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Warned: One Word/60 Seconds

Part of the Blogging from A to Z Challenge for the letter W



She pulled at her bonds, but the rope would not give. Her heart raced as she watched the door he would be back at any moment. She should have listened to her friends. The door opened, she struggled harder, until the flash of steel in the dim light stilled her with fear. Her last thought… she had been warned.

Vision

Part of the Blogging from A to Z challenge 2012 for the letter V The following was written as for The 55 Word Challenge held every Wednesday at Jezri's Nightmares. 
VisionI wove my way through the crowd. As I walked, I watched the sidewalk age, crumble, grass and weeds sprouted between the cracks. A glance at a car let me watch paint fade and metal turn rust. No longer a sexy red corvette. People were the worst, flesh withered and rotted. My vision, my curse.
      

Ukulele

Part of the Blogging from A to Z challenge 2012 for the letter U


A Ukulele is a string instrument similar to a guitar only with a higher pitch, and, happens to be one of the coolest instruments around. For most the first image when mentioning one of these  is a sunny Hawaiian beach with a man in a loud shirt and lei strumming Aloha Oe under the palms. 
Actually the ukulele is more popular than one would imagine. Great Britain has a wonderful group. The Uk...

Torch

Part of the Blogging from A to Z challenge 2012 for the letter T

OneWord.com is a website for getting the muse warmed up. Each day you get one word and sixty seconds in which to write what it inspires. 










The darkness crept closer with each breath. The only thing holding it back was the dim light of the torch. The black waited knowing the oil inside couldn’t last much longer. Soon it would feast on the trembling flesh.

Shepard: One Word/60 Seconds

Part of the Blogging from A to Z challenge 2012 for the letter S


OneWord.com is a website for getting the muse warmed up. Each day you get one word and sixty seconds in which to write what it inspires. 






He gazed across the room and thought. Look at them all, sipping lattes, chatting about nothing important. Carefree, like sheep grazing in the field. One stray off to the side, head in her laptop working with diligence on a horror novel. Appropriate for this day, it was almost time The...

Residue: One Word/60 Seconds

Part of the Blogging from A to Z challenge 2012 for the letter R


OneWord.com is a website for getting the muse warmed up. Each day you get one word and sixty seconds in which to write what it inspires. 


As she sat at the table the spot stared back at her. There was still a residue left from the soap making the splotch look like the blood she had mopped up. Her fingers were still raw and aching from scrubbing the dark stain. The residue of the life she had only a few hours ago.

Q

Part of the Blogging from A to Z challenge 2012 for the letter Q

Okay I kept trying to come up with a great Q topic but my mind just wouldn't structure a proper post. Soooo instead you get one of my favorite characters from Star Trek TNG. I give you Q.


Don't for get to stop back by Gladiator's Pen on the 29th for a special guest post from author Jon Jefferson! The Jefferson half of Jefferson Bass co-author of the Body Farm novels! 

Photography and the Muse

Part of the Blogging from A to Z challenge 2012 for the letter P


“A photograph is worth a thousand words.” That quote is absolutely true. That’s why photos make such wonderful writing prompts. The same image can hold thousands of stories or more. You can use photos as inspiration to find a story or for those ‘blocked’ moments.
When your story starts to slow down or you end up stumped on a scene try this. Google images that have to do with the subject or scene you’re working on. Keep your search...

One Word/60 Seconds: Chapped

Part of the Blogging from A to Z challenge 2012 for the letter O


OneWord.com is a website for getting the muse warmed up. Each day you get one word and sixty seconds in which to write what it inspires. This was my entry today, I thought I would share it for O. 




The blue green waters of the ocean rolled over her feet then back out again. The waves rumbled and rolled as white foam tumbled on the tops. The sky was bright not a cloud in it. Such a beautiful day to be on the beach, so much to a...

Novel Quotes

Part of the Blogging from A to Z challenge 2012 for the letter N

The writer who cares more about words than about story – characters, action, setting, atmosphere – is unlikely to create a vivid and continuous dream; he gets in his own way too much; in his poetic drunkenness, he can't tell the cart – and its cargo – from the horse. 
John Gardner
We read five words on the first page of a really good novel and we begin to forget that we are reading print...