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Monthly Archives: August 2016
Markets For Writers
Originally posted on estherchiltonblog:
This week, I have a quarterly writing competition for you, so if you don’t quite finish your story in time and miss the current deadline, you can target the next one. The Henshaw Short Story Competition…
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Caribbean Cats
Colbert, my male cat, is from the French side of our island (St. Martin). He is the essence of laid-back cat, which fits his Caribbean home perfectly. French and Caribbean, the epitome of romantic, affectionate, and the greatest lizard hunter of … Continue reading
So Much to Do…
Today is a day I have to click and post. There are far too few days when I feel I can just get up and move away from home for a few hours, so today is a rarity. There is … Continue reading
Community Pool
Originally posted on The Daily Post:
Have you just published a new post and are dying for some feedback? Are you redesigning your blog and could use some layout or design advice from your more seasoned peers? The Community Pool is for peer feedback…
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Learning New Patterns
Earlier today, while the power went out for the second time this hot Caribbean Auguat afternoon, I pulled up my iPad mini to see if my portable Internet hotspot was working. Whew! It was! It’s quite a bit slower than … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Writing process
Tagged drawing, Indyrella, Philcaps, tangleation, Zentangle, zentangle app, zentangle mosaic
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DrEllie’s Turn–A New Writing Challenge
Lately, it seems to me that every blogger I have followed for several years has turned to creating writing challenges of one sort or another. Whether to challenge themselves or to simply and genuinely challenge others, or even to try … Continue reading
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Tagged art challenge, photo challenge, poetry challenge, poetry101, Writing challenge, writing101
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Monday Motivations
Originally posted on estherchiltonblog:
Here’s another challenge to help your writing week get underway: Write a flash fiction piece of between 50-100 words with the following line in it somewhere: If she didn’t stop doing that soon, he was going…
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Vampires and Photographs
The current novel I am reading is about a vampiric private investigator. True to common lore, she does not show up in mirrors. And she does not show up in photos, either, but that may or may not be part … Continue reading
SF’s Hugo Awards
So I am reading through my email when I come accross a book blog from Amazon.com. It’s in the Science Fiction and Famtasy newsletter. Although I know Amazon’s book editorial staff is very on-the-ball about books and Amazon readership, I … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, fantasy, Hugo Awards, Science Fiction, writing awards
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My Weekly Writing Challenge
Originally posted on estherchiltonblog:
It’s that time of the week again – challenge time. Here are my latest challenges for you: OPTION ONE: Write a fifteen-word story with the words HUNGRY, TAXI and SUPERMAN in it somewhere. OPTION TWO: Write…
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Write of Passage 