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Preparing for April A to Z – Choosing themes and building skeletons

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Joe Owens

Two years ago I got in on a wonderful blogging adventure called the April A to Z Blogging Challenge. Coming out of winter into the favorite of my seasons, spring, I almost did not take part. You see my hobbies … Continue reading →

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Speakeasy 153 – Remaking Hugo

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Joe Owens

Okay, so this week’s sentence prompt, provided by last week’s winner, Stacie, must be used as the FIRST line in your piece. And the media prompt is a painting by Dutch artist, Piet Mondrian. Mondrian is best known for his modern work, … Continue reading →

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Speakeasy 152 – Survivor’s Guilt

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Joe Owens

Okay, so this week’s sentence prompt, provided by last week’s winner, Suzanne, can be used ANYWHERE in your piece. And the media prompt is a song that many of you will recognize. It’s Stayin’ Alive, by the Bee Gees. As with all our … Continue reading →

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Speakeasy 151 – Elise in Love

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Joe Owens

Your Prompts This week’s sentence prompt, provided by last week’s winner, Janna, must be used as the FIRST line in your piece. The media prompt is a photograph, by Czintos Ödön, that captures some of those beautiful colours I can’t wait to see … Continue reading →

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Speakeasy 150 – Looking In the Black Hole

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Joe Owens

This week’s sentence prompt, provided by last week’s winner, Karen, must be used as the LAST line in your piece. The media prompt is a neat short film I stumbled across, over at Future Shorts on YouTube. It’s called The Black Hole and was directed by … Continue reading →

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Speakeasy Voting – VOTE FOR ME!!!!

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Joe Owens

Hey all you faithful followers I have a simple request. Hop over to the Speakeasy voting at Yeah Write and give me some love. I got this e-mail a little while back: You can get there following this link: Speakeasy … Continue reading →

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Speakeasy 149 – Blame the Sinner

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Joe Owens

 This week’s sentence prompt, provided by last week’s winner, Suzanne, must be used as the FIRST line in your piece. And the media prompt is a painting called The Chess Queens, by Muriel Streeter, which you will find below. As with all … Continue reading →

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Speakeasy 147 – Dream Girl

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Joe Owens

This week’ sentence prompt, provided by last week’s winner, tinsenpup, must be used as the FIRST line in your piece. And the media prompt is a picture, which you will find below. As with all our media prompts, your post shouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Speakeasy 146 – The Stranger

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Joe Owens

The instructions for Speakeasy 146: The last line in this Speakeasy should be: “I sat there and waited, but he never came back.” Also, there should be some reference to the video clip below from the British comedy show, Bladder the … Continue reading →

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Speakeasy 145 – Time Travel? What Time Travel?

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Joe Owens

The instructions for Speakeasy 145: Time to play your cards Because today just happens to be Paul Cézanne’s birthday, we’ve chosen one of his paintings for our art prompt. This painting is one of a series of five, known as The … Continue reading →

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Speakeasy 144 – Can They Change History?

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Joe Owens

The instructions for Speakeasy 144: This week’ sentence prompt, provided by last week’s winner, can be used anywhere in your piece. And the media prompt is a song, Elton John’s cover of a song by the Beatles that topped the … Continue reading →

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Five Sentence Fiction – Moon

Posted on January 13, 2014 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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Speakeasy 143 – Is He In Time?

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Joe Owens

The instructions for Speakeasy 143: This week’ sentence prompt, provided by last week’s winner, must be used as the FIRST line in your piece. And the media prompt is a photo, which you will find below. As with all our … Continue reading →

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Five Sentence Fiction – Moments

Posted on January 3, 2014 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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Speakeasy 142 – Saving Millicent?

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Joe Owens

The instructions for Speakeasy 142: Your piece must include the following sentence anywhere: “I don’t think that’s a good idea.” Plus a reference to this media item: ************************************************************************ Months of study was required to document everything they knew about this time. … Continue reading →

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