4 Penny Saga: The Guardian of Death
My friend John R suggested this first line to me. I liked what I was getting so much I wrote for 10 minutes this time. Mosby the red panda stood…
Shotgun Reviews: The Stand
After a plague kills 99.4% of the human population, the survivors form two groups; one under the benevolent guidance of the 108-year-old Mother Abigail, the other led by the cruel…
Two Penny Saga: Mary’s Strange Addiction
My friend Tamanya suggested this first line to me. I wrote for five minutes. This is what I got. (If any of you have any more suggestions for prompts please…
What went through my head while skydiving
Yesterday morning Kimmy and I jumped out of an airplane two miles above the ground. (Fortunately we were both attached to people who know what they were doing.)The absolutely most…
Two Penny Saga: Shaggy Tiger Story
My cousin Geoffrey suggested this first line to me. I wrote for five minutes. This is what I got. (If any of you have any more suggestions for prompts please…
Cleaning the new house
While all of you were celebrating Memorial Day with barbeques and traffic jams, Kimmy, her family, my parents and I were hard at work cleaning the new house.I mowed a…
Two Penny Saga: Slimy Awakening
My friend Jon R suggested this first line to me. I wrote for five minutes. This is what I got. (If any of you have any more suggestions for prompts…
Post-Writers Conference thoughts
Last night I returned from the Backspace Writers' Conference in New York. The conference seemed to be designed to break you down (Agents reviewed our queries and first two pages…
I’m back! (Finally)
It's been excruciatingly too long since my last post. Honestly, I don't even have an excuse. Of course I've been busy, but who isn't busy? I can't even remember what…