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Monthly Archives: July 2012

how my heart cries

July 31, 2012by Vanessa Matthews 29 Comments

my head is an empty cabinet the files now tossed to floor an alphabet of me and us all gone, there’s nothing more my lion heart once beating with pointed […]

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Poetry

10 Ways to Lose Weight and other such nonsense…

July 30, 2012by Vanessa Matthews 3 Comments

      So, I was wiping a blob of clotted cream off my laptop keyboard this morning when I stumbled across a junk email inviting me to discover 10 ways […]

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Food Features, Lifestyle Features

Picture Prompt – ‘Last Words’ Creative Inspiration

July 28, 2012by Vanessa Matthews 3 Comments

It’s been a little while since I posted any writing prompts, so I thought that I would offer some food for thought today.  I was struck by this picture when […]

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Fiction, Inspiration, Poetry, Writing Prompts

Interview with Tom Chalmers, Legend Press

July 26, 2012by Vanessa Matthews Leave a comment

      This month I decided to go behind the scenes of UK publishers Legend Press to find out more about the impact of the changing publishing scene, common […]

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Author Interviews, Uncategorized

Family Time

July 21, 2012by Vanessa Matthews 31 Comments

                          Next to us are two families, local faces neighbors stretched on beach towels   One family a […]

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Poetry, Uncategorized

Competition Entry Unveiled – Always Fixed on You

July 18, 2012by Vanessa Matthews 11 Comments

The following poem was written for a horror poetry competition I entered as part of my recent 30 day writing challenge.  Honestly I don’t even know if it counts as […]

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30/30/30 Challenge Updates, Life After 30/30/30, Poetry

~ me time

July 17, 2012by Vanessa Matthews 39 Comments

sucked back in to the drum of the washer my words neatly folded into crisp edges and hospital corners before being tucked into my back pocket with only day old […]

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Poetry, Uncategorized

Not just another year ~

July 10, 2012by Vanessa Matthews 18 Comments

                    They say if it comes in like a lion it goes out like a lamb but I guess that depends […]

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Poetry, Uncategorized

And so the raindrops…

July 7, 2012by Vanessa Matthews 50 Comments

                                        The purity of rain and all it’s cleansing possibilities rolls […]

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Poetry, Uncategorized

Let’s get physical!

July 7, 2012by Vanessa Matthews Leave a comment

Source: google.com via Cindy on Pinterest     This is 2012, the year of the Olympian and surely there’s never been a better time to enjoy sport?  Well that depends […]

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