Those who follow my twitter account will know that I take part in the weekly hashtag game #1lineWed where writers share lines from their stories based around an optional theme picked by @RWAKissofDeath. On 5th October the theme was Over and I played along as usual with sixteen entries. Mixed in among these tweets were these two from my story Peppermint:
Dusk has come early to the inside of the house. Shadows rule over every surface. #1linewed https://t.co/Qv9AgBaV2o
— Stephen Shirres (@The_Red_Fleece) October 5, 2016
“Come on.” He vaults over the fence & up the path. The stones are being reclaimed by dirt and weeds. #1linewed https://t.co/Qv9AgBswqY
— Stephen Shirres (@The_Red_Fleece) October 5, 2016
Rightly or wrongly I’ve never been a huge fan of my story Peppermint for the reasons I detail in my Author’s Notes article about the tale. Below the break you’ll see how these two tweets helped me re-evaluated my thoughts on the story.
Peppermint