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Writers Quote Wednesday – INSPIRATION

Hello everyone! It’s Writers Quote Wednesday hosted by Colleen Chesebro (Silver Threading) and Ronovan Hester (Ronovan Writes). The theme for this week’s quotes is Inspiration.

What is Inspiration?

Something that makes someone want to do something or that gives someone an idea about what to do or create : a force or influence that inspires someone.

As the meaning of the word implies inspiration can come from anywhere. There are so many things that inspire me; songs, dreams, nightmares, poems, illustrations, people, animals . . . I’ve even been inspired by a tree. Check out my short story A Cursed Tree

Haiku Friday – Wrapped Up In An Adventure!

Hello everyone! Due to my current situation (lost in wonderland and stuck in the web of vacation) there will be no ‘Haiku Friday’ today. Don’t worry about me though, I’ll find my way home soon enough. I’ll be back next week full force! In the meantime, thank you for stopping by and enjoy the weekend!

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Tagged: adventure, haiku, haiku friday, poetry, vacation, weekend, wonderland

Writers Quote Wednesday – FREEDOM

Happy Wednesday everyone! The theme for this week’s quote is ‘Freedom’. Ron’s prompt could not have been better for me this week since I’m on vacation and I feel free!

Haiku Friday – Magic & Glimmer

Hello! It is Haiku Friday and today’s prompt words are Magic and Glimmer. They were provided by Ronovan Hester of Ronovan Writes.

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We search for magic
Obsessed by a fairytale
And a glint of hope

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A twinkle lured her
Deep into a lush forest
Where she found a door
She swung open the portal
And found a Kingdom of peace

(Tanka)

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Ronovan hosts a challenge that anyone could participate in called Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge every Monday, and you have until Sunday to create a post featuring your haiku poem. He is an author and poet and also does author interviews and much more on his blog. Be sure to check it out. Read Ron’s Haiku Prompt Challenge Guidelines for more information.

Tagged: fairytale, haiku, haiku friday, magic, poetry, RonovanWrites, The Writer Next Door, Vashti Q

Writers Quote Wednesday – OBSESSION

Welcome everyone to Writers Quote Wednesday! Today’s theme is Obsession. So what is obsession? It’s an idea or thought that continually preoccupies or intrudes on a person’s mind.

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I can relate with this quote because this is pretty much how I feel.

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Lately, when I’m not writing, I’m thinking about writing.

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Check out my writing inspiration board for my Fantasy Angels Series on Pinterest.

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Colleen Chesebro is a writer, poet, and book reviewer. She hosts an inspiring event every Wednesday on her blog, Silver Threading, called Writers Quote Wednesday Writing Challenge. Anyone can participate by choosing a quote by a favorite writer then, write a short piece of flash fiction or poetry to share with us all. You can include photos, photo quotes, or anything else that helps to highlight your quote. Have fun with it! This week’s theme is OBSESSION.

Tagged: #WQWWC, Anne Rice, obsession, Pinterest, quotes, Silver Threading, The Writer Next Door, Vashti Q, write, Writers Quote Wednesday, writing

Q & A Tag – The Writer Next Door

Hello everyone! Today I’d like to thank Marjorie Mallon from KYROSMAGICA for nominating me to take part in The Writer Q & A Tag. Marje is a writer, book reviewer, and all around great person. She has a fun and colorful blog that is all about the magic of writing, her love for books, crystals, laughter and much more, so be sure to check it out.

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What’s this tag about? Its a fun tag celebrating writers, bloggers, books, and writing. It is also a great way to discover or know more about our online friends in the writing and blogging communities.
Following are the questions that Marje Mellon prepared for me and my answers.

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If you met a sexy vampire what would you do? Hook up, get the garlic and crosses out or run a mile?

 

Hmm. I would interview him.

 

What’s your favorite genre of book and why?

 

I love to read the same genres I write which are fantasy, horror and suspense/thriller. However, I do occasionally read romantic comedies, crime thrillers, and historical fantasies. If someone recommends a book in another genre I may read the first few chapters to see if I like it. I do like to give every book a fighting chance.

Who is/are your favorite author (s), poet (s)? What is it about them that inspired you?

 

Stephen King, C.S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Dan Brown, Anne Rice, Tom Clancy. I admire these authors’ imagination and ability to tell a good story in a way that I can play it out in my mind in living color.

 

Poets : Emily Dickinson, Maya Angelou, Edgar Allan Poe, and Anne Sexton

 

 

If you had to control a classroom of year 6 kids would you bale, or enjoy the challenge? Would you be (a.) Too undisciplined to do so, you’d just join in the general mayhem, (b.) Enjoy bossy them around, or (c.) Pray in a corner for the bell to sound. Guess which one would be my reply, winners will be mentioned on my blog!

 

I would tell them a story. That has always worked for me with smaller cousins growing up and with my nieces, nephews and their friends when they were younger. I might join in a little bit of mayhem too––as I suspect you would, Marje.

Haiku Friday – Lightning & Rain

Hello! It is Haiku Friday and today’s prompt words are Lightning and Rain. They were provided by Ronovan Hester of Ronovan Writes.

Ronovan hosts a challenge that anyone could participate in called Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge every Monday, and you have until Sunday to create a post featuring your haiku poem. He is an author and poet and also does author interviews and much more on his blog. Be sure to check it out. Read Ron’s Haiku Prompt Challenge Guidelines for more information.

 

**This is my first time writing a Tanka which is a Japanese poem very much like a Haiku except it has two extra lines at the end both with seven syllables. (5-7-5-7-7)

 

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She stood in the mist
Waiting on the same corner
For the lightning train
To carry her past the stars
Where her beloved awaits

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Happy Friday the 13th!

Writers Quote Wednesday – CHANGE

Hi everyone! Welcome to Writers Quote Wednesday! I’m a perfectionist by nature but I also have a slight fear of change. Two things that do not go well together like rice with mangoes. Since it has been engrained in my mind from the time I was a child to always do my best and never do anything half-assed, I’ve had to put my fears of change aside many times.
Just a short while ago I wrote about the changes I need to make to my book, The Fall of Lilith. Talk about scary . . . I was tempted to leave it alone. After all, I did have seven beta readers tell me it was pretty good. The editor that told me about restructuring certain scenes also told me that if I left the book as it was it would probably do well but it wouldn’t be a great book. Hmm. I thought maybe I could live with that. Unfortunately (or fortunately) I kept hearing the voices of certain family members in my head, ‘That would be the equivalent of leaving something half-assed.’ That’s when I decided to go ahead and tackle those changes. It’s scary––it isn’t going to be easy, and it’s going to take some time, but I have to do what’s best for my book. That part of me that always wants to do my best––I don’t want to change. Nothing gets better by chance, it gets better by change.

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Colleen Chesebro is a writer, poet, and book reviewer. She hosts an inspiring event every Wednesday on her blog, Silver Threading, called Writers Quote Wednesday Writing Challenge. Anyone can participate by choosing a quote by a favorite writer then, write a short piece of flash fiction or poetry to share with us all. You can include photos, photo quotes, or anything else that helps to highlight your quote. Have fun with it! This week’s theme is CHANGE.

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Have a great day!

Tagged: #WQWWC, change, quotes, Silver Threading, The Writer Next Door, Vashti Q, Writers Quote Wednesday

Haiku Friday – Dragon & Invite

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Hi Everyone! I created the word cloud above in a website called Festisite. You can create different word graphics easily and I am addicted. My friend Ritu of But I Smile Anyway . . . showcased some of her word art and featured the site on her blog. Thank you Ritu! Be sure to check out her blog and read her take on this week’s prompt words Dragon and Invite.

 Ronovan Hester of Ronovan Writes hosts a challenge that anyone could participate in called Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge every Monday, and you have until Sunday to create a post featuring your haiku poem. Ron usually provides the prompt words but this week we have a special treat and the words were provided by Wild Daffodil‘s 8 year old granddaughter Miss E. She did a great job choosing two interesting words that can stimulate anyone’s imagination and creativity. Thanks Miss E!

Ronovan is an author and poet and also does author interviews and much more on his blog. Be sure to check it out. Read Ron’s Haiku Prompt Challenge Guidelines for more information.

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Here’s my contribution for this week . . .

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The dragon reveals
The awesome power of God
Tempts the sons of pride

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Do not invite it
Nothing on earth can stop it
The Leviathan

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Sorry for the late post and have a great weekend!
Tagged: dragon, festisite, haiku, haiku friday, Leviathan, poetry, RonovanWrites, The Writer Next Door

Writers Quote Wednesday – FANTASY

Colleen Chesebro is a writer, poet, and book reviewer. She hosts an inspiring event every Wednesday on her blog, Silver Threading, called Writers Quote Wednesday Writing Challenge . Anyone can participate by choosing a quote by a favorite writer then, write a short piece of flash fiction or poetry to share with us all. You can include photos, photo quotes, or anything else that helps to highlight your quote. Have fun with it! This week’s theme is FANTASY.

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I’m so excited about the upcoming movie, ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass‘ starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Mia Wasikowska, Anne Hathaway . . . and a bunch others. A stellar cast. And talk about Fantasy.

Meet the Cast of Alice Through the Looking Glass

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Come away with me
Drift in Fantasy’s colors
Escape this gray world

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Check out the trailer for Alice Through the Looking Glass . . .

Tagged: #WQWWC, Alice Through The Looking Glass, Fantasy, Silver Threading, The Writer Next Door, Vashti Q, Writers Quote Wednesday, youtube