This past weekend was full of trying to keep up with writing assignments for a free online class (there is no grading/credits on this one.) In the (approximate) words of my Critique Circle friend Sassy: if this welcome week is supposed to be fun and relaxed, I’ll be dead by the end of the actual […]
Typewriter Giveaway!
Okay, if you click on this link, you can enter to win an awesome-looking typewriter (what typewriter isn’t awesome-looking, though? Am I right?” But you have to be twenty-one years or older to enter. Ends in about a week. Good luck! (Again, here’s the link: http://thewritepractice.com/giveaways/typewriter/?lucky=26443)
A Freebie Friday = Random Writing
Unedited/uncensored writing taken from writing group over a week ago. Rough. Very rough. You have been warned. # He couldn’t decided between the white and the black. One shirt screamed “Hipster! Goth! Beatnik!” While the other, also a button-up, said “Formal! Respectable! Promotion!” Henri wished the clothes on the rack would stop talking to him. […]
The Hemingway Way
It’s none of their business that you have to learn to write. Let them think you were born that way. – Ernest Hemingway Do you take Hemingway’s approach to writing? Zipped lip? Or do you share your struggles? I’m somewhere in the middle. I share some of my struggles, but I won’t post the how-to books […]
Why Writing a Blog Post at 4:00 is Just Wrong
Sleep-deprivation. This brain = caffeine-free. The mission? To prove that I can write a coherent blog post without legal addictive stimulants and, oh yes, that thing called sleep. Took me a moment to come up with the right word, but I did, points me. So, how do I prove that I am perfectly capable of […]
An Ode to Monday
The love of Monday is the root of all sorts of evil. Monday, a day only its mother could love. O cruel fiend, robbing us of the weekend! Thrusting us bleary-eyed and sleep-drunk into the week! A pox upon thee! Can we say drama much? How my Monday started (it’s 5:06 as I type this): […]
Free Friday Read (Because I Felt Like It)
(This was written in last week’s writing group. We were all given the same opening line and were told to write the rest of the story until time was up. The following came from goodness knows where.) Lace ties unraveled from her hair. Rapunzel had been living a lie. Sure, she was stuck in that […]
Say Something Funny, Beth
O_O ^ How I felt inside every time a certain relative asked me to “Say something funny, Beth.” Apparently, as a child, I was a comedian. NOT. Did you know that it’s hard to be funny, I mean LAUGH OUT LOUD funny under pressure when you’re ten and only know booger and knock-knock jokes? And puns. […]
The 7/7/7 Challenge
I have been challenged by fellow Critique Circle writer John Berkowitz to complete the 7/7/7 challenge (note I did not say 666. Well, now I did.) The rules of the 7/7/7 challenge are as follows: Go to page 7 of your work-in-progress Scroll down to line #7 Share the next 7 lines of your manuscript […]
The First Hour of My Wednesday (9/2/15)
(Written in writing group today. The prompt was to write, in detail, about the first hour of your day. I had maybe eight minutes to write the following by hand.) 8:00 AM – Eyes open. “Ugh. I am not doing this. Can I sleep longer? Hey, I only got four hours. I think I can […]
