The Serialists of November 30th
It’s great to see Ann Pino (Bunnygirl) writing so much lately. Yay! I hadn’t realized the Vince world tied in with the Diana world. I’m looking forward to some good reading.
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“Not a guess, no. When I rode in the place was humming with whispers like a smashed harp.”
And the Winner of Desperate Duchesses by Eloisa James Is
is Heather! (I didn’t feel like messing with random.org so I had Mr. Al pick a number while he was off in the kitchen doing dishes. He picked five, then he thought HE had won something. Silly man.)
Congrats Heather! Let me dig around and see if I can figure out what I did with your address. This is what I get for not having an address book, and for having moved.
160 – On a Jet Plane
Just like that she left him, got on a plane and didn’t look back. “See you next year,” she told her dad right before returning to college.
Monkey Man hosts the 160 Character Challenge. See what you can write in 160 characters or less, spaces included.
55 – Hunger in the Time of Recession
Oddly, the hunger isn’t of the body, like the starving masses in Africa. It’s in a hollowness of voice as the neighbor says, “I’ve got all this experience in their field, but they still didn’t hire me. The roof is leaking and I’m almost out of food. I don’t know what I’m going to do.”
The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Flash Fiction 55 is hosted by the G-man, a host with the most.
13 Songs
These are all songs I listened to while writing my NaNo book. Yep, I’m still at it.
1. Not Strong Enough by Apocalyptica
Suzie’s House 237: To Turn On a Dime Bag
“Whacha doing?” Vin set the remote down and turned his head to watch Ben more closely.
The boy scribbled something in one of those miniature spiral notebooks that Vin himself used while on the job. For a boy with no interest in private investigation, it looked awfully suspicious.
“Oh. Um…. nothing.” Ben tucked the notebook behind his back, looking guilty as all heck.
The Serialists for Nov 23
After much adversity, it’s nice to see Ahu and Ahuahu in a pleasant moment.
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If you are not an author and would only like to read, then please leave a comment. I may feature you next week.
Fwd: Parrot (for Thanksgiving)
>> A young man named John received a parrot as a gift.
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>> > The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird’s mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity. John tried and tried to change the bird’s attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else he could think of to “clean up” the bird’s vocabulary. Finally, John was fed up and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot
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yelled back. John shook the parrot and the parrot got angrier and even ruder. John, in desperation, threw up his hand, grabbed the bird and put him in the freezer.
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>> For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed. Then suddenly there was total quiet. Not a peep was heard for over a minute. Fearing that he’d hurt the parrot, John quickly opened the door to the freezer. The parrot calmly stepped out onto John’s outstretched arms and said,
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>> “I believe I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I’m sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate
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>> transgressions and I fully intend to do everything I can to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior.”
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>> > > John was stunned at the change in the bird’s attitude. As he was about to ask the parrot what had made such a dramatic change in his behavior, the bird continued,
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>> > > “May I ask what the turkey did?”
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>> > > HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
160 – Simple Things
No longer able to speak clearly, she doesn’t say anything, but I know what she’s thinking as the nurse takes her tray away. She’s thinking, “Thank you.”
Monkey Man hosts the 160 Character Challenge. See what you can write in 160 characters or less, spaces included.
Potty
Tonic: Woof. (It’s bad, but I’d rather this than rain.)
Gin: Meow. (That’s because you don’t have to dig a hole first.)
Today’s theme is Wet/Rain
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From Drew to Suzie
Daunting…
the things I should have said to you.
When I think of you there, alone
and me here, alone
for nothing but pride….
That’s all gone now;
my pride in work,
my sense of self worth
even my sense of self.
If I had stayed, we would be happy now.
But now… the thing I’ve become…
If I tried to go home now,
would you even let me in the door?
The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Flash Fiction 55 is hosted by the G-man, a host with the most.
13 Things I Didn’t Do Today
1. I didn’t find my old copy of Dragon Naturally Speaking. Got a lot of cleaning done while looking, but didn’t find it.
2. Didn’t get my words done. Yet.
3. Didn’t get the brand new copy of Dragon that I ran out and bought to work with the audio file I need to convert.
4. Didn’t remember to write my list until just now.
5. Didn’t quite get caught up with the dishes, but did reduce the pile/mountain.
6. Didn’t remember to give my son a ride to an appointment until after I’d already driven to the store to buy the software.
7. Didn’t figure out how I’m going to get my heroine in and out of town.
8. Didn’t get the cats litter box trained yet.
9. Didn’t get any random photos set up.
10. Didn’t get into a word war with my dd, who is also writing a NaNo book.
11. Didn’t know when her math test was until it was too late.
12. Didn’t read one blog because I wasn’t sure which post to read.
13. Didn’t take a much needed nap.
Suzie’s House 236: The Lurker
Ben couldn’t stand it any longer. He had to write this all down. This, this drama stuff that always seemed to be a part of Gene was better than fiction! Mrs. Audrey would love it. Ben could write it up so she wouldn’t know and….
