Short Story Prompt No.4 — Scandals and the Free Press

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Banana Lily

Many people will see this photo differently. Some will feel a story idea exists within this photo. Some will see a banana. Some will see a Yellow Lily lying sideways. Some may think only about the clarity of the fly. I saw all that after I had a second look at the picture in my […]

Point – Pace – POV – and Endings

***A Story Prompts Aside — Three*** I wrote the following story, for which my point, pace, POV, and ending were in place as I wanted them. A second version of the story follows the first, with the new version honed to refit it into strictly an Action genre. It’s a learning curve all its own […]

Short Story Prompt No.3 — Rhymes

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Five Things I’ve Never Done

***A Story Prompts Aside – Two*** What are some things you’ve not done in life–good, or bad? Here are a few of my never-done-things that might spark a story idea in you! *** never got to drive my Dad’s farm tractor in the field *** Shoot, nowadays, farm girls are everywhere, but back in the early […]

March Winds Near Spring

***** Wedding Winds Blow Wedding bells barely heard were ringing while March winds were grandly swinging cloudy threats across the lowland plains. Could they get to the church before the rain? Wedding guests in pairs were mightily struggling, headed to the church doors while snuggling against March winds’ threatening flows. Would they remain upright, or […]

Icy Treats of Winter

***** Snow and Fantasy Soft and still, fantasy angels in it lie, spread with wings that cannot fly. It’s dry and high, or it’s heavy and wet; its’ shoveled and moved however, with great fret. Digging out all day are busy bodies leaving drifts; they uncover sidewalks and driveways with panting, breathless lifts. Ice blocks rise […]

When Winter Comes

***** White Thrills Of Summer months many often speak well; it is Winter through which they prefer not long to dwell. Blustery, wild, and icy wet with white gruff; Winter answers a seasonal calling each year. What contentious huff! Digging and shoveling becomes the rule when grand landscapes turn completely white. Few win that long […]

It Is All There

***** Can We See in Front of Us? What’s up? What’s new? What’s the latest brew? Do we know? Do we care? Do we want to fare? Is there truth? Is there Light? Is our mind ready for fight, or flight? Will we hide? Will we explore? Will we soar? It’s all there. It’s in […]

Words for Fun Play or Pay

***** A Post Per Day or Ten? Getting our ducks in a row absolutely, always will show that we’re after perfection. At this site, a post per day is always a sensationally good way to strike a positive, productive cord. Is ten posts per every day the very best successful way to build an Internet […]

Martin and Ray said…

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Religious reformer Martin Luther: “If I am not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don’t want to go there.”

Author Ray Bradbury: “Heaven is a house with porch lights.”

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Martin and Ray said…