Every Friday the peeps that run Paper Hangover run Flash Fiction Friday. Yours truly blows at flash fiction–it always winds up being a longer piece down the road. Anyway, poached directly from their site: “Here’s the gist. Each week, one of us we’ll give you some kind of writing prompt–it won’t always be stories, just something to get those creative
Zombie Thursday Double-shot: Quiz Time!
To say I listen to “eclectic” and “unconventional” music is an understatement. I’m fully aware that my music taste and most of the Lurkdom don’t match up. But today isn’t about why you should join the dark side and embrace Dimmu Borgir videos as your number one source of entertainment*. It’s Zombie Thursday which means we must address the zombie
Won’t You Be My Neighbor
Every Wednesday, YA Highway asks their readership a simple question to answer on your blog. Once you answer, you link your blog in the comments for other readers to hop on board. This is Road Trip Wednesday. Today’s question: Which book character would you like most as a next door neighbor? Bella Swan! She’s so perfect and smart and charming
Task-Setting For Writers, Part I: Priorities
Welcome to part one of task-setting for writers. This will be a weekly feature for the next several weeks. To say that the art of writing is time-intensive is like saying chocolate is awesome*. In my fantasy world, I have an unlimited amount of time each day to work on my projects, still train for a marathon, and give the
What Do Squirrels Talk About?
If you’re reading this post, that means the day job has kicked my butt again and I pulled out one of the last ditch posts. That I’ve written this with a raging PMS migraine isn’t helping the thought process*. Credit Last month, Lauren sent me this as further proof of the squirrel apocalypse. Here you can see Abe whispering plot