Author Archives: John W. Howell
TGIF – AKA JohnKu Friday
Friday is, here again, which means it is JohnKu (a termed coined by Words4jp) Friday or as most of the world knows is the day we thank God for its arrival. Yes, good old TGIF. This week has been pretty quick. I am still averaging one thousand words a day on my Work in […]
Thursday – A Little Personal
Thursday is for a little something personal. If you read my Bio you know, I live on an island in the Gulf of Mexico. It is a barrier island off the South Texas coast. The island is about fifteen miles long and has almost four thousand full-time residents. During the summer, this number grows to […]
Guest Post at Traci Sanders Place
I am also posting today on A Word with Traci the blog of author Traci Sanders. I put up a short story that was published in the Paper Book Collective titled The World Darkly and thought Traci’s readers would like it. I didn’t think I could do an adequate job of trying to explain […]
Wednesday Story Day – AKA Hump Day
Wednesday story day again. Last week Frank had decided to release some of the hostages in hopes the police will give him a car to make a getaway. Frank told Ms. Sutter she would not be released since she was the only one who could figure out how to handle the situation. Ms. Sutter […]
It’s Reining Men Tour – Day Two
Today is the second day of Traci Sanders’ It’s Reining Men Tour. It would be nice if you could jump over there and have a look at her blog. The post today is a little about me and my blog. While there look around and tell her I sent you and who knows, you may […]
…from Author, Charles E. Yallowitz… from Role Playing Games to Crafting Novels… fascinating Guest Post…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…so many times I get flabbergasted by intriguing Guest Posts… today my gast is flabbered by good pal, Author, Charles E. Yallowitz… we had been discussing material for a piece here, and he asked if it was appropriate to show the comparisons between Role Playing Games (RPG) and writing novels……
It’s Reining Men Tour – Traci Sanders Invited Me to Go Along
Traci Sanders has made space for me on her blog A Word with Traci. She is having an event she calls It’s Reining Men Tour. Here is a little more about the tour and the wonderful person and author. I’ll be there all week so stop by when you have a chance and check out […]
Top Ten Things Not to Do When Doing Your Taxes
Thank you, Traci for having me on your site as part of your It’s Reigning Men feature for the month of March. Since this is Monday, I thought I would share one of the titles of my blog Fiction Favorites named the Top Ten Things Not to do. The list is a tongue in cheek […]
…terrific Guest Post piece from Author, John W. Howell…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…this delicious vignette from my good pal, Author, John W. Howell garnered First Prize at the Kurt Vonnegut festival in 2013… have a wee read and yeez’ll see why… I want to thank Seumas for the opportunity to guest post here today. This story was entered in the Kurt Vonnegut…
Stream of Consciousness Saturday
Stream of Conscious Saturday time again. This week’s prompt is Acquaint/and or Friend. The writer gets to interpret this prompt as they wish. For all the information and to join in go to http://lindaghill.com/2015/02/27/special-edition-friday-prompt-for-socs-february-2815/ Here is my contribution to the prompt. Acquaint/and or Friend by John W. Howell ©2015 “So which is it?” “Which is […]



















