Monthly Archives: November 2013

Weekly Photo Challenge – Let There Be Light

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Joe Owens

The weekly photo challenge is one of my favorite recurring opportunities to delve into the photo archives and see what I can ferret out to apply to the weekly theme. I consider my photo bucket, no copyright infringement intended, to … Continue reading →

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Trifextra – Week Ninety-Six – Snow Stops No Proposer

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Joe Owens

This weekend we are assuming that many of you are slogging your way through leftovers and family bickering (or is that just us?) and thus we’re going way easy on you.  This weekend we are asking for a 33-word free … Continue reading →

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Speakeasy 137 – Thirty Six Hour Love Affair

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Joe Owens

The instructions for Speakeasy 137: Your piece must include the following sentence as your LAST line: “From that day forward, every time I drove past that street corner, I thought of her.” Also you should reference the trailer from the movie … Continue reading →

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Trifecta-Week One Hundred Five – Pluck

Posted on November 27, 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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Passing the Blessing – Friday Fictioneers – 29 November

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Joe Owens

Welcome back to the addictive fun of Friday Fictioneers! You know the best fiction can be found right here. Led by  Rochelle Wisoff-Fields, we take the photo and weave our magic with prose and poetry to entertain you. All around … Continue reading →

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Trifextra – Week Ninety-Five – Murder

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Joe Owens

This weekend, writers, it’s up to you. We want you to choose a word and use it three times in your 33 words. However, it must be either a verb, noun or adjective and the form of the word cannot … Continue reading →

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Seven Reasons I Don’t Do NaNoWriMo

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Joe Owens

  Yes I am a writer. Yes writers write books. But an entire book in thirty days. I think that sound more like a miracle work to me. You will not find me  among the throng of writers participating in … Continue reading →

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Speakeasy 136 – Culture versus Warriors

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Joe Owens

The instructions for Speakeasy 136 is to use a sentence, “The smell of smoke lingered in the air” and reference the photo below.  ************************************************************************ The smell of smoke lingered in the air. The black helmets of the Enforcement Officers reflected … Continue reading →

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Monroe Pulls a Houdini – Friday Fictioneers – 15 November

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Joe Owens

Welcome back to the addictive fun of Friday Fictioneers! You know the best fiction can be found right here. Led by  Rochelle Wisoff-Fields, we take the photo and weave our magic with prose and poetry to entertain you. All around … Continue reading →

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Alastair’s Photo Fiction – 17 November – The King’s Leftovers

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Joe Owens

Sunday is the beginning of another weekly invitation from Alastair to open our imagination and tell the world what we see in his photo prompt. There is always several rich stories that flow from this interesting photographic offering. If you … Continue reading →

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Weekly Writing Challenge – Characters That Haunt You

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Joe Owens

Weekly Writing Challenge – Pick one of the characters that inhabit your brain. Today is that character’s birthday! They’re going to emerge from your head to appear in a new scene on your page or screen. The character I pulled from my … Continue reading →

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Trifecta-Week One Hundred Four – Companion

Posted on November 18, 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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A Secret Pays Dividends – Friday Fictioneers – 15 November

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Joe Owens

Welcome back to the addictive fun of Friday Fictioneers! You know the best fiction can be found right here. Led by  Rochelle Wisoff-Fields, we take the photo and weave our magic with prose and poetry to entertain you. All around … Continue reading →

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Trifecta-Week One Hundred Three – The Murderer Revealed

Posted on November 11, 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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Hide the Head – Friday Fictioneers – 8 November

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Joe Owens

Welcome back to the addictive fun of Friday Fictioneers! You know the best fiction can be found right here. Led by  Rochelle Wisoff-Fields, we take the photo and weave our magic with prose and poetry to entertain you. All around … Continue reading →

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