Gary is making things VERY interesting this week for votes. Instead of just checking a box, you actually have to email him about the story(ies) you're voting for. So here's the link to all of the stories. Each person has their individual link in their comment. Then, you read and vote. Now here's the killer - whoever wins this week has IMMUNITY. Now ( Read more... )

So I finally got my third strike in my writing group. It wasn't a surprise - I don't have a large group of people I can call upon to vote for my work. I probably would have taken a strike within the next week anyway, though. When Sharon is here, I'm not writing, I'm spending my time with her and that's the way it should be. She arrives on Thursday ( Read more... )

We are down to 16 if LJ Idol now, and votes are more and more important. I posted my story about Michael Rockefeller's death while doing what he loved in yesterday's post, but here's a link to the story once again. ( erulissedances.DW.org/890658.html ). Read it and if you think it merits your vote, please go to https://therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/ ( Read more... )

I'm running a bit late today so I'll do a quick post. First of all, I did get my story posted last night. I'll put a link here when voting opens up so that you can read and, hopefully, vote at the same time. I decided to go with my initial instinct and chose the death of Michael Rockefeller at the hands of the New Guinea headhunting tribes in the ( Read more... )

Back to the swimming pool again today and I've got a story due tomorrow with three different drafts in process. I'm not happy with any of them. When I write, I need the words to sing to me. I've got two different themes in hand, and neither have managed to do more than a nursery rhyme - far from the opera I need to stay in the competition. I'm a ( Read more... )

Just got my story posted at https://erulissedances.dreamwidth.org/884268.html
I rarely do personal writing, but I figured this was long ago that I'm probably fine with it - the time period is 1970-1972 - high school for me. I decided to play with a different format for ( Read more... )

The prompt for this week was "Surgery often looks like murder if you judge it halfway through." I wrote several different things and hated all of them. Then I ended up with this one. I hope you like it. I'll put a link to the voting when it is open.

WIPING THE SLATE

If IT were capable of making a sigh, the air from that sigh would have moved ( Read more... )

I had no time to really work on my story this week, although I knew what I wanted as a theme almost immediately. Finally had a chance to wrap this up today, one day before deadline. So, here's Prompt 8 "You are an opossum living in the trashcan of my heart. Think this woud easy? Think again! LOL

A NEW CHARACTER IN THE NEIGHBORHOODI am shivering ( Read more... )

A Tale of Dragons"Gather around, children," she said, nestling in her privileged spot near the fireplace. It was a windy, rainy day and the three girls and one boy were beginning to drive their parents crazy. It was too cold and too muddy for them to play outdoors, and the wind was howling with the promise of overnight snow. The siblings jostled ( Read more... )

The Axe Forgets but the Tree Remembers - Ukraine and Poland

The missiles and the bombs continue to fall. The spokespeople speak, the newscasters analyze, and the pundits make statements to claim their ten minutes of fame accumulated over multiple sound bites. The photographers have it harder - their documents and fame require in-person experience ( Read more... )