Aliens - Good or Bad? Shoot first or talk first Word count 839 The Vorg Bill Tope and Doug Hawley Sally was standing at the kitchen window over the sink one night, peering into the darkness, when the saucer landed in her back … Continue reading The Vorg
Tag: Writing
Mr. Writer
I still have one of those, but use a compter now Word count 991 Fran Leibowitz wrote an honest book in 1981 which told it as it is. She knew homosexuals are well over represented in the arts, not that there is anything wrong with … Continue reading Mr. Writer
Publishers
Younger than me and I use a desktop, but you get the idea Word count 1177 Poorly written reasons to cut back on writing: 1. I wanted to get an Iceland credit. Close to two hundred days later after submitting to Mantlepiece, I gave up … Continue reading Publishers
The Assistant
Word Count 2090 When Sally saw the ad in the free newspaper “Your Town” she knew that she had to check it out. “All around assistant, cook, accountant, teacher of tech. Low pay, but free room and board.” She was currently barely able to … Continue reading The Assistant
Literally Stories Interview
Word count 892 Sunday Whoever. July 23, 2023literallystories2014 This week’s whoever has been a wonderfully quirky and enthusiastic supporter of the site for a long time now. We first published Doug Hawley in 2016 and he has been with us submitting, reading, commenting, and generally getting in … Continue reading Literally Stories Interview
Rejection and Redemption
Word count 317 Dear Jane Simmons. Thank you for your wonderful submission. We loved the pace, the imagery, and the characters. This could be turned into a blockbuster book and movies series. I swooned for the dashing Jorga. So handsome, so romantic. He could be … Continue reading Rejection and Redemption
Newsletter 2021 -1999
Word count 19416 Season's Greetings 2021!Let’s get the bad stuff out first. Valentine’s Day freezing rain got us 5.5 days without electricity. We camped in front of the gas fireplace (see pic)and spent time in the Volt charging the phone and heating our seats. Lots of trees and branches … Continue reading Newsletter 2021 -1999
Curmudgeon
Word count 667 (666 without title) Still not me I’m past tense all the way to agitated. Past tense for “cast” is “cast” and yet I’ve seen “casted”. If a man is executed by rope, he is “hanged”. He may be physically hung and a … Continue reading Curmudgeon
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
Funerunreal
What is real? Word count 480 Last week I was at Duke Hanley’s funeral. It was an open casket affair as his wife had requested. I wandered around seemingly at random and eavesdropped on mourners’ comments. A few people looked at me like they wondered … Continue reading Funerunreal
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