Friday Flash Fun: The Smelly Microwave

And so it begins! A fun challenge for myself. A push to practice creativity. A little something to look forward to at the end of the week. Week 1: First mine: Mad Mama (248 words) Synopsis: Mad Mama will have her way with the microwave. The real question: which Mad Mama wins in the end?…

In the Mom Lane: Tweets and Memes

  I love memes. Ever since the first cat with a pancake (or lime helmet) crossed my screen. Turns out I also love Twitter. And maybe Instagram (I’m still new there). Of late, I’ve stumbled across several Twitter weeklies, events where thousands of writers connect for different writing challenges. Whether sharing lines from a work-in-progress or creating something…

The Writing Space & NaNo Shape

While immersed in 15-Day NaNo Challenge (but not posting…it will all come at once, more on that later), I decided enough was enough. There was no way I could start a successful NaNoWriMo that way. It was a recipe for failure. And frustration. The giant mess of boxes, piles of papers on the floor and general…

The Main Project

“M-U-N-C-H-E-R…double letter M, double word, bonus for using all seven letters…seventy-seven points!” “No way, muncher is not a word,” grumbled Sam, his grey eyes narrowing as he glared at the Scrabble board. “Oh? Is that a challenge, sir?”  Leaning forward and cocking my head slightly to the right, I leveled my eyes to his and…