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- 08:06, 14 August 2017 Café Doom (hist) [727 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Café Doom''' is a writing forum specifically devoted to horror and speculative fiction that can be found [http://www.cafedoom.com/forum/index.php? here]. It's run by Ed De...")
- 23:15, 13 August 2017 The Write Idea (hist) [1,444 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''The Write Idea'' is a writing forum that can be found [http://www.helenwhittaker.net/phpBB2/ here]. It was started up by Helen Whittaker (as she was then) and is now run by...")
- 23:09, 13 August 2017 SlingInk (hist) [1,092 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''SlingInk'' was a writing forum that finally closed its doors in 2011. It was a very friendly place, with its own personality but considerable overlap of members with other f...")
- 23:00, 13 August 2017 Postscript (hist) [159 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Postscript''' was written especially for ''Love and Loss and Other Important Stuff'' as the opposite bookend to ''Author's Note''.")
- 22:57, 13 August 2017 Love and Loss, Swedish Style (hist) [1,214 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Love and Loss, Swedish Style''' was originally written for a charity writeathon on the long-lost ''Grail'' writing forum. There may have been a prompt or...")
- 22:51, 13 August 2017 Tasty Teresa (hist) [598 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Tasty Teresa''' was written for no other reason than to amuse myself. I'd got the couplet about ''finding Teresa in <someone's> freezer / in convenient fa...")
- 22:26, 13 August 2017 All the Best Tunes (hist) [381 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''All the Best Tunes''' was originally written for ''Café Doom Flash Challenge'' number 149, in February 2009, in response to the prompt word ''music''...")
- 22:21, 13 August 2017 Exquisite Torture (hist) [356 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Exquisite Torture''' was originally written for ''Café Doom Flash Challenge'' number 150, in February 2009, in response to the prompt word ''prisoner...")
- 22:19, 13 August 2017 Professionalism (hist) [356 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Professionalism''' was originally written for ''Café Doom Flash Challenge'' number 151, in February 2009, in response to the prompt word ''silence''....")
- 22:16, 13 August 2017 Instinctive Behaviour (hist) [355 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Instinctive Behaviour''' was originally written for ''Café Doom Flash Challenge'' number 152, in February 2009, in response to the prompt word ''rat'...")
- 23:16, 12 August 2017 Grey Goo (hist) [970 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Grey Goo''' started life as a 130-character entry for ''[http://www.txtlit.co.uk txtlit]''. Unfortunately, I have no record of what the theme was. I then...")
- 22:52, 12 August 2017 Karl Ove Knausgaard is a Responsible Beekeeper, or My Struggle (to Find a Word That Rhymes) (hist) [1,334 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Karl Ove Knausgaard is a Responsible Beekeeper, or My Struggle (to Find a Word That Rhymes)''' was written because [http://www.hiveminding.co.uk I keep be...")
- 22:38, 12 August 2017 School Uniform (hist) [423 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''School Uniform''' was written for a 1995 poetry competition in ''[https://www.writers-online.co.uk Writing Magazine]''. The subject was "humorous verse"....")
- 22:31, 12 August 2017 Between the Lines (hist) [719 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Between the Lines''' was written for a 2007 poetry competition in ''[https://www.writers-online.co.uk Writing Magazine]''. I can't remember the exact subj...")
- 22:25, 12 August 2017 Dog Star (hist) [535 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Dog Star''' was written for a 2007 poetry competition in ''[https://www.writers-online.co.uk Writing Magazine]''.. I can't remember the exact subject, but...")
- 16:35, 11 August 2017 Paradise Found Wanting (hist) [421 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Paradise Found Wanting''' was originally written for Round Six of the 2013 ''Not the Whittaker Prize''. I have no idea what the prompt was, or indeed...")
- 15:10, 11 August 2017 A Short History of the Cold War (hist) [802 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''A Short History of the Cold War''' was originally written for Round Four of the 2013 ''Not the Whittaker Prize''. I have no idea what the prompt was,...")
- 14:45, 11 August 2017 Seven Day Wonder (hist) [996 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== ''Seven Day Wonder''' was originally written for Round One of the 2012 ''Whittaker Prize''. The prompt used was "Genesis". It was given a score of 85/100...")
- 14:34, 11 August 2017 Moving On (hist) [1,124 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Moving On''' was originally written for Round Nine of the 2009 ''Whittaker Prize''. The prompt used was a video (no idea which one). It was given a sc...")
- 14:26, 11 August 2017 The Muse and the Mojo (hist) [469 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''The Muse and the Mojo''' was originally written for Round Seven of the 2009 ''Whittaker Prize''. The prompts used were a video (no idea which one) and...")
- 14:21, 11 August 2017 Imitation of a Suicide (hist) [468 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Imitation of a Suicide''' was originally written for Round Five of the 2009 ''Whittaker Prize''. The prompt used was a picture (possibly [https://en.w...")
- 14:13, 11 August 2017 Incursion (hist) [384 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Incursion''' was originally written for Round Two of the 2009 ''Whittaker Prize''. The prompt used was a word, although I have no recollection which o...")
- 14:10, 11 August 2017 Spanish Echoes (hist) [626 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Spanish Echoes''' was originally written for Round One of the 2009 ''Whittaker Prize''. The prompt used was a song, although I have no recollection wh...")
- 13:49, 11 August 2017 7/8 (hist) [813 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''7/8''' was originally written for Round Eight of the 2010 ''Whittaker Prize''. The prompt used was a picture (no idea what of - maybe a spider?). It w...")
- 13:40, 11 August 2017 Dali's Moustache (hist) [794 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Dalis' Moustache''' was originally written for Round Seven of the 2010 ''Whittaker Prize''. The prompt used was a picture (possibly Dali, possibly a m...")
- 13:17, 11 August 2017 I Suppose We All Thought That, One Way or Another (hist) [1,238 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''I Suppose We All Thought That, One Way or Another''' was originally written for Round Three of the 2010 ''Whittaker Prize''. The prompt used was "don'...")
- 13:14, 11 August 2017 Rock Bottom (hist) [1,117 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Rock Bottom''' was originally written for Round Two of the 2010 ''Whittaker Prize''. The prompt used was "Unbeknownst to me, I can't hear a damn thing...")
- 12:43, 11 August 2017 Cyprus Delight (hist) [642 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Cyprus Delight''' was originally written for Round One of the 2009 ''TWIWrite Zone'' competition held on ''The Write Idea'' forum. I have no recol...")
- 12:26, 11 August 2017 Parable (hist) [342 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Parable''' was originally written for Round One of the 2013 ''TWIWrite Zone'' competition held on ''The Write Idea'' forum. I have no recollection...")
- 10:45, 11 August 2017 Feral (hist) [698 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Feral''' was originally written for the 2009 ''STIRRED POeTS'' competition held on ''The Write Idea'' forum. I have no recollection of what the pr...")
- 10:41, 11 August 2017 In Giza (hist) [733 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''In Giza''' was originally written for the 2009 ''STIRRED POeTS'' competition held on ''The Write Idea'' forum. I have no recollection of what the...")
- 10:32, 11 August 2017 Dissonant Love Song (hist) [555 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Dissonant Love Song #2''' was originally written for the 2009 ''STIRRED POeTS'' competition held on ''The Write Idea'' forum. I have no recollecti...")
- 10:27, 11 August 2017 Bloody Italians (hist) [1,015 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Bloody Italians''' was originally written for the 2010 ''STIRRED POeTS'' competition held on ''The Write Idea'' forum. I have no recollection of w...")
- 10:20, 11 August 2017 A Lover's Alphabet (hist) [609 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''A Lover's Alphabet''' was originally written for the 2011 ''STIRRED POeTS'' competition held on ''The Write Idea'' forum. I think the prompt was p...")
- 10:16, 11 August 2017 Cartoon Characterisation (hist) [381 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Cartoon Characterisation''' was originally written for the 2011 ''STIRRED POeTS'' competition held on ''The Write Idea'' forum. I have no record o...")
- 10:11, 11 August 2017 Lines from an Ape (hist) [425 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Lines from an Ape''' was originally written for the 2014 STIRRED POeTS competition held on The Write Idea forum. I have no record of what the prompt was,...")
- 23:08, 10 August 2017 Back to School (hist) [747 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Back to School''' started life under the title "Time Out" as an entry into the monthly ''Dorrie's Challenge'' on the ''Slingink'' writing forum, i...")
- 22:54, 10 August 2017 Conundrums (hist) [423 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Conundrums''' started life as an entry into the monthly ''Dorrie's Challenge'' on the ''Slingink'' writing forum, in October 2009. The prompt that...")
- 22:50, 10 August 2017 Zombie Bride (hist) [488 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Zombie Bride''' started life as an entry into the monthly ''Dorrie's Challenge'' on the ''Slingink'' writing forum, in April 2009. The prompt that...")
- 22:45, 10 August 2017 Mid-Life Crisis (hist) [593 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Mid-Life Crisis''' started life as an entry into the monthly ''Dorrie's Challenge'' on the ''Slingink'' writing forum, in January 2009. The prompt...")
- 20:19, 10 August 2017 The Orange Girl and the Philosopher (hist) [1,037 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''The Orange Girl and the Philosopher''' started life as an entry into the monthly ''Dorrie's Challenge'' on the ''Slingink'' writing forum, in Nove...")
- 19:55, 10 August 2017 Pants Outside Trousers, Big Letter H on T Shirt, Here to Save the World (hist) [1,260 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Pants Outside Trousers, Big Letter H on T Shirt, Here to Save the World''' started life as an entry into the monthly ''Dorrie's Challenge'' on the ''[...")
- 15:57, 10 August 2017 This is Just to be Meta (hist) [1,374 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== As far as I can tell, I wrote ''This is Just to be Meta'' on a whim, rather than for any prompt. Anyway, the idea was to create a pastiche of [https://en.wik...")
- 15:35, 10 August 2017 Lost for Words (hist) [893 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Lost for Words''' was originally written for Task Two of the 2010 ''Slingink Scribbling Slam''. The prompt used was "What if you lost the ability to w...")
- 14:05, 10 August 2017 Love and Loss and Other Important Stuff (hist) [1,451 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Love and Loss and Other Important Stuff''' was always going to be the title of my first poetry collection. It originally derived from the poem ''Love and Loss, Swedish St...")
- 13:02, 10 August 2017 Author's Note (hist) [1,184 bytes] Jonathan (talk | contribs) (Created page with "===Inspiration=== '''Author's Note''' arose from a warning I used to give when I read poetry at the ''[http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/guide/ritz-acoustic-club.php Ritz Acoustic...")
