Going down Word Count 191 “I never thought Chad would be such a jerk. He said that he loved me, we were getting along great and then he ghosted me. No warning, no texts, no explanation, just gone. I’d don’t know how I would … Continue reading Ghosted
Teeth
Take care of your teeth and they will take care of you Word count 414 Duke and Sally went to the Lake Oswego carnival on Duke’s twenty-fifth birthday. He and Sally had been married seven years at that time and still acted like newlyweds. After … Continue reading Teeth
Comparo
Herstory Word Count 500 We are taking a little time in our gender study class to examine the difference between two million-seller novels. His story is “Code Name Charles” and her story is “The Devilish Duke”. To begin, let’s compare extracts from gender specific books. … Continue reading Comparo
Paperback Writer
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
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)
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