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CSB Prompt is as CSB Prompt Does
This is in response to the Community Story Board Prompt for this week: Tomorrow by Julian Froment. You can see Julian’s here; http://goo.gl/ujGp3c Just Wait by John W. Howell ©2013 “Okay what did you say?” “I said I can’t believe you forgot about picking me up.” “Aw honey I didn’t forget.” “I don’t know what […]
Reader is as Reader Does
Readers are fundamental to what we do. Without them there would be little reason to spend the long hours propped up to a key board pounding out the words that make a story. It is the words that make a story not the brainstorm that created the concept. So with that in mind I have […]
Wednesday is as Wednesday Does
Wednesday is upon us again. The mid-week always gets me into a mood to do something different. This week is no exception. I thought it would be fun to think of some new pitches for possible query letters on some very popular Favorite Fiction. The way this will be done is to take a book […]
Editing is as Editing Does
Here we are to Wednesday and like I have been doing for a week I am still editing my second book. There is still no word on launch date on the first from the publisher. I continue to press to finish the next novel and hopefully I will be ready to market the first without having […]
Clumsy Dialog is as Clumsy Dialog Does
I did a post last week on Fiction Favorites titled Dialog is as Dialog Does where I attempted to demonstrate some of the principles necessary for good dialog. The piece is a bit of flash fiction that contained only dialog and really no context with the idea that the reader could figure out the story with […]
Dialog is as Dialog Does
There is a Winter Texan writing group in which I have the pleasure of participation. This group meets during the months of December through March ( all go back up north) and each week we would do a writing prompt. Most of the prompts are flash fiction and carry a theme. The one below was to be less […]
Ruby is as Ruby Does – A story of a remarkable Boxer
Since this is a blog about fiction favorites I thought I would take a little detour. Rather than discuss a particular piece of fiction I would like to take you on a small journey and tell a story that is real but sounds like fiction. The key difference between a fictional story and reality is […]
Travel is as Travel Does
I was reminded by the WordPress elves that I have received 500”likes” from you lovely people as of last Friday. I just want to thank you all for taking the time to signal an approving gesture and will take these approvals as a vote to continue along the same path. If you have an opinion that is […]
Literary Holiday is as Literary Holiday Does
I was again surfing the net (sigh) looking for Fiction Favorites material and stumbled on to the following blog written by the staff writers at http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog. I thought the blog was the kind of thing that needs to be republished since it was originally put up in July 2010. You can click on the various holidays […]
Bored is as Bored Does
The wind has been whipping the Gulf of Mexico into frenzy. Gusts have been up to sixty miles an hour which will lift the old toupee. (If you have one) Being outside is not the best; with sand and salt coming at you like it was made in a factory. Our little Silky Terrier did […]
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