Vicky Earle

This very short piece was written during our ten-minute challenge at the most recent meeting of the Uxbridge Writers' Circle. The prompt...

I'm about to start the 6th edit of my 5th book in the Meg Sheppard Mystery Series! I love editing. I hope to have a book description to...

I wrote this short story in ten minutes during the January meeting of the Uxbridge Writers' Circle. The challenge was to write a piece...

I enjoy posting on my blog, but it's hard for me to pull myself away from editing the 5th book in the Meg Sheppard Mystery Series! I'll...

Happy New Year to all of you! I wish you health and happiness in 2023, aided by lots of great reading! Do you make New Year's...

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas/Happy Hanukkah/Happy Holidays, and joyful celebrations with your families during the holiday season....

This is Pepper. He was part of our family until 2017. I found this piece buried in a file. I don't know what inspired me to write it, but...

This beautiful painting is of a sunset over Georgian Bay. Bert has a wide range of skill and talent as I think the answers to these...

This is a part of a watercolour painting by my father, Douglas F. Symes. I hope you enjoy reading 'The Red Flower' (my most recent...

I discovered this story in a file and don't remember what prompted me to write it. I hope it brings a smile to your face! After this...

This is a story I wrote 'on the spot' during an Uxbridge Writers' Circle meeting - we had a ten minute time-limit! There was a prompt for...

This short story was written a few year ago. I wrote it for the Uxbridge Writers' Circle word challenge (the words I had to use are in...

This is my latest story! It's the usual word challenge. I wrote it for the Uxbridge Writers' Circle meeting this month. Members chuckled...

I wrote this story a long time ago. I couldn't find a copy on my computer, so I don't know when it was written. But I found it in a file...

This is the most recent story I've written for the Uxbridge Writers' Circle word challenge. The words I had to incorporate into my story...

These are out two retired racehorses/broodmares, I'm a Cheetah (19) and Lions Raw (26). They look like they're posing for the picture for...

This very short story was written in ten minutes during an on-the-spot writing challenge at an Uxbridge Writers' Circle meeting. I've...

This is a painting that hangs in the hall of our house. The artist was my father, Captain D. F. Symes, British Army. He painted it in...

This is a story that was published in It Was a Dark & Stormy Book Club on-line newsletter in April 2020. I follow it with a short piece...

This is my latest story and was written for the June Word Challenge, Uxbridge Writers' Circle. I'll include some comments at the end, as...