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July 20, 2015
Word a Week | Week 20
Welcome to thetwentieth installment of Word a Week. You can find the other Word a Week words here.
This week’s word is:
proletarian– (adjective) 1. pertaining or belonging to the proletariat. 2. (in ancient Rome) belonging to the lowest or poorest class of the people.
(noun) 3. a member of the proletariat.
This word reminds me of 1984, but that’s not where I got it from. It actually came, as several of my WaW words have, from Middlesex.
I look forward to the pieces this vocabulary word spawn...
July 17, 2015
Baiting Moxie | WOW555 Flash Fiction
Since its inception, I’ve been a big fan of Wendy Strain’s WOW555 flash fiction challenge. Unfortunately, I haven’t always been able to participate, which is a real shame, because I find that I do some of my best flash writing in participating there. That’s why this week I was determined to take part, and I even set aside time in my schedule just to work on this prompt, which brought me into a genre in which I sometimes dabble.
Here’s my contribution:
Baiting Moxie
Everyone said her name wa...
July 15, 2015
Book Review Wednesday | The Art of Work by Jeff Goins
I’m not sure what prompted me to pick up a copy of The Art of Work by Jeff Goins. Maybe it was advertised in an e-mail newsletter, or it could have been recommended to me on Amazon, or it could have been dropped on my doorstep by the ghost of Poor Richard himself. Whatever the case, I’m really glad I got a chance to read this book, and I plan to read it again — more than once, if necessary.
“Life seldom unfolds the way we hope or plan. The twists, surprises, and setbacks leave us feeling stu...
July 14, 2015
Consuming Darkness | Available on Kindle and A Giveaway
Last week I announced that my new anthology e-book, Consuming Darkness, was available for pre-order. (It’s available for $2.99 at Smashwords, Kobo, Barnes and Noble, and now on Amazon Kindleuntil it’s release on July 31st.) Createdfor horror and speculative fiction fans who don’t have time to sit down with a whole novel, it’s got ten bite-sized stories that are perfect for reading between appointments or over a lunch break.
This week, I have more news. I’m going to be giving away a copy of t...
July 13, 2015
Word a Week | Week 19
Welcome to thenineteenth installment of Word a Week. You can find the other Word a Week words here.
This week’s word is:
vitreous– (adjective) 1. like glass in appearance or physical properties.
Write a piece of flash fiction, post it at your online space, then drop the link in the comments section!
Filed under: Challenge, Word a Week, Writing, Writing Craft Tagged: challenge, vocabulary, writing, writing craft, writing tips
July 11, 2015
Elevator Club | Weekly Flash Fiction
It’s that time again. I finally snagged enough time to sit down, collect some weekly prompts, and put my fingers to the keys. This story comes from several prompts: Sunday Photo Fiction, Today’s Author: Write Now, Inspiration Monday, and my own Word a Week.
(Check out the links if you’re looking for creative inspiration. There are a lot of great prompts out there, but these were what spoke to me this week, and I’d love to see what my fellow writers can create with the same inspiration.)
It wa...
July 8, 2015
Book Review Wednesday | The Mud People: A Parable of Recovery
A long time ago, I had a therapist that recommended that I find and read a book called The Mud People. She promised that, if read with an open mind and heart, I would find solace and hope within the pages. She told me it might be hard to find, but it would be worth it to my recovery from years of abuse. Before I left that day, she gave me a copy of the scan of the book cover, and made me promise to try to find it.
It has been probably five years since that day, and I didn’t actually get my h...
July 7, 2015
Consuming Darkness is Available (for Pre-Order)
For those of you who have been following along with me, you might know that I have been working on a newdark fictionanthology called Consuming Darkness. It’s a lot like my first anthology, Darkness Undone, but it has more and longer stories, some of them never-before-seen and exclusive to the anthology, as well as a contribution and special foreword from my friend and fellow author, Mark Gardner.
This new anthologyis slated for release July 31st. Pre-orders and early adopterswill gettheir co...
July 6, 2015
Word a Week | Week 18
Welcome to theeighteenth installment of Word a Week. You can find the other Word a Week words here.
This week’s word is:
cogent– (adjective) 1. (of an argument or case) clear, logical, and convincing.
Pour yourself your favorite writing drink, grab a snack, and get that word processor open. I can’t wait to see what some of you come up with this week!
Filed under: Challenge, Word a Week, Writing, Writing Craft Tagged: challenge, vocabulary, writing, writing craft, writing tips
July 3, 2015
A New Celebration | Flash Fiction for WOW555 and WriteNow Challenges
In honor of America’s upcoming Fourth of July celebration, I decided tocombine the WOW555 and WriteNow challenges in a holiday-inspired piece of fiction. I don’t believe I’ve ever written from the perspective of a non-humanoid, so it was a fun exercise, and I hope you all enjoy reading it. Without further introduction, here’s the story:
A New Celebration
The stale air draped over Tennyson. Cocooned in its warm stillness, his eyelids drooped as he let out a snuffle, and then readjusted his h...
