A poem inspired by Elizabeth Gaskell's 'North and South' South to North Edith buttoned up her dress, And sat upon her silly mess, Calling out to ‘Dear Ma Mere’; The fanciful call of a love-not-shared. And my dear Aunt did answer the call. My cousin following in her lovely shawl. Plain at sight was dear… Continue reading South to North: The Life of Little Miss. Hale
Author: theliteraryonion
Trained as a chef, and with an English and Creative Writing Degree, there are no two things I am more passionate about than words and food (apart from maybe my dogs and family).
Follow along as I blend both together with as much skill as I have been taught and as much creativity as I can muster. Love to read? Try my serial stories, short stories and poetry. Love to cook? Have fun with my recipes and lessons. And if you love both? Read everything, and I hope you enjoy as much as I do.
Writing and Why Mistakes Can Be A Good Thing
I know. It seems like a weird choice for a topic. How could a mistake be a good thing? We spend hours, days, months (years, in my case) editing or writing. We fix the spelling, wording, syntax. We re-write whole sections of work to show our writing at its very best. But, hear me… Continue reading Writing and Why Mistakes Can Be A Good Thing
Mental Health and Writing (An Anxiety Meltdown)
It’s New Year again, everybody. Give yourself a round of applause. We made it. We can tell our descendants that we saw a repeated-number year; we got to see all the silly ‘seeing 2020’ jokes that were/are going around. We did it. With New Year comes the old adage, the resolution inspired phrase ‘New… Continue reading Mental Health and Writing (An Anxiety Meltdown)
The Street Crawlers: The Soldiers of Hell
Daisy was running down the corridors. They were practically empty, though before they’d been full of screaming, panicking agents. She was panting hard as she ran. She wasn’t the most athletic of the soldiers and ever since she had joined the artillery division she hadn’t needed to train as much. Right now she regretted avoiding… Continue reading The Street Crawlers: The Soldiers of Hell
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