I’ve posted a new page, cataloging the short fiction I’ve shared on this blog over the years. It’s still a work in progress, and I’ll be adding more fiction as I review and update old posts.
Enjoy.
In the Heart of the Labyrinth
I’ve posted a new page, cataloging the short fiction I’ve shared on this blog over the years. It’s still a work in progress, and I’ll be adding more fiction as I review and update old posts.
Enjoy.
Final ROW80 Check in for Round 2, 2012
We’ve reached the end of another round of ROW80. This round, I haven’t been as attentive as I would have liked. Of course, lots of life intervened. But all we can do is all we can do.
My plans for this round:
*Looking for the Summer (June – August) Writing Challenge – Every Picture Has a Story? See below for details.*
Flickr is my favorite site to scout for images to use on my blog. There’s a wealth of Creative Commons licensed images and it’s easy to search for them. The images vary widely in quality and artistic value but I’ve rarely failed to find just the right one for a post.
And, of course, it’s all free…which might be the most important factor to a blogger who isn’t making money off her blog.
My Favorites stream over there is already jammed with more images than I can use in a couple of years but I just keep adding more. So many of the images I’ve encountered have captured my imagination, inspiring blog posts, stories and stories-to-be. Here are some that have really stuck with me even though they have no story…yet: Continue reading “There’s a Story Here Somewhere: Inspirational Images from Flickr”
Great opening lines draw us in, making it impossible for us to turn away and great last lines linger long, long after we’ve read the end. Two of my favorite first and last lines come from Stephen King’s work.
“The man in Black fled across the Desert, and the Gunslinger followed.” The Gunslinger (1982). Ooh…I know I want to follow them both. Don’t you?
“lady fingers they taste like lady fingers.” Survivor Type (1982). That one even makes my husband shiver and he’s never read the story.
Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write either the opening or closing lines of a story. Start us off with a bang or leave us begging for more. As usual, any genre will do and the word count limit is 100.
Here’s how it all works:
There were some fabulous stories for the March Writing Challenge. I’ll be updating this post with links to them all shortly. In the mean time, cruise on over and read them here (in the comments).
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I’ll posting over at the Life List Club tomorrow. Come on by and say hello.
Photo Credit
keyboard ~ blur by hobvias sudonelghm, on Flickr CC BY 2.0
Put on your party hats, it’s time for another Life List Club Milestone Party!
Our old friend Larry the bartender is here again.
He’s always here. It’s almost sad really. The guy’s workaholic. But at least he enjoys his job. And this time he’s offered to be the chef too. Continue reading “The Milestones are Partying Again”
It’s that time of year again.
You know what I’m talking about. Pumpkins, candy, assorted monsters taking off their human skin and walking around as they really are, extorting the neighborhoods for treats…
…and hauntings. We cannot forget the hauntings. Continue reading “Happy Haunting!”
My friend, the lovely historical fiction writer Haley Whitehall, issued a flash fiction challenge in the horror genre and this time it involves a prize! The contest runs until 10/31/11, so there’s still time to enter. My entry is Part 2 of a story I wrote for BeKindRewrite’s Inspiration Monday IX. You can find Part 1, Postcards from Hell here.
And now…
Ants in the Mailbox
They stood at the edge of the front lawn gone almost knee-high with weeds. The figure in the filthy postal uniform lay still on sidewalk.
Steve looked right. Left. Nothing else moved anywhere on the street.
Deanna squeezed the stock of her crossbow. “He really dead? Dead-dead?” Continue reading “Ants in the Mailbox – Postcards from Hell, Part 2 (a 500-word story)”
I’m feeling good about last week. Still didn’t nail every goal but I was successful overall. The shorter blogging schedule is really working for me and I’ve fallen in love with my MIP again. Suddenly, I want to sneak off at every opportunity and dive into my story.
Here’s where I’ve been:
blog fatigue: (blawg fuh–teeg) noun
Last week, we discussed whether or not an epidemic blog fatigue was on the horizon. The consensus seemed to be that the risk of blog fatigue has indeed sky-rocketed but it doesn’t have to take any of us down.
Blogging and social media gives writers the opportunity to connect with a vast number of other writers, to see Continue reading “And the Writer Said, Let there be Blogs (and a ROW80 Check-In)”
The first week of ROW is done! I got off to a bit of a slow start but I’ll be up to speed soon. Here’s my progress so far: