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Next Stop: Sejer Island–Book Review
Book Info: Next Stop: Sejer Island by Andrea Heiberg Paperback: June, 2011, 84 pages. Rating: 5 Stars Synopsis: This book of short stories involves fictional characters living on the real Sejer...
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Kitchen: Serving up Birds
I’ve been away from the Kitchen for a while due to packing up and moving to a new place. I’m beginning to get things back in order with a few minutes to devote to writing here and there as a break from...
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Another Poetry Wednesday
English: Haiku of Basho (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Like most people this past week and into this one, I’ve had little time to just relax. Projects on timelines scream for attention. Challenges come in...
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For Want of a Flower–Part One
Flash fiction is just that; reads in a flash and then is gone, leaving behind an impression of things unsaid. I like flash fiction for that reason, but recently I discovered that I can also use it to...
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Choosing a Style
Writer Wordart (Photo credit: MarkGregory007) Last time we looked at different writing styles in the physical sense; longhand vs. mechanical vs. computer, and the advantages of each. Today, let’s look...
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When a Story Strikes
Story lines are ever plentiful around my desk. There are times when I can read the Police Blotter in the local paper and find at least ten of the little buggers waiting to be taken out for a spin....
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Claudsy’s Blog: Minor Challenge Update
Imagination can set you free. Last week I issued a small challenge to those who’ve ignored those bits and pieces of projects in their possession. Those projects were eager contestants at one point in...
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Taking On Reality and a Minor Challenge
The Passage of Time (Photo credit: ToniVC) If you’re like me, you have more than enough challenge in an average day to keep you occupied for a lifetime. Or so it seems. At the moment I have too many...
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2013 Poetry Month–Day 9
Poetry is an… (Photo credit: liber(the poet);) Day 9 started out for me with poetic asides. Two for Tuesday comes around each week with opposites usually, and today’s prompt held true to the pattern....
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Claudsy’s Blog: Characters on First and Third
Every writer of fiction makes a choice at the inception of a story project. She chooses whether to write the piece in first person or third. As soon as voice is established, another choice comes into...
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Claudsy’s Blog: Wasting Time
Courtesy of BJJones Photography As many of my friends and followers know, I was on vacation in June, contracted pneumonia, spent time in the hospital, and am now trying to finish healing at home. I...
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Claudsy’s Blog: Shaking Hands with Opportunity
Yesterday I was talking with a writer/teacher friend of mine, Nancy Sondel, who operates the Pacific Coast Children’s Writers Novel Workshop & Retreat. We were talking shop, workloads, and...
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Claudsy’s Blog: Bridging the Gap
Courtesy of BJJones Photography It’s taken forever, but decisions on a design for my author’s website are ready to implement. And after long consideration, I forced myself to turn a corner that I’d...
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#CTC29 Day 5 – Morphological Forced Connections
Preamble Today’s prompt is somewhat similar to yesterday’s in terms of random words and associations. The difference today is that we are associating a random character, a random situation, a random...
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#CTC29 Day 7 – Larger Than Life Hero
Preamble Today we are asked to explore the Larger Than Life Hero archetype. The challenge is write a short scene that shows this hero facing a “pet the dog” moment so they can be related to. The word...
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