Tag: writing
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No Theme Thursday (02/15/24)
Good day to all, and welcome to this week’s edition of No Theme Thursday! This week, I am giving the barbarians, gypsies, dragons and sorceresses a break and stepping a bit outside the box. I wanted to challenge myself to work a bit outside my wheelhouse, and hopefully it will inspire some of you as…
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The Kovalenko Chronicles (pt. 7)
The Kovalenko Chronicles (pt. 6) Hell Beside, Heaven Within Xi glanced over at Driver and nodded her head toward the door. “You can wait outside. I’d like to chat privately with our guest,” she said flatly. Driver nodded and headed towards the door. “Chat privately” was Xi’s coy way of saying “No witnesses.” Truthfully, even Driver,…
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Wandering Wednesday (02/14/24)
Good day and Happy Valentine’s Day to all! I hope if you are spending the day with your special someone, it is the absolute best day ever! Take an extra moment today to truly appreciate all the special folks in your life. Life is precious and so are those around us. Let them know it.…
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No Theme Thursday 2/8 Challenge Submissions
Good day/night to all! Today, I will be posting the Challenge Submissions for the 02/08 edition of NTT. This week, I am thrilled to share submissions from the following bloggers: Aasthawrites from Literary Evaluation Blog Pooja G from Lifesfinewhine Amy from “It’s Amy,” I said. Destiny from Destiny’s Designz Mr. Philo from Philosophy Through Photography…
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The Kovalenko Chronicles (pt. 6)
Kovalenko Chronicles (pt. 5) Warning: The following excerpt contains drug references which some may find offensive. Woeful Accommodations The look of absolute pleasure on Xi’s face chilled Eva straight to the bone. The glint from the tip of the syringe perfectly matched the glint in Xi’s eyes. Eva felt that awful hollow feeling in the…
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The Kovalenko Chronicles (pt. 5)
The Kovalenko Chronicles (pt. 4) Dedicated Professional Xi Xiao couldn’t help but revel in the feeling of excitement coursing through her body. Much like a child on Christmas Eve, the anticipation of a new assignment was downright exhilarating. The tingle she felt up and down her spine intensified with each step down the staircase. She…
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The Kovalenko Chronicles (pt. 4)
Click here for pt. 3 (Links to 1 & 2 also ) The Doctor Is In Emil didn’t bother changing out of his tuxedo yet. Instead, he went to his office, poured himself a drink, and sat down at his desk. He lay Eva’s black leather clutch in front of him and proceeded to empty…
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The Kovalenko Chronicles (pt. 3)
So, since I did a pt. 2, I figured I might as well keep going with a pt. 3 and so on, and try to make something of this thing. For those who have enjoyed the story thus far, I express my deepest appreciation. I will do my best to give you something worth reading,…
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SLDS Follow-Up
When I posted my entry for this week’s SLDS Challenge, I wrote an accompanying snippet of text to go with the image I chose. Aasthawrites asked me where part 2 was. Well… I didn’t have a part 2, I told her. I had written it on a whim to give some context to the image.…
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Beat the Count
1… Damn it, my head feels like it’s on fire. Fuck. Is that my blood? Is this even real? 2… Why are there clouds all around me? Is it raining? What the hell is this? 3… What the hell? I’m hearing voices. Where are you? Shit. This is my blood. 4… “Just stay down, boy.…
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SLDS Challenge (02/16/24)
Back with my entry for Susan T. Braithwaite’s Spies, Lies and Digital Skies Challenge. I bitched plenty about last week’s prompt, and this week’s was even tougher. I spent way longer working on this one than that one. Thanks, Susan! 🙄😋 This week’s prompt: Undercover mission at a glamorous event. Seems simple enough, eh? Yeah,…
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Her Name Is What, Now?
OK, so… While I would much prefer reading everyone else’s take on No Theme Thursday, I decided to take a stab at narrating one of these pics. I usually stick to poetry, so I am outside my wheelhouse here. Punctuation, structure, etc. will not be proper or pretty. You’ve been warned. Her Name Is What,…
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No Theme Thursday (02/08/24)
Good day and welcome to this week’s edition of No Theme Thursday! As always, the challenge is out there to you writers, poets, bards and storytellers to pick an image and provide it with a theme and context. We had some killer submissions last week! For those who did not see them, here is a…
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Wandering Wednesday
Good day to all! Here were are at the midpoint of the week, where we can say it’s all downhill from here. Today we shall merely wander. Through the mountains, through the woods, or wherever our imaginations take us. Perhaps we’ll even set a spell and rest in our travels. Stay awesome and have a…
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SLDS Challenge (02/09/24)
Once again this week I am partaking in Susan T. Braithwaite’s Spies, Lies, and Digital Skies Challenge. This week’s theme is: High-speed chase through a bustling city. This one pissed me off a lot. 😄 I can’t even count the number of attempts I took at this one. I tried every freaking scenario imaginable and…
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Shades of Tenderness
Good morning and a happy Sunday to all! I wanted to take a moment to recognize Destiny over at Destiny’s Designz for taking up the gauntlet and completing my No Theme Thursday Challenge. I have teased her multiple times in a good-natured manner about this challenge, but in all seriousness, I am truly humbled and…
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The Chains That Bind
The chains that bindHeavyImmobileUncaringSteel to skinColdPiercingBruisingIron lacerates deeplyClaretFlowingStingingThe captor laughs incessantCursingSpittingTauntingTemples throb a pure barrageAngryVengefulUnrelentingVeins pulse a river rapidPowerStrengthGrowingSinews corded shatter steelTwistingWrenchingBreakingHusks of steel fall to the floorSweatingGaspingFreedom There’s an old song by Eagles that says “So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains, and we never even know we have…
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No Theme Thursday: 01/25/24
Good day, friends and fellow bloggers! I started this last week and think I will keep going with it. At least for now. 😄 No Theme Thursday is exactly what it sounds like. I will post some images with no specific theme (i.e. sci-fi, fantasy, etc.). I’ll just post what I hope is fun and…
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Andrea’s Story
Hi all, Some of you may already know Andrea, AKA: Skepticalvalentino. She is a children’s book illustrator who regularly posts extremely funny pics and sometimes asks for captions from her followers here on WP. Today, however, she posted a very personal story which touched me deeply, and also has a goal to help a friend,…
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Let Me Count The Ways
I don’t think there’s any one example I could, or would, want to give for this prompt. I mean, really, love comes in so many forms that it’s hard for me to place value on any one example of love over the other. I’ve been lucky enough to be the recipient of love from my…
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Happy 100!
Yesterday morning, I was very surprised to see that I had surpassed 100 follows here on WP! When I started this blog, I wasn’t really sure what I wanted it to be (one could probably argue that I still don’t 😄), other than I wanted to try and have a positive impact on people’s lives.…
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Junk It All (Prompt: 01/16/24)
There are a ton of ways this can be interpreted. Physically, mentally, emotionally, etc. Funny thing is about two months ago, I went on a tear and threw a bunch of stuff out that had been hanging around forever. Finally got sick of it and tossed it. Ironically, about a week before I got fired…
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I’ll Send An SOS To The World (Prompt: 01/13/24)
Now that my needless compulsion to sneak a song reference into most everything has been satisfied, I can move onto the question at hand. How do I communicate online? This one is actually going to be quick and easy. Outside of texting, this blog is pretty much it. When I was working, I was on…
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G N’ R, Blizzards & Fist Fights (Prompt: 01/12/24)
So, it wasn’t really a road trip per se, but it was memorable. Me and three of my friends got tickets to see Guns N’ Roses at a venue about an hour away during their Use You Illusion Tour. It was during the winter, and there was snow in the forecast, but it wasn’t supposed…
The Beginning At Last 