The NYC Short Story Competition results from round 1 were posted at 0030 on Thursday, March 12. Out of the 30 writers in my heat, I placed second! WOO-HOO! This meant I moved on with four others from that heat (and another two hundred thirty-five writers total) to round 2 of competition, with a new genre,…
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**NOTE** Flash! Friday is on Washington, DC time, which means we’ve changed clocks for Daylight Savings. ** WELCOME!! What a fabulous week it’s been — if you didn’t catch superfreelancer Carol Tice‘s interview, chock-full of meaty publishing/marketing advice, be sure to do so (here)!!! — and I’m still rolling in laughter…
‘Freedom’ Sara Tranum @sara_tranum 204 words His approach was rapid. I’d been outside the gates no more than a minute, pausing behind the rock in the shade to catch my breath and slow my racing heart. The sounds of frogs and insects near the water were disturbed by the swishing in the long grass, the…
“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…
For those who are unaware of the raging debate and over-publicized extreme and, seemingly, ignorant opinion of one Michigan mother, follow this link: and read the blog post I linked to on my Facebook page earlier today. Or The Washington Times posted a summation of the blog itself with a link to it. Search for “I.AM.THE.MOM.”…
It’s official! I have been offered and accepted an adjunct faculty position with the local community college. This is a huge accomplishment for me on many levels. First, because I love to teach and returning to a classroom is like returning home. At times a challenging one, to be sure, but one where I always…
I will start this post by saying that the number one “project” that I am running is certainly Project Mom. Raising a considerate, educated, curious, kind, well-mannered, (insert additional adjective here) and above all, happy, kid is definitely number one. Sorry, honey, you’ve been bumped! Taking care of my family is definitely my main focus. …
The island has been installed! It was actually completed and installed about a month ago but we still haven’t finished reorganizing the storage in the kitchen. Scroll down to see the finished project. It has transformed our kitchen from the vast open space with not-enough storage to a well-defined kitchen with much more storage and a…
Dearest Cousin, Today I know we failed you. Today we learned that you have left us, gone beyond our reach, beyond this world. Now all we can offer are our condolences, tears and hugs. We cannot offer anything to you, though…you who needed us most. I find myself drawn to write. And later, perhaps, to…
So, first, let me introduce you to my town. It is truly small town America and I love it! We have a very large old-order Mennonite population in the area who drive horse-drawn buggies to get around. There is a guy who parks his car in the Dairy Queen parking lot in the morning, stands…
VCE Chemistry teacher in Melbourne, Australia
a 100-word story every day
The Mom Who Runs: 