Category Archives: Writing
Wow!! Wow!!! WOW!!!!
At the beginning of the year I decided to enter my Young Adult novel into the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest. Last year, I forgot to remove my name from the manuscript and it was eliminated. It stinks when you don’t … Continue reading
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Stranded (100WCGU #30)
Time for another 100 word challenge! Yay! This weeks prompt was: “it wasn’t my fault” It never crossed my mind that something had gone horribly wrong until my fiancé dumped my body unceremoniously in the Black Hills of South Dakota. … Continue reading
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100 Word Challenge #25
This week we are writing from the perspective of the girl beneath the arrow in the picture below. The task was supposed to be a simple one. Slip the transmitter into Mai Lin’s purse and get out. Only I wasn’t … Continue reading
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50/50 Word Challenge Part 2
Yikes! We were having so much fun over Christmas, I’m a little late getting this in. I had a hard time choosing, finally I settled on this beginning by SJB Writing The Sparkler The diamond sparkled as much as the … Continue reading
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100 Word Challenge – 50/50
Yay! Another 100 word challenge! This week is quite unique and fun – it’s a 50/50 challenge. The theme is “The Season” Here’s the idea: you write 50 words now (the beginning) then go read the others and choose one … Continue reading
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100 Word Challenge – Christmas Carols (la la la)
so, Limebird Writers issued a challenge, which they snagged from Julia’s Place (not me, another Julia – I like her already!) The challenge? to rewrite (using 100 or less words) a Christmas Carol making it be about Christmas dinner. Julia … Continue reading
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If I were good at what I do, I’d have some kind of title here
I was sitting at Paneras writing madly, trying to finish of my 50 K words for NaNoWriMo, when Paul and Jacob stopped in on their way home from the doctor. Dot has been sick for a while. A LONG WHILE. … Continue reading
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A Plea From my Turkey
(as written by Dot) Dear the *Family, Please do not eat me for Thanksgiving. I have three reasons why you should not eat me. One is because ham tastes much better than turkey. Two is because I am cute and … Continue reading
a snippet of my latest
Nothing is quite as intimidating as…. THE BLANK PAGE It’s there, empty waiting. You can fill it with something great (or a little less than great). It holds all the potential of untold stories, unsaid regrets, proclamations of love and … Continue reading
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Yesterday marked my six year anniversary of blogging. I had no idea it had been such a long time! It also marked the anniversary of my return to writing. I have always loved to write. In an old worn out … Continue reading
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