An itsy bitsy third piece for all of you lovely people! Thanks so much for reading and commenting and liking things around here! I really appreciate it! November's almost over, and then I'll have more interesting (and varied) things to say, promise! ;) In the meantime, enjoy this snippet from Chapter 14... unedited and raw, hopefully not terrible... although I admit I feel kinda cruel for leaving you hanging on this one but, hey, I gotta make you want to read the book, right?? Mehehehe... ... View Post
Writing Prompt Wednesday: an excerpt from "The Good Thing", the NaNo Novel.
Another small piece, this one from Chapter 13 of the current WIP, the novel I hope to finish during NaNoWriMo… again, this is an extremely rough draft, written during 30-minute word sprints with some fellow members of my writing group! Current word count for November as of this morning stands at 19,651. - JRF *** Pavel hardly felt the hands locked around his biceps, hardly saw the nearness of the rifle muzzles to his face. They led him out the front door, stumbling, mind and body numb. ... View Post
Writing Prompt Wednesday: an excerpt from "The Good Thing", the NaNo novel.
A small piece from Chapter 12 (conveniently titled "Shit Hits the Fan" at the moment, ha) of the current WIP, the novel I hope to finish during NaNoWriMo... this is an extremely rough draft, and in fact I have hardly any recollection of writing this part at all, since I was in a writing coma at the time. Seriously. Regardless, I hope you enjoy. :) -- JRF *** Vince waited. He waited, hunkered down behind the chicken coop, listening to his own rigidly-controlled breathing, to the pounding ... View Post
Writing Prompt Wednesday: "Summer Sledding", a short memoir.
I wrote this last year, actually, when applying for acceptance into the Institute for Children's Literature. They asked for a childhood story in 500 words or less on the application. This is what I came up with, and it is, indeed, a story from my childhood. :) I was accepted into the Institute for Children's Literature, but never enrolled. Now that I am coming up with some ideas for children's books though, I will have to reconsider! Hope you enjoy! *** When I was young, a refrigerator box ... View Post
Writing Prompt Wednesday: "Timed Writing Spiral", an exercise.
Another one from the writing workshop with Deb Sturgess. The whole point of this workshop is finding methods to stoke your creativity and get the juices flowing again if you are stuck. So every week we do different bizarre things that end up surprising me with how well they loosen up the muse. I'm always amazed at what I come up with, especially when at the beginning of these exercises I'm always like, "OMG! COMPLETE BLANK! WHAT AM I GOING TO DO!!!?!?!" Here's a tip, for everyone. If you ... View Post
Writing Prompt Wednesday: Defining "Loblolly"
Something a little different this week! This started as purely for random fun, when a friend of mine (agirlwhowrites, in fact) posted the Word of the Day on her Facebook page and offered Life Points for anyone who could come up with the best sentence using that word. At first, I wasn't going to attempt it. But when no one else seemed to seriously rise to challenge, I thought, "Well, why not give it a whirl?" In the end, I had so much fun coming up with a sentence for each definition ... View Post
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