Tag Archives: John W. Howell Author
Featured Post is as Featured Post Does
My response to the Community Story Board September 8th prompt: Horror Friday the 13th has been co-awarded a “Featured Post” badge. I say co-awarded since Marie Ann Bailey was also given the badge for her submission (long) short story. You can go visit her and read her story. In case you missed it my story […]
Top Ten No No’s is as Top Ten No No’s Does
Since the football season is upon us here is the Eleventh 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 […]
Lucy is as Lucy Does
I wrote this poem a while ago when we rescued our Boxer named Lucy. She had been run over by a car and needed tender care. Today she is a happy, healthy, joy filled dog. She loves life and humans and I have always wondered why someone would turn her loose. So this poem is […]
Eternal is as Eternal Does
This is not meant to be a dark post and no one has died causing a prompt. I was sitting editing my book and started to think on some of the burning questions of the day. One question which mankind has been asking ever since crawling out of the swamp, “is this all there is?” […]
Dream is as Dream Does
I have always been fascinated by the power of dreams. Many of my short stories deal with the idea that the dream takes on very realistic attributes. Sometime we are not sure if it was real or not. This little poem attempts to capture the feeling. I hope you like it. The Dream Conundrum by […]
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 […]
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