Cocktail Word count 578 Back at Jason’s apartment, Debra asked “I hope that you remember that it’s our one year anniversary of dating. Do you have anything special in mind?” “I’m not proposing marriage if that’s what you think, even though we make a great … Continue reading Paperback Writer
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Duke
Closest I could get to Newberry Crater free Pixabay Word count 972 Duke Hanley was on one of his favorite hikes in Central Oregon. Most of the way up Paulina Peak in the Newberry Crater National Monument, he couldn’t remember what year it was. He … Continue reading Duke
Stylesheet For Today
Word count 324 Community – Add after any group Read this before writing Wrong – Brown haired Wrong - Scientists Right – Brown haired community Right – Scientific community Commas – separate items in a list, but not clauses Clauses – There are none … Continue reading Stylesheet For Today
Easy
Watch out! Word count 303 I wonder about figures of speech. Let’s dissect similes (unless they are metaphors – I’m a mathematician, not an English major, and I’m not even a good mathematician). Ok, to be honest, some of these are just phrases. We … Continue reading Easy
Spillwords Interview
All novels should be 90% shorter, we are running out of words Word count 600 SPOTLIGHT ON WRITERS – DOUG HAWLEY DOUG HAWLEYNOVEMBER 7, 2020 AUTHORSENGLISHLITERATUREQ&A3 MIN READ Bookmark Rate this interview USER REVIEW 5 (2 votes) Spotlight On Writers Doug Hawley @dougiamm Where, do you hail … Continue reading Spillwords Interview
Exchange
Word count 352 My hope is that publisher O is no longer is a publisher. The story of an author I’ll call D and a publisher I’ll call O. D notes publisher O does audio. That would be something new for him so he submits … Continue reading Exchange
Trash / Lust Poem (warning prurient, juvenile and very bad)
Word count 107 Dancing Tangle With you I want a romance Since we were thirteen, I wanted into your pants We’ve got something, I don’t know what OMG what a butt! Your nurses’ exams I would proctor If only we could play doctor When … Continue reading Trash / Lust Poem (warning prurient, juvenile and very bad)
Dangerous Dan
Some guy that used to be known Word count 107 Dan is a famous television personality. He tells everyone via Twitter, television and sky writing that he is a rich and brilliant man. His public statements have attracted a following of those who hate the … Continue reading Dangerous Dan
Cat
Super cat bigger than a bus, louder than a firee engine 367 Words Duke and Sally had two children. The older, Leela was a good girl, but Brad was a very bad boy. Brad would swear at his parents and kick them in the … Continue reading Cat
Adair
You meet the nicest corpses here Word count 789 A very pale couple of corpses Patrick and Roisin stumbled into the Adair graveyard during the night of 31 October. Liam and Ciara intercepted them and said “We are your greeters here to tell you about … Continue reading Adair
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