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Stream of Consciousness Saturday
This is in response to the Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt using the word or thought of two. The prompt and rules can be found at: http://lindaghill.wordpress.com/2014/08/08/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-august-914/ A Couple by John W. Howell © 2014 “Give me a couple of those donuts.” “A couple? Do you mean two?” “Yeah, I mean two. What do […]
JohnKu Friday – TGIF
Friday is always a good day it seems. After a long week, it seems like a little reward for at least showing up. I know I always feel good on Friday and maybe one does not really have to punch a clock to have a sense of celebration because the week is over. I hope […]
Hump Day Short, Short Story
Wednesday is here and I’m sure we are all glad it is. I have noticed the summer flying by. I was talking with some folks and came to realize their kids go back to school in two weeks. I can hardly believe it since it only seemed like yesterday that it was Memorial Day.(or even […]
Top Ten Things Not to do at a Writer’s Conference
Here is the 57th installment of Ten Top Lists of What Not to Do. I put this together after observing other conference attendees in action at a recent writer’s conference I attended. Hope you enjoy Top Ten Things Not to do if You Attend a Writer’s Conference 10. If you attend a writer’s conference, do […]
Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference Part II
I posted the faculty on Tuesday with the promise that I would come back today and give you an idea of the agenda, so here it is. The conference opened on Thursday July 24 and got right into interviews with William Friday came and with the twelve and one-half hour session of learning about: […]
Hump Day – Short, Short, Short Story Day
Wednesday is here and it looks like the week is going to go by pretty fast. Last week I asked your opinion of the title of this mid-week feature and received some really good responses. The net-net was to indicate in the title that the story is very short (which it is) since a […]
Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference
I was very fortunate this last weekend to be able to attend the Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference. This is an annual affair held in beautiful Corte Madera California which is in Marin County north of San Francisco. The agenda was extremely full and beginning on Thursday July 24th at 4:00 to Sunday July […]
Top Ten Things Not to do When You Need a Rest Stop
Here is the 56th installment of Ten Top Lists of What Not to Do and want you to know, I’m pretty much going it alone. With all the summer travels, I thought I would offer some advice on what not to do when you need to stop. I hope you enjoy. Top Ten Things Not […]
Stream of Consciousness Saturday
Here is my contribution to the Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt as described by Linda Hill: http://lindaghill.wordpress.com/2014/07/25/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-july-2514/ The prompt is to end with a question and extra credit for an exclamation point. Here goes: “Holy cow! Did you see that car?” “What car you talking about?” “The one that just went by. The red […]
TGIF Friday – JohnKu
Another week of hard labor has been put to bed (after the next eight or so hours) and it is time to celebrate. As you read this I am in the San Francisco area attending the Passages Book Store Mystery Writers conference. This year’s faculty is pretty impressive. There is John Lescroart, Anne Perry, […]
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