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Sheepdog at work
Growing up, our family had a sheepdog. A real one, slated to be a national trials champion by his breeder, a farmer who we kids used to ‘help’ during summer…
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Of Tangents and Time
I start with an idea. For a time I let it mull in my mind, then I get hold of it and do something with it. The process is very…
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A Comedy Prompt
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay First off, I am not a writer of comedy. While I note that I'm often very funny in person, comedy writing seems to me to…
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Writing about conflict
photo source: wikipedia public domain Would you like to join a free-writing exercise to help build your skills at incorporating conflict into your work? I attended a writing session years…
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Life in the raw
The small Pyrenean town’s devout were filing from the church to the bar, parading in their finest clothes. The sound level increased exponentially as the bar filled. Spanish is a…
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Random words and pasta
How do you fancy using random words as a writing prompt? The aim is to use each of the five words presented in a piece of short fiction up to…