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This morning I completed the first draft of Write Here, Write Now. Woohoo! 
          
          That's 100 writing prompts in total, when they are all posted here. Currently, there are 40 up for you to look through. I hope you will find one or two to inspire you to write.
          
          If you try your hand at any of them, please do let me know!
          
          Take care, and have a wonderful rest of the week,
          
          Sammi xxx
          
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/412693550?utm_source=android&utm_medium=link&utm_content=share_writing&wp_page=create&wp_uname=sammiscribbles

We are now up to 25 prompts in my writing prompt and inspiration book, Write Here, Write Now.
          
          I hope you enjoy them. If you have a go at any, please let me know!
          
          Have a wonderful week,
          
          Sammi xxx
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/412693550-write-here-write-now

The next 5 prompts in my writing prompt and inspiration book, Write Here, Write Now, are up.
          
          I hope you enjoy them!
          
          Have a wonderful weekend!
          
          Sammi xxx
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/412693550-write-here-write-now

Hi all,
          
          I've just started uploading a writing prompts and challenges book called Write Here, Write Now.
          
          The first 5 prompts are up. Let me know if you have a go with any of them!
          
          Have a wonderful rest of the week!
          
          Sammi xx
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/412693550-write-here-write-now

Who else is excited for ONC 2026? It's one of my favourite writing challenges of the year...

I've added a new chapter to my collection of short stories, inspired by Short Story's latest drabble prompts.
          
          The drabble, A Very Simple Choice, is a sci-fi vignette, and was a fun write. I'm looking forward to expanding it as part of one of my current WIPs.
          
          If you have a read of it, I hope you enjoy it!
          
          Have a wonderful rest of the week!
          
          Sammi x
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/162892521?utm_source=android&utm_medium=link&utm_content=share_reading&wp_page=reading&wp_uname=sammiscribbles

Happy New Year!
          
          Wishing you all the best for 2026!
          
          Do you have any writing or reading goals for 2026? Or maybe a writing-focused New Year's resolution or two?
          
           I'm still thinking mine through in an attempt not to be overly ambitious and instead aim for goals that are achievable without burdening myself with crazy amounts of stress and anxiety...
          
          Sending you the brightest of blessings, 
          
          Take care,
          
          Sammi x 

A couple of nice surprises this morning...
          
          Fantasy have added my novella from ONC 2024 to their Urban Fantasy reading list. Yay! Thank you so much for selecting it. You can find The Midnight Moon here, if you're interested:
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/361926445-the-midnight-moon-onc-2024
          
          And, one of my responses to a Fantasy question of the week has been added to their most recent newsletter, for which I'm ever so pleased. If you follow me over on my blog, you will know how much Tolkien's writing means to me as both as a reader and a writer, so my answer to the question wouldn't surprise anyone at all. What might be surprising is that I didn't write an essay in the Fantasy's profile comment section ;-)
          
          So the question:
          
          Which fantasy author’s writing style resonates with you the most, and what do you enjoy about it?
          
          And my answer:
          
          Tolkien. Definitely Tolkien. Not only does his writing resonate with me as a reader but he has influenced my writing too. I love how landscape, and the interaction of landscape and people, features prominently in his stories, whether that's in terms of historical echoes, current experience, or simply the amazing geography of Middle Earth.
          
          Thanks again to the Fantasy profile. They've made my weekend 

Wow. My latest piece of writing, The House in the Woods, has been published for 12 hours and it has already had 7 spam / scam comments. Wonderful! My own personal record. (Can you detect the sarcasm in my words?)
          
          Not that any spammers / scammers are likely to read this comment - they don't even read what they claim to  be "great writing" and "great storytelling", but I will, and I do, delete all comments of this ilk. If it doesn't look like a genuine comment, I don't want it on my work.
          
          

I might be leaving it a little late, but I've just posted a new piece of flash fiction, and entered it into the Shortys 2025...
          
          The House In The Woods is a just-shy-of 2000 words prequel to The Demon of the Woods, my entry for this year's ONC, and it tells the story of Fern and her demon in the months leading up to the events in the novella.
          
          I really enjoyed writing it, and after a few months away from the story, I'm eager to get back to it.
          
          If you have a read of it, I hope you enjoy it!
          
          Have a great week!
          
          Sammi x
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/402259760-the-house-in-the-woods