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Bonus Post: Flash Fiction
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…
Obsessive-Correcting Disorder
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…
It Begins with a Hurricane
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…
The Write Challenge
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…
Julie Glover, Word Lover
I LOVE words! I don’t necessarily mean that I enjoy talking. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t. But I love the sumptuousness of language. I relish words, lyrics, accents, sarcasm, idioms, proverbs, and all things language–even punctuation and grammar. Some…