Category Archives: Writing

Time and Memory: Part 2

Posted on February 24, 2022 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Part 1 is here. where I asked : In remembering, I too am overcoming the dimensions of time and space but do I have any interaction with the places I travel to or are those memories just visions of the … Continue reading →

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Time and Memory – Part 1

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Have you ever thought of yourself as a time traveller? I believe we are all time travellers to some extent or another. The sand drifts into darkness. The sea beyond crashes invisibly. I stand on the boardwalk of the beach … Continue reading →

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Creative Block

Posted on February 3, 2022 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

This post should have come out yesterday but my head refused to deliver. I had not one creative thought to be found. Indeed I had no thought at all. Where could I get my inspiration from. I half heartedly looked … Continue reading →

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Publishing Your Blog the Easy Way

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Okay, so it’s only a blog but you know the time and the effort you put into it and you don’t want to lose the body of work held within your sites’ pages. Perhaps you have been travelling and your … Continue reading →

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Passion and Creativity

Posted on January 17, 2022 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Have you worked out what leads your creative spirit? Do you have to work at being creative or does it just happen? I am sure it is different for everyone and I’d love to know how your creations happen. This … Continue reading →

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Collecting Autographs

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Did you have an autograph book? I know I did when I was in high school and particularly in our last year we busily collected the pearls of wisdom, seldom original, from our friends and classmates. Many of them were … Continue reading →

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Selfish to the end: 99 Word Flash Fiction

Posted on May 20, 2020 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Seeing the steep drops close to the edge of the winding road my body tensed and my heart started to thump as though I’d just run a marathon. The now snake-like dirt road , punctuated with tight hairpin bends that … Continue reading →

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“The Inaugural Meeting of Fairvale Ladies Book Club” – A Book Review and just a tad of jealousy

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

A long time friend gave me The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Bookclub  by Sophie Green for my birthday with a little trepidation. She knows I read a lot and was worried it may not have been a book … Continue reading →

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A New Start: Fiction for the New Year

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

The shaft of light penetrated into the blue depths of the water below the man floating aimlessly, limbs spread to form the letter X. The water was warm. Bathtub warm. The amount of salt made floating an effortless pastime. Looking … Continue reading →

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Times Past: What is Memoir

Posted on August 11, 2018 by Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Originally posted on Carrot Ranch Literary Community:
By Irene Waters I started off this series for Charli saying that I had already written about what memoir is and at the time I chose not to repeat it. However, in summing…

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