The Microteer
@flashdorcas.bsky.social
Dorcas is a creator of micro-fiction, her work has been nominated for Best of the Net. Dorcas also blogs (Medium) about writing Micro Fiction and writing in general. She also writes book reviews for WDYTYA? magazine.
Love that fact that one of William Caxton's (the man who introduced the printing press to England) apprentices was call Wynkyn de Worde.
November 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Love that fact that one of William Caxton's (the man who introduced the printing press to England) apprentices was call Wynkyn de Worde.
One step closer to my N-I-F being self-published.😁Also, may have found an illustrator for a couple of historical activity books. Fingers crossed. If this works out I hope to develop them into a series. Got Bruce, Wallace. Maybe, Mary Queen of Scots next?
October 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
One step closer to my N-I-F being self-published.😁Also, may have found an illustrator for a couple of historical activity books. Fingers crossed. If this works out I hope to develop them into a series. Got Bruce, Wallace. Maybe, Mary Queen of Scots next?
Back to studying after 28 years. Starting slowly with an Arts and Language Access course (Open Uni). Hoping to go on and study a degree in English Language, this is the first step.
May 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Back to studying after 28 years. Starting slowly with an Arts and Language Access course (Open Uni). Hoping to go on and study a degree in English Language, this is the first step.
On the approach to Christmas I have been considering Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer.
Specifically the line. 'then one foggy Christmas Eve Santa said Rudolph with your nose so bright won't you guide my sleigh tonight?'
'Why had Rudolph never guided the sleigh before?'
Specifically the line. 'then one foggy Christmas Eve Santa said Rudolph with your nose so bright won't you guide my sleigh tonight?'
'Why had Rudolph never guided the sleigh before?'
December 22, 2024 at 9:21 AM
On the approach to Christmas I have been considering Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer.
Specifically the line. 'then one foggy Christmas Eve Santa said Rudolph with your nose so bright won't you guide my sleigh tonight?'
'Why had Rudolph never guided the sleigh before?'
Specifically the line. 'then one foggy Christmas Eve Santa said Rudolph with your nose so bright won't you guide my sleigh tonight?'
'Why had Rudolph never guided the sleigh before?'
The question I hate most is, 'What do you want for Christmas/ or your birthday?'
'Why do I need to want anything?'
Is it not enough to enjoy time with family? To spend the day doing something I love? Spend it the way I want to?
'Why do I need to want anything?'
Is it not enough to enjoy time with family? To spend the day doing something I love? Spend it the way I want to?
December 6, 2024 at 9:56 AM
The question I hate most is, 'What do you want for Christmas/ or your birthday?'
'Why do I need to want anything?'
Is it not enough to enjoy time with family? To spend the day doing something I love? Spend it the way I want to?
'Why do I need to want anything?'
Is it not enough to enjoy time with family? To spend the day doing something I love? Spend it the way I want to?
After nearly 3 decades I walked away from my a career in Financial Services. A few months of recharging, resetting and reading ahead.
My reading material? @lunapress.bsky.social
My reading material? @lunapress.bsky.social
December 2, 2024 at 7:49 PM
After nearly 3 decades I walked away from my a career in Financial Services. A few months of recharging, resetting and reading ahead.
My reading material? @lunapress.bsky.social
My reading material? @lunapress.bsky.social
A Micro inspired by a tweet (Sorry, for using that word here 😋) published today in Cranked Anvil.
You will need to scroll down to read.
crankedanvil.co.uk/2024/11/25/m...
You will need to scroll down to read.
crankedanvil.co.uk/2024/11/25/m...
MICRO MONDAY #4 – A Bumper Crop Of Microfiction
Here’s the fourth in our series of ‘Micro Monday’, where we publish a bumper crop of micros from our 1-2-3 submissions, here on our website. (Or direct to your inbox if you subscr…
crankedanvil.co.uk
November 25, 2024 at 5:33 PM
A Micro inspired by a tweet (Sorry, for using that word here 😋) published today in Cranked Anvil.
You will need to scroll down to read.
crankedanvil.co.uk/2024/11/25/m...
You will need to scroll down to read.
crankedanvil.co.uk/2024/11/25/m...
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Can YOU write a #story in 75 words? EXACTLY 75 words? Paragraph Planet has been publishing one piece of #flashfiction - or novel extract - every day since 2008. Submit today! Http://www.paragraphplanet.com/submission.php (pls share)
November 14, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Can YOU write a #story in 75 words? EXACTLY 75 words? Paragraph Planet has been publishing one piece of #flashfiction - or novel extract - every day since 2008. Submit today! Http://www.paragraphplanet.com/submission.php (pls share)
As an introvert I don't suffer from FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) rather I suffer from FOJI (Fear of Joining in).
November 19, 2024 at 7:53 PM
As an introvert I don't suffer from FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) rather I suffer from FOJI (Fear of Joining in).
I have just discovered that 'Fungal Fiction' exists.
November 19, 2024 at 7:53 PM
I have just discovered that 'Fungal Fiction' exists.
I forced the story to be a 100 words, now I have allowed it to be 50 words and it is so much the better.
November 19, 2024 at 7:53 PM
I forced the story to be a 100 words, now I have allowed it to be 50 words and it is so much the better.
Looking forward to learning about Anthropology via the Royal Anthropology Institute.
November 19, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Looking forward to learning about Anthropology via the Royal Anthropology Institute.
It is here. My website. However as I have chosen a free one (due to an upcoming change in circumstances) it can't be searched in Google but will work if you copy and paste it. If I had known about that limitation at the time I wouldn't have chose Wix.
themicroteer.wixsite.com/mysite
themicroteer.wixsite.com/mysite
The Microteer | Micro Fiction
The Microteer wishes to tell you all about Micro Fiction.
themicroteer.wixsite.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:53 PM
It is here. My website. However as I have chosen a free one (due to an upcoming change in circumstances) it can't be searched in Google but will work if you copy and paste it. If I had known about that limitation at the time I wouldn't have chose Wix.
themicroteer.wixsite.com/mysite
themicroteer.wixsite.com/mysite
Happy, 'National Read a Book Day' to all the book lovers out there.📚
November 19, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Happy, 'National Read a Book Day' to all the book lovers out there.📚
Building my Writer's Website. As a technophobe it is a long slow job but I will get there.
November 19, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Building my Writer's Website. As a technophobe it is a long slow job but I will get there.
The downside of writing longhand - I have notebook after notebook full (double figures).
November 19, 2024 at 7:53 PM
The downside of writing longhand - I have notebook after notebook full (double figures).
Another blog post - this one is on The Power of Micro Fiction.https://medium.com/@dorcas.wilson11/the-power-of-micro-60dbc1060873
Micro fiction the proof that small things are beautiful.
Micro fiction the proof that small things are beautiful.
November 19, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Another blog post - this one is on The Power of Micro Fiction.https://medium.com/@dorcas.wilson11/the-power-of-micro-60dbc1060873
Micro fiction the proof that small things are beautiful.
Micro fiction the proof that small things are beautiful.
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The 9 stories that have gone through to the Hermit Crab Prize shortlist and will be published in the Prize Anthology edition of WestWord are here! Congrats to all! westword.substack.com/p/2024-hermi...
2024 Hermit Crab Prize Shortlist
The 9 stories that will be published are...
westword.substack.com
March 24, 2024 at 2:16 PM
The 9 stories that have gone through to the Hermit Crab Prize shortlist and will be published in the Prize Anthology edition of WestWord are here! Congrats to all! westword.substack.com/p/2024-hermi...
I write long hand. One strange quirk I have discovered is that I write better, am more inspired, when the pad of the moment is colourful and feel stifled if it plain. @writershq.bsky.social , @newwritersuk.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 7:53 PM
I write long hand. One strange quirk I have discovered is that I write better, am more inspired, when the pad of the moment is colourful and feel stifled if it plain. @writershq.bsky.social , @newwritersuk.bsky.social
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Tell all your writing pals about our exciting new prize at WestWord. We're celebrating the Hermit Crab story and the shortlisted and winning titles will be published in an anthology edition and win cash prizes! westword.substack.com/p/hermit-cra...
#flashfiction #writingcontest #writingcommunity
#flashfiction #writingcontest #writingcommunity
Hermit Crab Prize
One of the best things about flash fiction, is the innovation inherent in these tiny stories. The advent of the hermit crab story has been a wonderful thing to behold. So we want to celebrate this inn...
westword.substack.com
November 13, 2023 at 10:40 PM
Tell all your writing pals about our exciting new prize at WestWord. We're celebrating the Hermit Crab story and the shortlisted and winning titles will be published in an anthology edition and win cash prizes! westword.substack.com/p/hermit-cra...
#flashfiction #writingcontest #writingcommunity
#flashfiction #writingcontest #writingcommunity
Looking forward to my first Flash FaceOff in 3hrs 30mins. 😀
@writershq.bsky.socia
@writershq.bsky.socia
November 19, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Looking forward to my first Flash FaceOff in 3hrs 30mins. 😀
@writershq.bsky.socia
@writershq.bsky.socia
The Power of Micro Fiction: How so much can be conveyed in so little or what isn't said. Difficult/painful subjects can be covered using a narrow or broad lense, metaphors or using second or first person multiple point of view.
November 19, 2024 at 7:53 PM
The Power of Micro Fiction: How so much can be conveyed in so little or what isn't said. Difficult/painful subjects can be covered using a narrow or broad lense, metaphors or using second or first person multiple point of view.
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IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S FINALLY HERE!
The Writers' HQ Writing Advent of Inspirational Awesomeness 2023 is open for booking, because nothing says Christmas like a sauropod in a Santa hat.
writershq.co.uk/the-writers-...
The Writers' HQ Writing Advent of Inspirational Awesomeness 2023 is open for booking, because nothing says Christmas like a sauropod in a Santa hat.
writershq.co.uk/the-writers-...
November 16, 2023 at 12:22 PM
IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S FINALLY HERE!
The Writers' HQ Writing Advent of Inspirational Awesomeness 2023 is open for booking, because nothing says Christmas like a sauropod in a Santa hat.
writershq.co.uk/the-writers-...
The Writers' HQ Writing Advent of Inspirational Awesomeness 2023 is open for booking, because nothing says Christmas like a sauropod in a Santa hat.
writershq.co.uk/the-writers-...
Knowledge vs Ignorance
Knowledge of your actions and your lack of concern for the consequences of those actions; haunt me. I wish I was ignorant of both you and your deeds. #microflashmonday #whq community
Knowledge of your actions and your lack of concern for the consequences of those actions; haunt me. I wish I was ignorant of both you and your deeds. #microflashmonday #whq community
November 19, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Knowledge vs Ignorance
Knowledge of your actions and your lack of concern for the consequences of those actions; haunt me. I wish I was ignorant of both you and your deeds. #microflashmonday #whq community
Knowledge of your actions and your lack of concern for the consequences of those actions; haunt me. I wish I was ignorant of both you and your deeds. #microflashmonday #whq community