Hi all,

Just to let you know I’ve posted a new piece.  This one’s called ‘Cupid’s Brother’.  It was for this month’s writers’ group and the theme was Love Struck.  So my inspiration for this was a different take on Cupid.  What would it be like to be someone close to him?

I came up with the idea of using a family member in order so that the two characters could share a common bond.  This meant that the experience of loss was personal to both and not just the narrator.

Originally, I had not intended for there to be a happy ending.  On coming back to the story after a week, I realised what I had written wasn’t working so I tried again.  I am far happier with this second attempt.  Especially as the brother doesn’t twig what is going on until it has already happened!