Author Archives: Alice
Something Old, Something New
Sorry, I couldn’t come up with a NEW Jack and Jill this week. Too busy writing a book. But it occured to me that a lot of people who come to check out Jack and Jill now are new, so I posted a picture from one of the oldest Jack and Jill episodes. This week’s theme is “new.” I’ll bet you thought it was old.
A Smooth Stone
Meredith picked up a smooth stone from the river bed. “It’s not like we know nothing,” she says. “For instance, this stone became smooth by tumbling in the stream. We can carbon date it to know the age, and located rocks like it for where it originated.” “That rock came from my bedroom,” her son says. “I threw it away just now.” The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Flash […]
13 Button Images
If you look over on the left sidebar toward the top you will see a grab it button. This is a widget you can put on your own blog that will show the image I have up and link back to my blog. I have several I grabbed from other people’s blogs on my right hand sidebar if you scroll down a bit. What’s cool about mine is that the image changes every so often. People who grab the button […]
Suzie’s House 286 : Justin and Emma Practice
“What are you doing here?” Justin looked scary with his mouth all snarly and eyes narrow. For a minute, it made Emma nervous – as if there was anything in the world that didn’t make her nervous – but then, maybe it wasn’t a bad thing for Justin to hate Bruce that much.
The Serialists for November 14
This weeks featured serialist: Sheilagh Lee writing Meet Emmett Rogers- A Prequel to a Penny Saved A Murder Earned This is the hub for The Serialists, a meme for people who post original, serialized fiction on their blogs. If you have one or more posts you would like for us to read, please put the direct link(s) to the post(s) in the linky. Remember to visit one another and comment. We all want to hear from our readers.
NaNoWriMo 2012
It’s National Novel Writing Month again. It’s kind of funny they should call it that when people from all over the world do it at the same time. National? Which nation? Anyway, the idea is to write a book in November. We’re talking rough draft here. My rough drafts are always really, really rough. I’ve been known to throw the whole thing away and start from scratch. Sometimes more than once. For instance, last year I worked on a dragon […]
Breakfast of the Champagnes
Previously in Jack and Jill: Anchor Managment For more posts with Breakfast go to Keyhole Pictures
Biopsy
“Eviscerated” probably isn’t how I should answer the question, “How do you feel?” It was just a little medical procedure. That’s what they call it, you know. It doesn’t count as an operation, the way Korea wasn’t a war, just a “police action”. In and out in half a day. Then nothing to do but wait. The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Flash Fiction 55 is hosted by the […]
Suzie’s House 285 : The Sound of Music
Suzie ripped the check out of the checkbook and stuffed it into an envelope. She could have done it online, but then the money would have transferred faster and she’d find herself in yet another financial bind. Such wonderful things she could look forward to.
The Serialists for November 7th
This week’s featured serialist: Ann Pino with Points of Departure This is the hub for The Serialists, a meme for people who post original, serialized fiction on their blogs. If you have one or more posts you would like for us to read, please put the direct link(s) to the post(s) in the linky. Remember to visit one another and comment. We all want to hear from our readers.
Doctors and Drums
It was a week of doctors and drums for me. I went in for the kind or routine exam that doctors make you do in order to get your prescriptions refilled and ended up with a colonoscopy. This is not exactly the kind of procedure I look forward to. They keep assuring you that it’ll be fine because even if you’re awake and aware during the exam you won’t remember anything. Does anyone else find this a touch disturbing? The […]
Anchor Managment
Jack: Ack! @#$%$#@@@^&*&*(**&! Previously in Jack and Jill: On the Shelf For more posts with Anger go to Keyhole Pictures
