Monthly Archives: August 2013

Weekly Photo Challenge – Sea

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Joe Owens

The Weekly Photo Challenge for this week (Friday August 3oth) is right in my wheelhouse. I was fortunate enough to be able to enjoy two trips to the sea. One was aboard a Carnival cruise ship with the high school … Continue reading →

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Trifextra – Week Eighty-Three

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Joe Owens

This time around the Trifecta folks want to expand out skills by creating a haiku. I think it has been at least two decades since I tried this, but I will give it a shot. Check out Trifextra Week Eighty-Three if you … Continue reading →

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Daily Prompt – A Little Sneaky

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Joe Owens

Daily Prompt for August 30: Are writing prompts a useful exercise, or do you find them to be too limiting and/or hokey? I love the writing prompt option. Sometimes it is a great way to explore your writing limits as … Continue reading →

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Daily Prompt – White Jet trails across the blue sky

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Joe Owens

Daily Prompt for August 29 – Take the third line of the last song you heard, make it your post title, and write for a maximum of 15 minutes. GO! The last song I heard this morning while ferrying my … Continue reading →

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A WORD A WEEK CHALLENGE – PINK

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Joe Owens

Here is my response to the WORD A WEEK CHALLENGE – PINK.

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Flash in the Pan – Go

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Joe Owens

Flash in the Pan is another opportunity for you to enjoy Flash Fiction. I was happy to find it, but I am sure there are others who do not know. While flash can mean a lot of things, for this … Continue reading →

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Stealing Christmas – Friday Fictioneers – 30th August

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Joe Owens

Where can you find the excitement of an unopened present short of your birthday or Christmas? Not many places unless you have someone in your life whose flair is for gift giving. Otherwise you must wait for the time of … Continue reading →

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Daily Prompt – Secret of Success

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Joe Owens

The Daily Prompt for August 25th is geared toward learning what we think would be a measure of a successful blog.  No doubt there will be as many answers as there is people taking on this adventure. Successful is a … Continue reading →

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Trifecta-Week Ninety- Two – Turkey

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Joe Owens

Monday morning at 10 AM we get another prompt from Trifecta. You don’t know who Trifecta is? It is a group that provides two prompts each week, on Monday and Friday for your fiction writing pleasure. The Monday prompt is … Continue reading →

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Five Sentence Fiction – Travel

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Joe Owens

Lille McFerrin provides a weekly one word prompt and asks us to take five sentences to create a response.  There is no word limit with this particular challenge, just a limit to the number of sentences. Be creative and tell … Continue reading →

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Alastair’s Photo Fiction – 25th of August – They Have No Idea

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Joe Owens

If it is Sunday then it is time for Alastair’s Photo Fiction Prompt. We are allotted between 100-200 words to make the picture have some meaning. As with other photo prompts there is so many directions to go and if … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge – Focus

Posted on August 24, 2013 by Joe Owens

This week’s challenge is set to the idea of focus. To show a couple of shots where there are differences in focus. Unfortunately I did not have two of the same shot, but I had two examples, with one blurring … Continue reading →

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Trifextra – Week Eighty-Two – Straw, Sticks and Bricks

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Joe Owens

The weekend Trifecta Prompt is posted and the poor editors are feeling the effects of a long summer. Consequently we are tasked with crafting a 33 word bedtime story that will not keep the children up screaming for their parents. … Continue reading →

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Flash in the Pan – Regress

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Joe Owens

Flash in the Pan is another opportunity for you to enjoy Flash Fiction. I was happy to find it, but I am sure there are others who do not know. While flash can mean a lot of things, for this … Continue reading →

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Daily Prompt – Viral

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Joe Owens

What is better than exposure for your blog? Not much, that is for sure. All who write do it for their information to be consumed. When the counter is low it can make you feel your effort is wasted. Today … Continue reading →

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