Write What You Know


In today’s challenge, you’ll reflect on your origin story and tell us how and why you became a writer. In high school, 11th grade, I had to write a fiction story. It was a college prep class so we wrote a lot that year; essays, poems, stories. It was before I'd learned to type and … Continue reading Write What You Know

Weekly Photo Challenge: Thankful


I love these Weekly Photo Challenges, it gives me an easy way to "show" you what I'm thankful for.  I think I may have missed the deadline for the one about Thanksgiving, of course.  As described in the DPChallenge, we're to show something that is about the holiday, the time spent with family and friends, … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Thankful

Haiku, Can You? Happy Anniversary, Too!


Haiku is the weekly writing challenge at the Daily Post at Word Press.  Seventeen syllables to express a thought, completely, in three lines--five, seven, five.  While typically, a poem such as this is meant for describing nature, I'm putting my own spin on the challenge.  I don't think I've written haiku since high school, however, … Continue reading Haiku, Can You? Happy Anniversary, Too!