he said,
winking at her. ‘I can’t seem to concentrate.’
‘I
understand, it’s cool. Besides, I’m going to need some time to get my business
up and running and I’ll be busy too. However, I’m going to miss you like
crazy.’
‘Same
here, do you want to show me how much?’
She
giggled and then said seriously, ‘I know we haven’t talked about it, but It
would make me sick to my stomach if you slept with someone else. I don’t suppose
you’re ready to remain faithful to me?’
‘I
can do that and the same goes for you. Now come on, we need to cement the
deal.’
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