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Top Ten No No’s is as Top Ten No No’s Does

Here is the Seventeenth installment of Ten Top Lists of What Not to Do by Marie Ann Bailey of 1WriteWay at http://1writeway.com and John W. Howell of Fiction Favorites at http://johnwhowell.com. These lists are simu-published on our blogs each Monday. We hope you enjoy. This list is in recognition of Halloween which will be celebrated […]

Tropical is as Tropical Does

It is Friday and it has been a lovely week. Here in South Texas we got a whole bunch of rain. This means that the water restrictions, as a result of the drought, will be lifted soon. A cold (relatively) front moved in on Tuesday so the night-time lows are in the sixties for the […]

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 […]

Community Story Board Prompt – Frost is and Does

Here is my interpretation of the Prompt ‘Frost”  created by Susan Nichols for the Community Story Board Old Man Frost by John W. Howell ©2013 I watched this old guy struggle with the heavy outer door and finally make it into the bank. He crossed the marble foyer and looked like he was going to end […]

Top Ten No Nos is as Top Ten No Nos Does

Here is the Sixteenth installment of Ten Top Lists of What Not to Do by Marie Ann Bailey of 1WriteWay at http://1writeway.com and John W. Howell of Fiction Favorites at http://johnwhowell.com. These lists are simu-published on our blogs each Monday. We hope you enjoy. This list was put together at the request of Minion Leader […]

Margarita is as Margarita Does

Friday has finally arrived. If you are like me it is a welcome sight for sore everything. Even though I don’t have a traditional workweek, I still like to kick back and celebrate its close. In fact, someone asked me my idea of a good Friday. I said, “A good Friday is where I write […]

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 […]

Publish is as Publish Does

  I am very pleased that the Paperbook Collective has published one of my short stories in the third edition. You can go to the site: http://issuu.com/jaydeashe/docs/the_paperbook_collective_issue_thre/1?e=0 and read the story and look at the rest of the fine collection. My story begins on page nine, but you might want to look at the others. […]

Top Ten No No’s is as Top Ten No No’s Does

  Here is the Fifteenth installment of Ten Top Lists of What Not to Do by Marie Ann Bailey of 1WriteWay at http://1writeway.com and John W. Howell of Fiction Favorites at http://johnwhowell.com. These lists are simu-published on our blogs each Monday. We hope you enjoy.   Top Ten Things Not To Do When Trying to […]

Prompt is as Prompt Does – Community Story Board

It’s Sunday, and time once again for the Weekly Prompt at The Community Story Board.  Go here for details http://wp.me/p3xQw1-1Ga This week is to  see what everyone can do with the word “Yesterday …” Interpret it as you will, but the word yesterday must appear somewhere in your work, be it the title or in the middle of a sentence. Write […]