While driving back from picking up my daughter on Monday, I noticed the oil light on my car blink. This isn’t a big deal and normally means that I need to add a bit of oil (Oil level is low but not low enough to keep the oil pressure light on). Not having any synthetic oil handy, I stopped in at Walmart the following night to purchase some. When it came time to make my purchase, I did what I …
Month: October 2010
Back in July, my wife surprised me with a Barnes & Noble Nook (eReader) for my birthday. Since receiving it, I’ve been on the lookout for free eBooks which fall into the the Fantasy genre. Among them was a novel by I J Black entitled Amnar: The Execution. Of the few eBooks that I’ve collected, I was most interested in reading this one due to the activity of its author on Twitter (@TheCharmQuark). Finding time to sit down in a …
As the title suggests, this writing prompt is going to deal with laughter at in inapropriate time and place. Imagine, if you will, sitting in a church as a grieving family member delivers a eulogy. From behind you, you hear someone struggling to hold back laughter. As the individual tries not to interrupt the service, people attending the begin to shuffle in their seats to see where the interruption is coming from. What was going through this persons mind that …
A family spends an afternoon together on the beach. While playing in the sand, a young boy steps on a piece of glass. To the families surpise, green blood escapes the startled boys body. In the event that you use the prompt, please feel free to link to your story in the comment section below.
A couple of months ago, when I started posting creative writing here on my blog, I learned about something called National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo for short. The idea is to use the month of November to focus and write a 50,000 word novel. I thought that it sounded really cool and wanted to participate when November rolled around. Now that November is right around the corner, I was a bit concerned. With next month being a generally busy …
Being the new father of a beautiful baby girl, I’ve found that my free time isn’t what it used to be. I still manage to sneak in a few cigars while working on Stogie Review content and do a little light reading, but I have found it difficult to work on creative writing. I originally planned on toting my laptop around the house and writing in my spare minutes, I’m finding it a major challenge to get into a groove …
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