Weekly Writing Challenge: Writerly Reflections

Writing Challenge: Writerly Reflections by Krista on March 24, 2014 I have always loved to read and to make-up stories in my head. Some I wrote down, some I did not. At first, I wrote my stories in a little diary, but soon blossomed out to notebooks; boxes upon boxes of notebooks. I was probably...

Weekly Writing Challenge: Power of Names

Weekly Writing Challenge: Power of Names by Tim (tmoorewp) on March 17, 2014 POWER OF NAMES In the year of 1950, a girl child was born to a young couple who were losing their faith. The woman had previously suffered through three miscarriages. For this, her fourth pregnancy, her doctor put the woman on complete...

Weekly Writing Challenge: Golden Years

Coming Home Sam smiled broadly as he walked across the stage to shake hands with the principal and receive his High School Diploma. He was the first of six children to make it to graduation. His family had thrown an all-day party for him. Even though it was near the end of Spring, Sam's grandfather,...

The Daily Post – Weekly Writing Challenge: Object

The Daily Post - Weekly Writing Challenge: Object The Pain of Love and Loss by D. B. Mauldin Margaret grabbed a coke from the refrigerator, her cigarettes and lighter from the kitchen table, and went outside to sit on the front porch steps. She welcomed the warmth of the sun; she felt chilled to the...

Weekly Writing Challenge: The Sound of Silence

Follow my blog with Bloglovin Weekly Writing Challenge: The Sound of Silence by Erica on February 17, 2014 http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/02/17/the-sound-of-silence/#more-69294 MEDITATION: SILENCING THE MIND I love and embrace the silence. I can, and often have, spent an entire day with nothing but the twittering of birds. I don't care for the sound of a TV. Some...

St. Valentine’s Day

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/02/10/writing-challenge-valentine/#more-68832 Weekly Writing Challenge: My Funny Valentine? by Ben Huberman on February 10, 2014 What does St. Valentine's Day mean to me? It means romance; a romantic candle-light dinner for two, some new slinky lingerie, a dozen roses, new jewelry, a box of chocolates, and, of course, sex. I think St. Valentine's Day can mean...

Daily Post: Weekly Writing Challenge

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/02/03/inspiration-images-1000-words/ Weekly Writing Challenge: 1,000 Words by Cheri Lucas Rowlands on February 3, 2014 http://dailypost.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/fort-point-arches.jpg Marie had never felt so tired in all her life. She, mechanically, removed the clothing she had worn to the funeral and pulled on a pair of pajamas. Her mother lay resting in the bedroom before her own. Marie had...

Short Story: The Missing Boy (Conclusion)

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/01/06/weekly-writing-challenge-cliffhanger/ The Missing Boy (Conclusion) by D. B. Mauldin As I waited by the phone, my mind started to wander. I thought about how withdrawn David had been for the last year or so. I had originally thought it was just a part of growing-up, but what if that wasn't it? What if it was...

Weekly Writing Challenge: Cliffhanger

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/01/06/weekly-writing-challenge-cliffhanger/ The Missing Boy by D. B. Mauldin I walked through the house, picking up dirty clothes, after everyone had left for the day. It was Monday morning and the quiet was such a relief from the hectic weekend. I reflected on the weekend, as I put the first load of laundry in the washing...

Weekly Writing Challenge: Collecting Detail

Weekly Writing Challenge: Collecting Detail A Daily Post Challenge I had a doctor's appointment yesterday afternoon. The hubby came home from work early to drive me to the doctor's office; it was about a 45-minute drive, one-way. There is an interstate that we could have taken, but we chose our usual two-lane scenic road. This...