Your story (or poem) starter: It was supposed to be a retreat but then the water began to rise... Enjoy this prompt and leave your response in the comments. 1000 words maximum for a short story. Poems can be any length. A quarterly prize will be given for the most...
Without characters our stories would have no real impact on our readers. We write to engage and intrigue them and hopefully make our protagonist the character our reader cares about. If your experience is anything like mine, there is usually one, or possibly two...
Today's re-blog feature is from Julie Eshbaugh on her blog Pub (lishing) Crawl... I love the title! http://www.publishingcrawl.com/2012/05/17/revealing-character-through-details/ It is part of the art of story writing to describe our characters in such a way our...
Cerulean (adjective) - si-roo-lee-in Definition - a deep sky-blue colour. Just saying this word conquers up lazy summer days, lying on the beach or a lush green lawn looking upward in that happy childlike innocence. Here in Alberta we are very fortunate to have...