Monthly Archives: April 2011

Bonus Post: Flash Fiction

Posted on April 30, 2011 by

Flash Fiction is a style of writing for extreme brevity.  I found a great Flash Fiction challenge posted by fellow author Haley Whitehall.  Here are the rules of the challenge, with a May 1 deadline: You must start your story … Continue reading →

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Friday Fiction: How Many Pages to the Tootsie Roll Center?

Posted on April 29, 2011 by

  I was one of those honor roll high school students who read every book assigned in English class.  Recommend a good book to me, and I’m all over it!  I fondly recall reading classics like To Kill a Mockingbird … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Should You Correct Friends?

Posted on April 27, 2011 by

My feet shuffle across the hard floor, as chairs creak and a cough echoes in the half-empty room.  I clear my throat, lean over to the microphone on its rickety stand, and announce:  “My name is Julie, and I am … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: Dental Discomfort

Posted on April 25, 2011 by

I have a friend who enjoys going to the dentist.  She likes the feeling of having her teeth cleaned and walking out of the office all fresh-mouthed and white-toothed.  I can hardly believe that we are in the same species. … Continue reading →

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Friday Fiction: Firecracker Duds

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

So what’s that one book that everyone raved about, that you spent $20 on the hardcover to purchase or twelve weeks on the library waiting list to receive, that you opened with excited anticipation… only to finish and wonder what … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Sesquipedalianism

Posted on April 20, 2011 by

I love long, descriptive words that hint at their meaning.  Serendipity is surprisingly delightful every time it rolls off my tongue.  The word tentacles seems to reach and encircle me.  Rambunctious has a pop in the middle of the word … Continue reading →

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Obsessive-Correcting Disorder

Posted on April 15, 2011 by

I stand in the local Hallmark store staring at the handmade sign above the card rack.  The words are written in black Sharpie pen – the same kind of pen I just happen to have in my purse.  The misspelling … Continue reading →

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It Begins with a Hurricane

Posted on April 12, 2011 by

While 104 mile-per-hour winds rattled and ripped apart our roof and rain swirled and surged into our dining room, we slept soundlessly on the brass bed of a relative’s home.  Hurricane Ike was assaulting the shores of Southeast Texas, and … Continue reading →

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Amusing with Accents

Posted on April 8, 2011 by

I admit to doing accents in front of my kids. I’m rough with some of them, but I try every one I can think of. If we’re listening to a Beatles song, why not deliver my own impression of Paul … Continue reading →

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The Write Challenge

Posted on April 5, 2011 by

Tooling around on Twitter, I linked over to the Round of Words in 80 Days challenge through another writer. Aha! I thought. This is just what I need. After spending the last few weeks toting my car from one shop … Continue reading →

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