Tuesday, December 31, 2019
#Encore
As the Battle that started in the Valley of Megiddo spread to the rest of the planet and all human life was destroyed, the grey watchers spoke for the first time since the Big Bang. They turned to YHWH and said just two words, “Bravo! #encore”
Monday, December 30, 2019
#cocoon #Bio
#Cocooned in his brand new Range Rover Sport, warm, comfortable, whisper quiet, motorway almost free of traffic, everyone else fast asleep, Andy didn’t realise how fast he was going until it was too late. He never knew what hit him.
*based a true story that involved a Ford Sierra RS Cosworth and no crash
Sunday, December 29, 2019
#circus #Guru
On a rare trip into the world he heard the cry, “Run! The animals have escaped!”
Most ran, some helped one old guy just sat unconcerned, watching.
“Not my #circus, not my monkeys,” he shrugged.
“I like that, I can use that” thought the guru as he ran pursued by a bear.
*This is the fourth outing for the guru character
Can I call myself a writer yet?
Clearly it's been a while and yet the stats show that people have been viewing this page. I'm guessing it's because I've been a lot more active on Twitter recently as @J_D_Hathaway and there's a link in my bio. Partly that's been because of time off work due to illness and surgery and after my mum died and now for a nice long break at Christmas.
During this time I noticed that a few of the people I followed kept posting a hashtag #vss365. It took me a while to figure out what it was: a daily prompt word to get people to write a story within a single tweet. I followed for while longer and then started searching for the hashtag to see what other people had written and began to wonder if I could do it. I Googled(tm) vss365 and found this website https://vss365today.com/about that explained it and that there really were no rules. That definitely sounded like something I could have a go at.
I started on November 30th and since then haven't missed a day (I might in future). I've been looking forward to the daily prompt and although I struggled with some of them more than others it has been a joy trying to think of new things to say about "icicle" or "suave" that other people haven't already said. Some of them have been quite poor and some have had lots of people liking them - to me lots is 15 or 20. This new endeavour has also seen my twitter following grow from about 150, which took 10 years, to over 500 in the last month, which is almost unbelievable.
I've learned new words, had great interactions with #WritingCommunity, who are just some the the friendliest and most helpful people on Twitter, bought new books, had new books bought for me, enjoyed myself researching the meaning and etymology of words or the current maximum velocity of a spacecraft (67 kps after a gravity assist from the sun). Long may it continue.
P.S. If you want to have a look at just my #vss365 stuff this link https://twitter.com/search?q=(%23vss365)%20(from%3AJ_D_Hathaway)%20-filter%3Alinks%20-filter%3Areplies will do a search on Twitter I would love feedback on any of them, especially what I can do to improve. Who knows, one day I might have the guts to try writing some flash fiction or a short story.
During this time I noticed that a few of the people I followed kept posting a hashtag #vss365. It took me a while to figure out what it was: a daily prompt word to get people to write a story within a single tweet. I followed for while longer and then started searching for the hashtag to see what other people had written and began to wonder if I could do it. I Googled(tm) vss365 and found this website https://vss365today.com/about that explained it and that there really were no rules. That definitely sounded like something I could have a go at.
I started on November 30th and since then haven't missed a day (I might in future). I've been looking forward to the daily prompt and although I struggled with some of them more than others it has been a joy trying to think of new things to say about "icicle" or "suave" that other people haven't already said. Some of them have been quite poor and some have had lots of people liking them - to me lots is 15 or 20. This new endeavour has also seen my twitter following grow from about 150, which took 10 years, to over 500 in the last month, which is almost unbelievable.
I've learned new words, had great interactions with #WritingCommunity, who are just some the the friendliest and most helpful people on Twitter, bought new books, had new books bought for me, enjoyed myself researching the meaning and etymology of words or the current maximum velocity of a spacecraft (67 kps after a gravity assist from the sun). Long may it continue.
P.S. If you want to have a look at just my #vss365 stuff this link https://twitter.com/search?q=(%23vss365)%20(from%3AJ_D_Hathaway)%20-filter%3Alinks%20-filter%3Areplies will do a search on Twitter I would love feedback on any of them, especially what I can do to improve. Who knows, one day I might have the guts to try writing some flash fiction or a short story.
Saturday, December 28, 2019
#harmony #Space #Aliens
After 30 Jovian years the great mating murmuration ended. The #harmony of the dance over. Soon there would be babies.
On Earth, astronomers wondered why the Great Red Spot had disappeared
#vss365
The planets all spin the same way but Venus the other, different and yet a beautiful part of the #harmony of the spheres. Uranus, on the other hand is drunk. Is it because he’s the only Greek amidst the Romans?
The planets all spin the same way but Venus the other, different and yet a beautiful part of the #harmony of the spheres. Uranus, on the other hand is drunk. Is it because he’s the only Greek amidst the Romans?
Friday, December 27, 2019
Thursday, December 26, 2019
#find #Guru
“Teach me wise one. What must I do to #find myself?”
“Give your time, talents, your whole self in the service of others.” The guru watched sadly as the angry young man stomped away from the cave back down the mountain. "Why did they always think there was a quick fix?"
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