Every Wednesday Madison Woods 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 try…
Every Wednesday Madison Woods 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 try…
normally, this would be posted on a wednesday, but i might possibly be unable to post anything until sunday, so i’m posting this now. also, i usually enjoy reading and commenting on the blogs that i follow, but i likely won’t be able to do that until monday when i get back from my short…
I don’t have many heroes or people I look up to, and that’s probably not a good thing. But I can think of two: Bruce Springsteen and Roger Ebert. This one’s about Ebert. Some of you might be old enough to remember him and Gene Siskel doing the old “At the Movies” shows on a…
From what I’ve been told, because I know nothing about it first hand, the road to publishing a book includes many little trips along the way. One of those trips is getting smaller things published, like short stories. I haven’t tried that option yet, although I plan to. Here’s one place for such a step:…
I’m not a rule breaker, but I am a rule-find-a-way-arounder. The 100-word writing challenge from Madison Woods isn’t supposed to be submitted until Friday on her website, but that doesn’t mean I can’t post mine on Thursday here on my blog. I had a lot of positive reactions last week, and I gained a bunch…
every friday, http://madisonwoods.wordpress.com/ posts a picture prompt to challenge writers to create a 100-word “story.” i’m going to try to keep up with this, as should you. after you post your story, you go to her page and paste a link to your post in the comment box for that week’s picture. give it a shot. what…
i was on another blog site, http://kellieelmore.com/, and saw a picture prompt inviting people to make up a story. so i did. here’s the picture, a book cover, and my story… Two children hid in the tall grass behind a very old house as an elderly couple slowly managed the front steps and shuffled to…
Chris and Ann have never met each other but are both on a plane to Los Angeles. Unfortunately, they will not get there. The plane crashes, and there is a brilliant light into which some of the passengers are walking. But Chris and Ann are both certain that they are just not ready to go. As everyone…
Book report, essay contest, published novel, self-published novel, Createspace, kindle, nook, ebook, Smashwords, Goodreads, My Disney Scrapbook 2000-2005 all have something in common. Step 5: publishing. What does “publishing” mean? It means you’re done to whatever degree you have decided is done. The book on the right is my novel Room 317, written piece by…
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