Pennies From Heaven

Um's Scrolls #872 Um the Wood Elf Druid came to Neverwinter Forest to study the land and understand its mysteries. Throughout the forest are caches of her scrolls, noting her findings. #IvyIsLost #UmsScrolls #blog

Title: Um’s ScrollsEntry: 872Category: Inner MonologueWord Count: 1,339Author’s Notes: Um is my Wood Elf Druid character. She has lived alone so long she has forgotten her own name and does not care to remember it. She likes trees.Music: FF9 Feels Entry #872 I found that mushroom again. The one that gives you really bad leg cramp when ingested. It is a larger species, nutty brown in colour with…

Sweet Treats & Impossible People Chapter Two Spencer struggles with insomnia, text anxiety, and the usual - Alfie's pig headedness. #IvyIsLost #SweetTreats #Blog

The ceiling swam in the darkness. Spencer lay flat on her back, just staring into the darkness. William had remained tight lipped on the short drive back to the bakery. After fussing and being overwhelmed with the relief her family felt, the chiding started. Why hadn’t she taken her phone? Why did she run? Why didn’t she return to the bakery? It felt like an endless interrogation. It was Winnie…

The Semi-Coherent Ramblings of Swish

Title: The Semi-Coherent Ramblings of SwishPart: 2Category: Inner MonologueWord Count: 1,083Author’s Notes: I just really love Swish, ok?Music: FF9 Feels Hello again. I see you’re back for more. Where did we get up to? Must you with the stabbing? I’m already talking. It’s not my fault you said you wanted to know everything. I am an honest woman, you want everything, you get everything. Let’s…

I am one of those avid readers who needs a bit of a push. I have plenty of prompts from the last two years but all are in states of semi-completedness. So I am starting fresh and using this platform to hold myself accountable. To keep things simple and hopefully achievable, I have set 26 prompts in alphabetical order. Though that does not need to be the reading order. Feel free to use these…

Space Hijinks: Chapter Seven With the jade set now in their possession, it's time for Randall's least favourite part of a job. Dealing with the middle man. #IvyIsLost #SpaceHijinks #Blog

Title: Space HijinksPart: One – The JobChapter: SevenCategory: NovelWord Count: 4,119 wordsAuthor’s Notes: This is a project I have been working on for a couple years now. I’m really enjoying writing science fiction, but it needs a lot of work! The title is even a place holder! So I see this as an exercise in editing. Any critiques/suggestions/spelling corrections are welcomed and…

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! #MerryChristmas #HappyNewYear

Have a lovely festive season and I will see you in the new year with the next chapter of Space Hijinks, Sweet Treats, and much more! Love from Ivy Gilmore

Book Review: The Rose Muddle Mysteries The Amber Pendant follows Rose Muddle and Rui as they follow the mystery surrounding Rose's heritage and new role of pendant guardian. #IvyIsLost #RoseMuddle #BookReview

The Rose Muddle Mysteries: The Amber Pendant By Imogen White

There are some cracking young fiction books out there. The ones that aren’t quite YA but are also more sophisticated than some of the first chapter books you get. Somewhere around the Jacqueline Wilson line, except now they are not limited to fragmented families and real life issues. My good friend Caroleis raising a couple of book…

Space Hijinks: Chapter Six Archer ventures into the sunken ship which holds their treasure. Randall watches with baited breath as something looms in the dark. #IvyIsLost #SpaceHijinks #Blog

Title: Space Hijinks Part: One – The Job Chapter: Six Category: Novel Word Count: 2,533 words Author’s Notes: This is a project I have been working on for a couple years now. I’m really enjoying writing science fiction, but it needs a lot of work! The title is even a place holder! So I see this as an exercise in editing. Any critiques/suggestions/spelling corrections are welcomed and encouraged. Music:

Lyrical Larks Having fun using lyrics as examples of rhetoric devices. It's harder than you think! Have a go! #IvyIsLost #RhetoricDevices #Blog

Carole shared this twitter thread with me the other day and I found it really interesting. More to the point I really wanted to have a go and invite anyone reading along to do so as well.

The aim of the game is to use lyrics from one artist to define the various rhetoric devices as outlined and demonstrated in the aforementioned thread.

Artist: Selena Gomez

1. ADNOMINATION: the…

Sweet Treats & Impossible People Chapter One Poppy Green's May Fair is always a day to remember. #IvyIsLost #Blog #Novella

Title: Sweet Treats & Impossible People Chapter: One Category: Novella Word Count: 6,143 Author’s Notes: This is the prologue to an idea which has been floating in my head for over ten years. I have run through this story a number of times in my head. One epiphany later and suddenly a novella was born. Music: #30DaysWild

The village green buzzed with people in the warm spring sunshine. Some were…

The Semi-Coherent Ramblings of Swish When someone asks for Swish to tell them everything she takes it all a little too literally. #IvyIsLost #DnD #Swish #Blog

Title: The Semi-Coherent Ramblings of Swish Category: Inner Monologue Word Count: 958 Author’s Notes: Swish is one of my very favourite DnD characters I have ever played. She’s a whimsical asshole and I enjoy playing her so much that I have decided to flesh out her history here. Also, mild swearing. Music: Instrumental

Oh, so you want to know everything? Well, I’ll just have to start at the…

Space Hijinks: Chapter Five Randall and Archer land on Bambaria and get to work on their job, both learning how the other can help them. #IvyIsLost #SpaceHijinks #Blog

Title: Space Hijinks Part: One – The Job Chapter: Five Category: Novel Word Count: 3,357 words Author’s Notes: This is a project I have been working on for a couple years now. I’m really enjoying writing science fiction, but it needs a lot of work! The title is even a place holder! So I see this as an exercise in editing. Any critiques/suggestions/spelling corrections are welcomed and encouraged. Music: