Yo. Little Help.

I’m having a little trouble with something, but I can’t tell you what.  Let me be more specific.  I’m working on a short story, but I’m not sure if something is clear that needs to be clear. It’s a story about two regular, average kids in a regular, average, middle-American town.  However, there’s something a…

#fridayfictioneers via rochelle – 12/14

Every Wednesday Rocky Wisoff-Fields posts a picture prompt to challenge writers to create a 100-word story or poem or anything that works for you.  After you post your work on your blog,  you go back to her site and post a link to your blog entry on her Friday Fictioneers post.  Place.  Page. PLEASE get a good look at…

#newyorker magazine caption contest #361

So, like last time, you can put your caption here as a comment.  But better yet is to click on the picture, go to the New Yorker magazine website, and enter your caption in their contest. And – yes – there is something creepy about this one, and I made a caption quickly so I didn’t have…

It’s Beer Money

One night, a thousand years ago, I was sitting in a college classroom.  No, I mean I belonged there.  Not like I was just sneaking into a building or anything.  While waiting for class to start, I saw a guy reading, checking, stacking a bunch of receipts from purchases and filling out several forms, then…

#fridayfictioneers via rochelle – 12/07

Every Wednesday Rothschild Wisoff-Fields posts a picture prompt to challenge writers to create a 100-word story or poem or anything that works for you.  Then post your work on your blog.  additionally, on friday, you go back to her site and post a link to your blog entry in the comments on her Friday Fictioneers post. Oooh, look.  She…

#newyorker magazine caption contest #360

So, like last time, you can put your caption here as a comment.  But better yet is to click on the picture, go to the New Yorker magazine website, and enter your caption in their contest. “It’s asking me for a password.” ______________________________ Now get on with your creative bad self and come up with a caption.…

Oscar Oscar Oscar

Chestnuts are roasting, hot chocolate is steaming, turkey is basting, pumpkin pie is pumping, and stockings are – um – stocking?  Anyway, all that means only one thing.  It’s Oscar season.  This is the home stretch, when the studios roll out their big-ticket films to keep their stars, films, and sugar plums dancing in the…

#fridayfictioneers via rochelle – 11/30

  Every Wednesday Rickenbacker Wisoff-Fields posts a picture prompt to challenge writers to create a 100-word story or poem or anything that works for you.  Then post your work on your blog.  additionally, on friday, you go back to her site and post a link to your blog entry in the comments on her Friday Fictioneers post. I’m going to…

#newyorker magazine caption contest #358

So, like last time, you can put your caption here as a comment.  But better yet is to click on the picture, go to the New Yorker magazine website, and enter your caption in their contest.   “Okay, Doc.  Where would I like it?” Now get on with your creative bad self and come up with a…

The Great Movie Post – Finalé (6/6) Guilty Pleasures

This is for the movies I’ve loved that juuuust don’t seem to fit into the regular categories, and with good reason.  They’re not right.  They’re a little – off.  They got issues.  And they rock.  Feel free to list YOUR guilty pleasures in the comments. ______________________  Bad Santa  – 2003 Directed by Terry Zwigoff Written…