So I’ve been doing some character work for my WIP recently. I continue to be amazed at what I don’t know
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Happy Holidays everyone.
The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.
William Butler Yeats (via mellifluousbookshelf)
First Monday of 2013…and I’m kinda sleepy
So I seem to be getting off to an ambitious and yet sleepy start this year. Ambitious because I have three writing project
Twelve Days Blog Hop: Day Two
Updated 2 minutes ago A Jar of Fireflies: The 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop The 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop Merry Christmas to all! Today marks the beginning of the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop and I can’t wait… Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Linkedin Share…
Twelve Days Blog Hop: Day One
Updated 3 minutes ago A Jar of Fireflies: The 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop The 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop Merry Christmas to all! Today marks the beginning of the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop and I can’t wait… Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Linkedin Share…
The Twelve Days of Christmas Blog Hop
TWELVE DAYS ~ TWELVE PROMPTS ~ TWELVE STORIES What: Flash Fiction Blog Hop When: December 25, 2012 through January 5, 2013 Word Count: 200 to 300 words Theme: Gifts The Theme Prompts & How To Use Them Write a flash fiction story for each day that combines the concept of gifts with the prompt for the…
Bad Santa 2012 Winners
First, a quick thank you to everyone who wrote and voted! You made our first blog hop so much fun – and oh so hard to judge! Now, on to the announcements. Judge’s Winner = Jeff Tsurukoa We loved the descriptions, tone and writing. Fan Fave = Jeff Tsurukoa By a literary avalanche! Congrats to…
Bad Santa 2012 Fan Fave Challenge
Earlier this month, we offered up the challenge to sully Santa’s sterling reputation! You took that idea and ran with it in directions only the truly twisted literary mind could conjure! Kudos!! Now it’s time reap the rewards of your inky hijinks!! You have twelve hours to garner the Fan Fave vote, so go forth…
A Snowball’s Chance
Christmas Eve. Snow falling, Lights twinkling. Santa stumbling. Wait. Stumbling? I pulled over and rolled down the window. “Never known you to drink, Santa.” “Was just a cuppa holiday cheer, officer,” he said, in a merry voice just this side of slurry. “I can’t let you wander the streets in this condition. Come on, let’s…
What’s Good For The Goose… Bad Mrs. Santa
Last year I posted a Bad Santa story to Bullish’s Bad Santa contest. This story is the one I wrote as a follow up to that first story. Since we are hosting the Bad Santa contest this year I’m just playing through for fun. I didn’t stick to the word count and it’s not even…
Guest Post: Cara Michaels
Beauty Should Always Get Her Beast I have been a huge fan of the Beauty and the Beast story since Disney’s beloved bookworm Belle debuted. How could I not love a girl so much like me? (Except maybe for the part where she looks good in yellow. Who looks good in that much yellow? Seriously.)…
Character Analysis of Syfy’s HAVEN
While watching season three, episode five of Syfy’s “Haven” I had a real “AHA!” moment, in which I could see screenwriter Laurie Hutzler’s ETB character types become real and tangible. I’ve been studying Hutzler for some time but never been confident enough to try an analysis on my own, so I’m feeling excited and nervous about sharing…
Bad Santa Blog Hop 2012
Got a grudge with the big guy? Sick of getting coal in your stocking? Tired of living in fear of the Naughty & Nice list? Then this is your chance for a little literary revenge! We're looking for folks willing to show the jolly holiday icon with mud on his boots or lipstick on his…
Peppermint Schnapps
Outside, snowflakes dusted the windowsills and sidewalks. Inside, the crackling fire and twinkling Christmas lights splashed a warm glow on the walls. The man in front of the fireplace appeared curiously relaxed, considering that there was a shotgun aimed at his crotch. The cause of the trouble hung in the kitchen doorway: a ball…
Monday Mixer # 6
A SLIGHT MISHAP The campus was overrun with licentious coconut slathered baboons. Not real baboons, mind you, just men acting with all the intrinsic animalistic focus of their furry cousins. Somewhere, the love potion experiment had taken a wrong turn, more like fell down a mineshaft to hell and boomeranged back to knock her…
Moon Shadow; Guest Poet Paul Lonergan
Moon reflect your light tonight Darkness chokes my thoughts Pleading heart for sense and reason Soul broken so distraught Heavy burden self inflicted Wary murmurs echo poison Bathe me in your tranquil beam Turn my nightmare to sweet dream. Paul Lonergan (2012) I chose this short poem simply because it is my most popular,…
Scroogenomics; Ungifting The Holidays
Every Christmas for decades, our mother makes the same speech, which begins like this, “I know that some families go all out and spend big money on big presents, but we’re not one of those families… “ invariably, this is the point where someone will stop her because we’ve all heard the speech enough times…
Books and the Holidays
Here we are in December. How the heck did that happen? I swear time flies awfully fast these days. I must confess that I am fond of December in general. Mostly because I love the holidays. I like the decorations. I like the lights. I like the parties. I like the food. I like trying to…
We Have To Do ALL The Work
Today I am thinking about how the indie writer makes certain she has done ALL her work before putting her book up for sale. Last Wednesday I was sitting in a diner with a couple of friends of mine having lunch and having a heated discussion about books. Yeah, what I do here is…
Foodie Fiction
I have a confession to make. I enjoy reading food articles, I love finding new recipes. I have fun puttering in the kitchen. BUT I don't write about cooking. Well, not in the traditional way. Not in the expected non-fiction way. Every time I get hopped up on foodie reading it translates into: Foodie Fiction Elaborately Rewritten…