Your neighbor shows up at your door and immediately begins screaming at you…for something you didn’t do. How do you handle it? Does it get physical…comical? Will you need a place to hide the body? If you enjoyed this post, look around, or sign up below ↓ to receive future posts via email. Image courtesy:…
Category: Writing Wrongs: Essays on Language
This blog is an opportunity to discuss language – its usage, its limitations, and its beauty—through an array of shorter and longer essays.
Mayhem Monday: Trapped for a month
It’s #MayhemMonday, and you have to survive for 30 days! Which would you choose? If you enjoyed this post, look around, or sign up below ↓ to receive future posts via email.
Otherworldly Words: Infatuate
While St. Valentine’s Day has passed, #OtherworldlyWords continues to look at four words that describe the downside of love and attraction. This week’s word is infatuate. No one likes to act a fool, but love sometimes makes us lose our head. Comically, the word is from the Latin root meaning “to gape.” So, being infatuated means to stand…
Writing Prompt: Get Lost!
Your character is driving around lost. Not just a little lost – hopelessly lost. A group of young black men wait for the bus on the corner. A gas station is across a divided highway – hard to reach. Who does s/he ask for directions? Why? If you enjoyed this post, look around, or…
Mayhem Monday: The Swim
It’s #MayhemMonday, and, you need to think quickly! Swimming in the ocean at night, you feel something large scrape along your leg. What do you do? If you enjoyed this post, look around, or sign up below ↓ to receive future posts via email.
Writing Prompt: The Vacuum Salesman
Picture a door-to-door salesman. Here is his opening line: “Hello, sir (or madam). I’m Rick. I’m hoping to have a moment of your time to show you the last vacuum you will ever need to buy.” Who answers the door? Does the salesman get in? Is the salesman legit or is he casing the place?…
Otherworldly Words: Obsess
Ah, amore! It’s February and our minds turn to St. Valentine’s Day and longing gazes and tokens of love. But what about when love crosses the line? #OtherworldlyWords returns with a look at four words that describe the downside of love and attraction. While marketed as a good thing for cologne, obsession can have its…
Mayhem Monday: Captive love
It’s #MayhemMonday, and, this week is all about love. The bad kind. The creepy kind. Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, so be vigilante! If you enjoyed this post, look around, or sign up below ↓ to receive future posts via email.
Otherworldly Words: Bewitch
Ah, amore! It’s February and our minds turn to St. Valentine’s Day and longing gazes and tokens of love. But what about when love crosses the line? #OtherworldlyWords returns with a look at four words that describe the downside of love and attraction. First up is bewitch. With its origin in Old English, this word…
Writing Prompt: A Little Controversy
Imagine two characters discussing a controversial topic. (Think: abortion, religion, etc.) How does the conversation go if they’re neighbors who act and think alike? (Do they admit things they wouldn’t in mixed company?) How does the conversation change if the exchange happens in a doctor’s office or similar place by chance, but they have differing…
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