New Years Day dawned brilliantly clear and bitingly cold, as if the world had become a giant cryogenic chamber. Bonnie Rasmussen-Peterson expected this from Minnesota…
Welcome to the weekly mini writing workshop. The idea behind these posts is to provide simple tips and examples to help those who are trying…
Welcome to the #fiftywords contest Thank you to all who participated last week: @gaby-crb, @barski, @bex-dk, @theironfelix, @wems, @razel, @wordymouth, @manoldonchev, @creatr, @jewlzie, @road2horizon, @kaelci,…
It’s time for a new mini workshop! This weekly post is intended to help emerging writers find their voice, improve their writing, and feel more…
Home for Christmas Harriet brought a rum-spiked eggnog to Richard — a little something to cheer him on this quiet Christmas Eve. A knock at…
Welcome to my weekly writing tips. This mini workshop is intended to provide emerging writers with ways to get inspired and improve their writing. In…
This short story was a contest entry a writing prompt contest. I love fiction contests, as they are so motivating, with a prompt and a…
The path along the riverbank was muddy from a morning rainstorm. Jillian trudged the half-mile walk to Grandfather’s house, past the farmlands, the old rancher’s…
Hello friends! Here is my #fiftywords short story for this week’s prompt, “snowflake.” Something surprising happened as I was writing this story and finding images.…
This is a 50-word short story for the prompt of “feast.” Before the Wedding Feast Daisy polished a glass and placed it at the bride’s…