This week’s flash fiction challenge at Terrible Minds was to click “shuffle” on your music player and use the song name as your title (and possibly as inspiration) for your story. 1000 words, as usual. I got All Apologies by Nirvana. So, I hope you...
Continue ReadingFlash Fiction Challenge #34: Making a Sandwich
So, our Flash Fiction challenge at Terrible Minds this week was to write a gripping short story all while the main character made a sandwich, to prove that even in a mundane scene, you could still advance a story along and make it interesting. Since...
Continue ReadingFlash Fiction Challenge #33: The Unlikable Protagonist
Our flash fiction challenge this week at Terrible Minds is just as it sounds: we had to write a 1000 word short story about a protagonist that you wouldn’t necessarily like but wanted to keep reading anyway. I hope this fit the bill! An Old...
Continue ReadingSimple and Delicious Spicy Chili in the Crock Pot
So, I thought I’d do something different today. My mother gave me the original recipe (her repertoire may be small but it’s delicious), and I tweaked it a bit based on our tastes. We love hot and spicy chili in this household, but also love...
Continue ReadingHow Not to Get Work Done…
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything but short stories, and even those are few and far between at the moment. For this, I apologize. The Christmas holiday was quite busy, and this month is just an extension of that busyness, what with birthdays,...
Continue ReadingFlash Fiction Challenge #32: Three Sentences for Bear71
The flash fiction challenge this week at Terrible Minds was a little different. We were to choose of a list of wild animals and write a three sentence story in the perspective (humanlike or not) of that animal. Winners of the contest could have their...
Continue ReadingFlash Fiction Challenge #31: Song Shuffle Stories
So, I’m back for some flash fiction! It’s been almost a month since posting, and while I’ve done a few of the challenges, I didn’t post them because I didn’t like them enough. You know the holidays, can get busy, and it seems there’s always...
Continue ReadingFlash Fiction Challenge #30: “An Affliction of Alliteration”
Well, our Flash Fiction challenge this week at Terrible Minds was to write a title that uses alliteration, like “Sally Sold Seashells by the Seashore”, and then a corresponding story. 1000 words, any genre but vampires. Now, let me start off by saying I had...
Continue ReadingFlash Fiction Challenge #29: “The Gulls”
So, our flash fiction challenge this week was to use one of these five words: Frog, Powder, Seagull, Tower, Scissors, as our inspiration for a 100 word story. Short as not to distract writers from NaNoWriMo. Although I’m not participating, I do have a lot...
Continue ReadingAll I Want For Christmas… Kobo, Kindle, or Nook?
… is an eReader!!! I’m interested in the upcoming Kindle Touch 3G (coming out soon), because the price is right for the features. I’m leery to go Kobo because if their issues in uploading Smashwords novels into their system (to this day, Stolen Prey is...
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