- that was Mandee’s memoir prompt from a couple weeks back and I finally decided on getting around to a response. My ‘red-faced’ moment comes about due to a certain amount of ignorance on my part; ignorance that eroded me from 6’3″ to just about two inches tall. Enjoy!
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My answer to Mandee’s memoir promt, , is not one full of hope or planning… I booted my senior year of high school. Wasted, punted, threw away, trashed, shredded and wadded up that sucker like it was an empty Taco Bell bag. When early June of 1976 came along, I was nowhere near that...
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In this response to the prompt for memoir submitted by guest poster, Sunny, I tell a story of an angel’s reward… My mom had given up her seven long years of fighting against cancer. She was done with treating it and had made peace with her God. She decided to spend the rest of...
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This short fiction piece is an alternative history/alternative present story I wrote as a birthday gift for someone very dear to me. Happy Bearthday, Petunia! What a glorious day, she thought as she stopped on her porch long enough to look out over the city. The same sun that warmed her face also exposed...
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Happy Birthday, @jkewell! Kacy is one of my closest Twitter friends, so I wrote this flash fiction piece as my gift to her… Lost, floating, bobbing, and bouncing- off of elbows, knees, and… what the heck was THAT? He wanted to cry out, “I want my mommy!” But all he could do was squeak....
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Life is all about being part of the stream, not standing in it, at least that is the definition I found while at Atlantic Beach one year. Here is my response to the memoir prompt, … How we react during the aftermath of a bad decision will help define who we are. I found...
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Series Lets Have Fun Writing» Over the next few editions of Let’s Have Fun Writing, we are going to discuss life sentences. More to the point, putting life in our sentences- giving them punch, vigor, and importance. All throughout this series, we have talked about words—, , object, subject, etc— and the importance of...
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This memoir response for, , takes me for a long drive to the coastal region of North Carolina. Come on along and enjoy the spectacular spot I would love to call home- Atlantic Beach… I can get there in about 14 hours by car and I wouldn’t want to travel any other way to...
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Seems like I am reborn every year, although the process is exhausting, it is worth every frozen knuckle. This is my response to the memoir prompt, … Yes. In the garden, growth has it seasons. First comes spring and summer, but then we have fall and winter. And then we get spring and summer...
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Series Lets Have Fun Writing» In the past few weeks, we have discussed the Hemen class words, and – Now it’s time for the wimpy class… Editor’s stab them. Good writers rip them out like they were malignant tumors. And why not? Adverbs dirty up prose and other writing, just by being slutty. We...
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Series Lets Have Fun Writing» Lists of particulars. We writers love ‘em, and we use ‘em every chance we get. Inventories can add a ton of images, atmosphere, and/or flow to any writing we do. Last time out; in the article about , I used an example for powerful nouns, from a Philip K....
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I may look like one, but I am not as you can see in my reposne to the memoir prompt,… There are times I am sitting on my porch that I hear motorcycles as they travel along some of the country roads just beyond my grasp. Some of these bikes are on the verge...
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Series Lets Have Fun Writing» We have discussed some fairly stout tools in the last few weeks; and being two of them. This week, we are going to look at the strongest tool in our writing arsenal- the noun. Okay boys and girls; who can tell me what a noun is? Buzz! That’s right;...
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Twice Missed is the first piece of flash fiction I have written in a couple of weeks. This one was influenced by a string of Philip K. Dick tales I recently read.Felt good to saddle up once again… A rainy night in late March, the Appalachian Mountains, a shallow and dank cave, Harry and...
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Series Lets Have Fun Writing» Do you have the burning desire to write? Do you think you’re your story is worth telling? Of course you do; and so do she, and him, and her over there- look around you, because we ALL desire to write. The flaming lust to be inkslingers is stamped on...
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Series Lets Have Fun Writing» Last week we talked about the and the fact that writers use words as colors for their paintings. Our colors define the image we project, and we choose those colors with care so that our vision is clearly broadcast. We are continuing the discussion of colors this week as...
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This, my response to the memoir prompt Love, is not about a person I have met, but one that is very real in my heart… There is a woman I love; a woman I haven’t properly met, but know all too well. This creature of my lofty desires and anchored needs walks ere in...
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Series Lets Have Fun Writing» In the past few weeks we have traipsed on the playground of our writing, learning to use gizmos to spark images from our words. One such gimmick we talked about was , or using unusual verbs to make the subjects/objects pop to life. Another was the use of over...
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The Cadillac Reminder is my response to the memoir prompt given here at Extreme Writing Now… I have scars—boy, do I have scars—but the one I’ll tell you about is the ‘V’ shaped scar just below my hairline. In fact, the scar appears just as the round, curly headed stitch slinger at the Sisters...
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Series Lets Have Fun Writing» Last time out we discussed the and I promised we would cover the topic of jolting our verbs to life and that we will. So, without any further delay, let’s charge into it! If you recall the post , we chatted a bit about the three, tequila swillin’, drinking...
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