AtoZ Blogging Challenge. H is King Today.

The brainchild of  Arlee Bird, at Tossing it Out




Just to remind readers what I'm doing here, I'm reposting my earlier explanation. Here 'tis!



As a writer, my real tools are the words in my language. Fortunately, English has a ton--with more being added everyday. You can see where this is going, right? My favorite words from AtoZ. Okay, stop the sniggering. I'm not as creative as some, so give me a break, take a look and add your favorite word in your comment. I can always use more words.




Harrowing




How would you use this word in one of your stories, or would you? What's harrowing for you anyway? Do you feel more harrowed by reading the reports of real events in the real world, or by Stephen King's latest weird adventure in the land of fiction? Here's a film that gives me the true feeling of what a harrowing experience is. Ever seen The Deep? I only thought I'd see the opening of this video about the making of that film, but I had to watch it all. Incredibly harrowing.










This harrowing experience brought to you by:

The Madlab Post (Nicole Ayers)

Tossing It Out (Arlee Bird)

Amlokiblogs (Damyanti Biswas)

Alex J. Cavanaugh (Alex J. Cavanaugh)

Life is Good (Tina Downey)

Cruising Altitude 2.0 (DL Hammons)

Retro-Zombie (Jeremy Hawkins)

The Warrior Muse (Shannon Lawrence)

The QQQE (Matthew MacNish)

Leave it to Livia (Livia Peterson)

No Thought 2 Small (Konstanz Silverbow)

Breakthrough Blogs (Stephen Tremp)

Spunk on a Stick (L. Diane Wolfe)







We also have a Facebook page, email address 2012azinfo@gmail.com, and the Twitter hashtag is #AtoZChallenge.  HERE's THE LIST. 

Sliding on the Edge, C. Lee McKenzie, WestSide Books, Spring '09
The Princess of Las Pulgas, WestSide Books, Fall '10
The First Time, Fall '11 (Anthology story: Premeditated Cat)
Alligators Overhead, Outskirts Press, Fall '12