Hi guys! This is day 4 of my Cranberries Tribute. I hope there will be a day 5 tomorrow, as my throat was a bit sore today. Anyway. Today I picked Dreams. It was originally released as the Cranberries'

The gallant Sir Muxxy started the tradition of IANS quite a while ago, and it took off like... well... like something that takes off very enthusiastically. Yes. That's it. How could it not? We all remember

Just My Imagination has always been one of the Cranberries songs that never fails to put a smile on my face. It just sounds hopeful to me, and fun. It was the third single from their fourth album, Bury

Welcome to Day 2 of my Cranberries Tribute series. Today’s song is Linger. It was the second single The Cranberries launched and it was featured on their album debut album Everybody Else Is Doing It, So

I've always been a huge, huge fan of the Cranberries. Ever since I was 12 or something and saw Dolores O'Riordan covered in gold paint and that iconic gold dress and headdress and singing that iconic song.

One of the biggest challenges in writing fiction, in my opinion, is the interaction of our characters. How do we portray them? They need to come alive for the reader. They need to be believable. Dialogue

Oh My God. Do you have any idea how many times a day those words are uttered? But how many of us say it without thinking about it? It's become "the thing to say" when you're amazed. When you're

I'm back with another entry for @killerwhale's addictive karaoke contest. I did myself no favours this week, and I hope the result won't hurt anyone's ears. I decided to go for Valerie by Amy Winehouse.

“Lucy! Stop!” Haar gil achtervolgt me wanneer ik de weg op ren. Een auto komt recht op ons af en ik moet haar beschermen. Ik duik in elkaar en staar hem recht in de ogen terwijl Lizzie achter me aan rent.

A few weeks ago, we discovered Scribes and Scribblers. Another writers' server on Discord. It was like discovering an alternate universe--mind-boggling. People from over there came to us, and vice versa.

There’s a little thing I’d like to discuss with all of you. We’ve all been guilty of it at some point. Maybe someone pointed it out to us afterwards. Maybe we discovered it ourselves. Who knows how many

So, twenty days ago, I came across this introduction post, by a self-professed wallflower. Speedy lent me the use of this photo, since both posts didn't have images. Introductions are not my strong point.

The Amazing What Now? The amazing Blockheads, of course. This contest first saw the light as The Amazing Fictioneers, on December 15th. Since then, some changes have been implemented over at The Writers’

Another week of @KillerWhale’s Karaoke contest. This week, I decided on an evergreen. The vocal range was not that scary, but the fact that it is an Elvis song, and everyone knows it, makes this one hard

A hand grabs my neck, pulling me away from my siblings--away from the warmth and safety at my mother’s belly. I want to keep drinking and I latch onto a nipple but the hand is too strong. It belongs to

As a writer, we want nothing more than for our work to be seen, read, appreciated. Right? Right. A lot of us write in English, even if it is not our native language. When you’re like me and your native

OK, here is this week's entry to @killerwhale's wonderful weekly karaoke contest. I again chose to sing a song from a European artist. I've always had a thing for David Bowie, and it was about time I braved

Last Saturday, December 23rd was the closing date of my first ever contest, Reflections #1. It was a contest meant for mixed media and people could either fly solo or enter as a team, where one partner

Do You See What I See? I’ve always had a very deep love for language, especially the written word, in all its forms. I’ve been reading for as long as I can remember. I mostly loved the stories that put

Hi everyone This is my entry for this week's edition of @KillerWhale's Karaoke Contest. I felt a lot better this week, and so I braved a challenging song. It's not the style I typically go for. It's a