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Another Day (Sentence to Story #12)

She could feel his presence all around her and wished she could hear his voice, just one more time, assuring her that everything was going to be okay.



The old feelings came back.  They would come every so often.  As much as she hated herself for having them, especially after so many years, Rebekah welcomed them.  She welcomed any real feeling.



Moving over in bed, her nose closer to his pillow, she breathed, deep.  Hoping.



Nothing.



Grabbing the pillow she pulled it clo...

Another Day (Sentence to Start Story #12)

She could feel his presence all around her and wished she could hear his voice, just one more time, assuring her that everything was going to be okay.



The old feelings came back.  They would come every so often.  As much as she hated herself for having them, especially after so many years, Rebekah welcomed them.  She welcomed any real feeling.



Moving over in bed, her nose closer to his pillow, she breathed, deep.  Hoping.



Nothing.



Grabbing the pillow she pulled it clo...

Review of 'Warrior Heir' by Cinda Williams Chima (Through the Shelf Thursday #5)

Title: The Warrior Heir 

Author: Cinda Williams Chima

Genre: YA Fantasy

Description from Goodreads:







Before he knew about the Roses, 16-year-old Jack lived an unremarkable life in the small Ohio town of Trinity. Only the medicine he has to take daily and the thick scar above his heart set him apart from the other high schoolers. Then one day Jack skips his medicine. Suddenly, he is stronger, fiercer, and more confident than ever before. And it feels great - until he loses co...

No More Monkey Business (Sentence to Story #11)

Preface - My son, Michael, is celebrating his 11th birthday today, so I let him pick the sentence to start.  Thanks so much to Jim B. for his willingness to trade out his submission for another time.



Mario arrived in Kongo Jungle to capture Donkey Kong's banana stash, ready to deal with Diddy Kong.   As soon as Mario's feet touched the shore, even before he could take off his tanooki suit, barrel's were raging toward him.  Diddy stood on top of the bank, gleeful, hurling...

The Importance of a Support System (Tips on Writing Tuesday #5)

This past week, friend and fellow local author, Lana Krumwiede, had a Twitter chat to answer questions about her debut release, Freakling , (which I will be reviewing in the coming weeks), but also to talk about a local writing conference where she will be speaking.  ( Sidenote : if you are a writer, and live in Central Virginia, why are you not coming to the James River Writer's Conference?)



During the Twitter chat, somebody asked her about critique groups.  They asked, "Do you feel...

Sentence to Start - Week #5: Submit Away!

What great sentences can everyone come up with for this week?



If you don't know the details, click here.  Basically, you submit a sentence that you think would make a great start to a story.



Then you, the readers, vote on the top 3.  In coming weeks I will use those 3 as my writing prompts and we find out exactly where our imaginations can take us:-)



So enter away, share with friends, and be sure to check back next week to vote.  You can leave me sentences in the comme...

Trying to Stay Positive (Sentence to Story #10)

When I was young, I thought I truly had it all figured out.  Life and I were pretty tight.  Anytime I wanted something, life was there, with exactly what I needed.  It seemed it would always be that way.  Unfortunately, when you're dead, life kind of shrugs its shoulders and says, "Sorry, wish I could help."



Well, dead is a relative term.  What would you call it if you still feel like you are walking around, interacting with the world, but you have no control over wh...

Trying to Stay Positive (Sentence to Start Story #10)

When I was young, I thought I truly had it all figured out.  Life and I were pretty tight.  Anytime I wanted something, life was there, with exactly what I needed.  It seemed it would always be that way.  Unfortunately, when you're dead, life kind of shrugs its shoulders and says, "Sorry, wish I could help."



Well, dead is a relative term.  What would you call it if you still feel like you are walking around, interacting with the world, but you have no control over wh...

Trying to Stay Positive (Sentence to Start #10)

When I was young, I thought I truly had it all figured out.  Life and I were pretty tight.  Anytime I wanted something, life was there, with exactly what I needed.  It seemed it would always be that way.  Unfortunately, when you're dead, life kind of shrugs its shoulders and says, "Sorry, wish I could help."



Well, dead is a relative term.  What would you call it if you still feel like you are walking around, interacting with the world, but you have no control over wh...

Sentence to Start - Week #5: Time to Vote!

Here are the top 10 sentences from last week (chosen randomly).  Voting is open to anybody, so spread the word.  If a sentence you submitted is on here, well then you definitely want to have your friends stop by and vote for it!  Just give them this shortened link: 



Vote for the one you think would make the BEST starting sentence to a story.



The sentence that gets the most votes will win a $5 ecard to Amazon!



The 3 sentences with the most votes will be my prompts for n...