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WOAW Fiction – The Coffee Ban (Part 2)
I got nothin’ for the Weekly Writing Challenge, so I’m punting with Part 2 of The Coffee Ban. Tension builds as coffee fans deal with the elimination of their favorite beverage. You can read Part 1 here. Hope you enjoy. DAY THREE: Columbus, Ohio Stan and Sarah stared at their stockpile of coffee products, neatly Continue reading
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The Day WOAW Died . . .
Monday night was a typical night. After drafting a post, I hit “Publish,” and guess what happened? It wouldn’t let me. I was directed to my Dashboard where this message awaited me: “This blog has been deactivated because we believe that it does not comply with the WordPress.com Terms of Service or advertising policy. ” Continue reading
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The Bechdel Test
My friend and writing partner, Angela, knows lots of stuff in general, but especially about writing. In our writing partnership, I consider her the brains of the operation, while I am just the barfer. I can cough up pages, but she’s the one who cleans the barf, so to speak. Her ability is the result Continue reading
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The WordPress Family
Did you know that Clark Kent – yes the Clark Kent – lives in Ohio? He also blogs on WordPress. Okay, I’m not really sure who this elusive Clark Kent is, but I know this . . . Clark posts beautiful, inspiring posts about soulmates and grace, love, and humanity. He recently dinged me for an Continue reading
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Got Plot? Maybe Not!
I was honored when a friend allowed me to read her unpublished novel and proud when I finished it. Her heartwarming story involves a myriad of quirky, interesting yet different characters who I felt I got to know within the course of reading the book. As I learned about the characters, I emailed my friend Continue reading
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WOAW Fiction- The Coffee Ban
Below is the beginning of a short story I started writing some time ago. I thought I’d share the first few pages where I introduce the characters to see if you wanted to read more. It’s simple– just my goofy attempt at satire. Hope you enjoy! The Coffee Ban DAY ONE: Columbus, Ohio Sarah watched Continue reading
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Writing Buddies
I met Angela (who blogs at Telling New Stories) three years ago, and upon discovering that she enjoyed writing I told her about an idea I had for a book. She said two words in response that changed my life: “Write it.” Upon hearing those words, I huffed. Yeah, right! How was I going to Continue reading
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On Being in the Mood…
Do you ever find that you are not in the mood to write? That you’d rather just sit and veg out, or sleep, or stare at a blank wall? That you’d rather do anything other than fire up the laptop? Do you have days where writing or blogging seem like a gargantuan effort and you Continue reading
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The Liebster Award
Many thanks to ish ism for nominating me for the Liebster Award! Go visit his blog and check out this post. The Liebster Award is a fun way to recognize and promote new up and coming blogs of a good standard with less than 200 followers. Nominees are asked to: 1. Post eleven facts about themselves. Continue reading
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Daily Post Weekly Writing Challenge
This week’s writing challenge on the Daily Post blog (www.dailypost.wordpress.com) is to describe a character from your life. Check out the challenge here. This is my contribution. I am twelve years old and I just woke up at Gido’s house. Gido is my grandfather and we will be spending the day together. Gido slept on Continue reading
Waiting on a Word 