One aspect of writing is that you don’t have any excuses to take a day off. It’s not like being a carpenter. When you’re sick, you can still write. To claim a sick day as a writer, you’d have to go blind, AND lose your voice, AND lose the use of your hands in this …
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Creative Juices
If you owned a business, what would you name it? A wood cabinet refurbisher called: Jack the Stripper? A museum called: Hands On Children Museum? A chimney sweeping business called: Ash Wipe? A book seller called: In The Margins? A record store called: Vinyl Resting Place? A gardening supply store called: The Dirty Hoe? There …
Images from Adjectives
Everywhere and pervasive, images are what accompany this barchive and many others. We have images of ourselves. We have images of media personalities. Words create images in our heads. Especially when laced with adjectives. You can change the idea around with the adjective. You can change the feeling with the adjective. You can change whether …
Free Short Fiction: Raising Shelley
Raising Shelley A dreary day it was not. Delightsome light from the sun’s bright rays seemed directed upon me, and lighted my path. Within my view were all of the most precious things of the world: gentle children rolling in the grass; beautiful women strolling along dressed in their finest and most colorful apparel; birds …
Street Quotes
Words overheard in public places: Girl: Don’t you know what you did? Boy: No. What was it? Girl: If you don’t know, then I’m not telling you. Boy: Then don’t be surprised when it happens again. “You know, that thing on the thing.” —A man talking to his obviously confused companion. “We’ve …
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