Here's the first line, so come play along. You know I'm a total nut when it comes to fog, and with all the awesome foggy weather the last couple of weeks, I figured this line would be fitting.
The fog is claustrophobic.
Showing posts with label Flash Fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flash Fiction. Show all posts
Friday, January 30, 2015
Foggy Flash Fiction Friday
It's been a while since I've written any flash fiction, but today felt like a good day to play.
Here's the first line, so come play along. You know I'm a total nut when it comes to fog, and with all the awesome foggy weather the last couple of weeks, I figured this line would be fitting.
Here's the first line, so come play along. You know I'm a total nut when it comes to fog, and with all the awesome foggy weather the last couple of weeks, I figured this line would be fitting.
Friday, November 21, 2014
Rainy Flash Fiction
Yup, west-coast November weather has settled in. Grey clouds and rain.
So, here's a new flash fiction prompt for this morning, for those who want to play along:
So, here's a new flash fiction prompt for this morning, for those who want to play along:
I waited until the magnolia blossoms fell.
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Salty Flash Fiction
I know it's not Friday, but maybe you'd like to wake up slowly this Sunday morning over a Flash Fiction prompt?
Wander over to Skullduggery to play along:
...and yes, include it on your NaNo word count for the day, if you're joining in on the annual madness.
Wander over to Skullduggery to play along:
Once there was a castle by the sea which beat the shore with furious waves.
Friday, October 3, 2014
Sharp Flash Fiction
...yes, you see that right. A new flash fiction prompt for today is up at Skullduggery. Come over and play along.
The white stucco house on the corner of 12th and Birch has a guillotine in their front yard.
The white stucco house on the corner of 12th and Birch has a guillotine in their front yard.
Friday, September 26, 2014
Something like Flash Fiction...
I know it's been a while...
Check Skullduggery & Madness for the rest of this and feel free to play along if you want to use the first sentence as a prompt. Same rules apply.
A homeless man, belligerent and obese, has set up his refrigerator-box home in the middle of a narrow one-way street.
Check Skullduggery & Madness for the rest of this and feel free to play along if you want to use the first sentence as a prompt. Same rules apply.
A homeless man, belligerent and obese, has set up his refrigerator-box home in the middle of a narrow one-way street.
Friday, April 25, 2014
Promising Flash Fiction Friday
A promising prompt up at Skullduggery, come play along (you know you want to).
My brain is set to explode, you really don't want me to get into it...
My flash fiction piece is probably going to be picked out on my phone sometime today, so it may be entertaining more for the 'auto-miscorrections' than the actual content ;)
Have a happy Friday!
(oh, and the new project I've started for the convention, I've got a couple initial pictures up on Bailiwick now. Stay tuned for more)
My brain is set to explode, you really don't want me to get into it...
My flash fiction piece is probably going to be picked out on my phone sometime today, so it may be entertaining more for the 'auto-miscorrections' than the actual content ;)
Have a happy Friday!
(oh, and the new project I've started for the convention, I've got a couple initial pictures up on Bailiwick now. Stay tuned for more)
Friday, April 18, 2014
Masked Flash Fiction Friday
Pop over to Skullduggery for today's prompt! I swear I'll try to spend more than 6 minutes writing today's... unlike last week ;)
Well, it's been a crazy week, and it only gets crazier from here until the end of May with the oil painting convention. So many meetings... so many jobs... so many emails... and so many phone calls battling Canada Post since I'm (still) not getting my mail (...halfway through month #3...) and I'm getting super concerned since I'm the one receiving all the registrations, and I'm quickly running out of time.
...cross your fingers that they will find my missing stash of mail soon...
Hope you all have a wonderful long weekend (for those that celebrate Good Friday/Easter)
Well, it's been a crazy week, and it only gets crazier from here until the end of May with the oil painting convention. So many meetings... so many jobs... so many emails... and so many phone calls battling Canada Post since I'm (still) not getting my mail (...halfway through month #3...) and I'm getting super concerned since I'm the one receiving all the registrations, and I'm quickly running out of time.
...cross your fingers that they will find my missing stash of mail soon...
Hope you all have a wonderful long weekend (for those that celebrate Good Friday/Easter)
Friday, April 11, 2014
Hammy Flash Fiction Friday
A ridiculous new prompt is up @ Skullduggery, so come play along.
Sorry for being MIA, the ribs are... staying in place reluctantly, but sleeping has still been tough and no sleep + insomnia = not a heck of a lot I can do when it comes to reading & writing.
Sorry for being MIA, the ribs are... staying in place reluctantly, but sleeping has still been tough and no sleep + insomnia = not a heck of a lot I can do when it comes to reading & writing.
Friday, April 4, 2014
Midnight Flash Fiction
A late posting this Friday morning, but go check out the new prompt at Skullduggery.
Theoretically, there may be new photos on Bailiwick relatively soon... I have *something* to make before the convention in May, and since I've never made one before, it's probably wise to get in some trial and error time instead of leaving it to the last minute :)
...and no, it actually has nothing to do with painting.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Theoretically, there may be new photos on Bailiwick relatively soon... I have *something* to make before the convention in May, and since I've never made one before, it's probably wise to get in some trial and error time instead of leaving it to the last minute :)
...and no, it actually has nothing to do with painting.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Friday, March 28, 2014
Emergency Flash Fiction Friday
It's fine spring day here, but what's the weather like in your corner of the world?
New prompt up @ Skullduggery, so come play along :)
...and for those who sent me emails this week... sorry, today's the first day I'm kinda back up on my feet, and still not up to eating solid food, so I will answer soon.
Y'know how I said I pulled something in my back when I was throwing up? Yeah... 6 ribs yanked away from my spine. It's been pretty hard to breathe or move all week, so I'm heading into see the chiropractor today to get those mischievous ribs wrestled back into place.
New prompt up @ Skullduggery, so come play along :)
...and for those who sent me emails this week... sorry, today's the first day I'm kinda back up on my feet, and still not up to eating solid food, so I will answer soon.
Y'know how I said I pulled something in my back when I was throwing up? Yeah... 6 ribs yanked away from my spine. It's been pretty hard to breathe or move all week, so I'm heading into see the chiropractor today to get those mischievous ribs wrestled back into place.
Friday, March 21, 2014
Story-time Flash Fiction Friday
Okay, it was completely a slip-up, but it might be a little telling that I typed 'Flask' instead of 'Flash' in this post title, and only caught the mistake right before hitting 'publish'.
New prompt up over at Skullduggery, and I'm dashing out now to take my car in... did I spell it correctly on my other site? or do more boozy-mishaps abound?
Pour me some Flash Fiction?
New prompt up over at Skullduggery, and I'm dashing out now to take my car in... did I spell it correctly on my other site? or do more boozy-mishaps abound?
Pour me some Flash Fiction?
Friday, March 14, 2014
Reflected Flash Friday Fiction
Oh my goodness the weather has been so great all week, now the weekend comes, and it's supposed to rain again. From all the sunshine this past week, the snowdrops and crocus' have been blooming madly and the trees are tipped green and pink with new growth.
But, for all of you still mired in the clutches of winter, here's an excellent excuse for you to lurk inside on your computers... a new Flash Fiction prompt over at Skullduggery!
Come, play along, and don't hate me 'cause the sun's coming back Monday and I'll be running around outside in a t-shirt with no socks...
But, for all of you still mired in the clutches of winter, here's an excellent excuse for you to lurk inside on your computers... a new Flash Fiction prompt over at Skullduggery!
Come, play along, and don't hate me 'cause the sun's coming back Monday and I'll be running around outside in a t-shirt with no socks...
Friday, March 7, 2014
Water-logged Flash Fiction Friday
Due to a bit of flooding, I've got water on the brain...
So pop over to Skullduggery for the latest flash fiction prompt :)
...I know you're watching/reading, 'cause I can see the numbers, so, c'mon, play along and have fun :) All the cool kids write flash fiction... they also jump off bridges...
So pop over to Skullduggery for the latest flash fiction prompt :)
...I know you're watching/reading, 'cause I can see the numbers, so, c'mon, play along and have fun :) All the cool kids write flash fiction... they also jump off bridges...
Friday, February 28, 2014
Friday, February 21, 2014
Cold Friday Flash Fiction
Happy Friday to you all, it really isn't actually cold where I am, but it is still February, so I know some parts of the world certainly are. West-coast Februaries are usually just grey and sullen.
For a cold Flash Fiction prompt, head over to Skullduggery and play along with me! ...and, if you don't like the prompt, feel free to check out some of the previous ones. You're perfectly welcome to use an older prompt and post in the comments ;) The comments always remain open, and I often go back and re-read the FF offerings :)
For a cold Flash Fiction prompt, head over to Skullduggery and play along with me! ...and, if you don't like the prompt, feel free to check out some of the previous ones. You're perfectly welcome to use an older prompt and post in the comments ;) The comments always remain open, and I often go back and re-read the FF offerings :)
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
I wouldn't have seen it if I hadn't believed it
Nope, that's not me being especially clever, that's an actual quote by Canadian Marshall McLuhan.
In my currently overly-stressed, physically limited, non-writing state*, I find I haven't had the attention span to read much of anything. I've never been a big tv watcher, but lately I have been watching a number of documentaries online through MV Group.
Documentaries, like any information source, are interesting, not only for the actual information, but the lens the information is being filtered through. I'm not just talking about political/educational/environmental/etc agendas, but how our growing knowledge, as a humans species, changes how we process and present 'facts' and 'theories'.
I have talked about this before, but in a different context... how I enjoy reading books written in the past, mainly because of how the ideas of the time are considered horribly wrong/racist/sexist/etc in todays society... Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' is my favourite fiction example, and a series of books about world mythology, written by Oxford/Harvard/Yale/etc professors in the early 1900's is my favourite non-fiction example.
After being down with a bad cold for the past couple of days, I watched several documentary series created over a span of 20 years... from 1994 to present.
The 1994 one was especially interesting, a series called 'Ape Man' about human evolution, and the McLuhan quote came up in relation to how people viewed Neanderthals/etc during the last century, especially in the aftermath of the first and second world wars.**
The quote is quite brilliant when you think about it. We're so used to hearing it written the other way around, "I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it", as a testament to our western-world scientific view of the world around us, that we forget that our perspective when we view something is pre-coloured by our past experiences and beliefs. Our senses are not reliable... this has been proved numerous times in numerous ways.
And no, I'm not going to nerd-out on you, I promise.
Oddly enough, the quote took me away from science/etc and reminded me of another quote I had to Google to get the wording right since it's been... hmmm, probably 10+ years since I heard it:
I hear you say, “How unlucky that this should happen to me!” Not at all! Say instead, “How lucky that I am not broken by what has happened and am not afraid of what is about to happen. The same blow might have struck anyone, but not many would have absorbed it without capitulation or complaint.”
– Marcus Aurelius: The Emperor’s Handbook
For a more complete look at the quote, go here, or Google it yourself :)
I've talked many times before about trying to see silver linings, of looking for the good in the bad, of not dwelling on what's gone wrong, but on what's gone right, and yes, I think this also falls into the category of not seeing something unless you first believe it.
A long-time writing buddy and I exchanged a couple emails about my arm problems, and several of his own physical set-backs, and he said something similar to a previous post of mine about being able to mine bad situations, like injuries, for story material.
Attitude is just another lens through which to see the world. You'll only see bad things if you believe you've got bad luck, or are somehow being persecuted/held back by other people's beliefs/actions/etc.
If you keep chasing the elusive notion of 'happiness', if you're always focused on what you don't have, all that's going to happen is you throw away the good things you do have, because you'll never be satisfied, never take pride in what you've already got, or hold it in any value.
It's the equivalent of having a tapeworm... constantly devouring without being satiated or absorbing proper nutrition. You will be a cancer, not only on yourself, but on those around you.
And that's not healthy, in any aspect of life.
For dreams, especially, too. Chasing that goal on the horizon is awesome, but you still have to rest, you have to eat, you have to drink, you have to enjoy the journey and take pride in the miles walked, in the oases discovered, and in the companions at your side.
Sure, I'm waiting right now, not doing a whole heck of a lot while I'm healing, but I'm also trying to keep hoping, while at the same time, not putting too much pressure on myself, which would certainly cause me to re-injure my arm/back.
I know that means I'm not able to be online a lot lately, but continuing the flash fiction exercises on Fridays is one of the small happy things I'm holding onto right now.
Thank you to those few people who are playing along with me. You are bright stars in my sky :)
*No need to restate what's going on, I'm sure.
** My tastes are eclectic: Another series was on the status/conservation/extinction of big cats in Africa, and another was on animal brains/senses/problem-solving capabilities/etc. I also watched several travel documentaries, ones on specific animal species/areas of the world, the history of how 'murder' became such a popular British entertainment genre, frozen tombs of Mongolia, Dolly (the first cloned sheep), pet food, etc
The one called 'The Disunited States of Canada' is super interesting if you've ever wondered why many Canadians have such a strong, long-held dislike towards Ontario & Quebec.
I think the main reason being, there are 308 seats in the House of Commons, Ontario has 106 of them, Quebec has 75, so these two provinces have a stranglehold on Canadian politics, and will (obviously) never vote to give equal votes/seats to the other provinces. The rest of the Canadian provinces feel they are being treated as second-class citizens since, even if every other province is united in their position, they will be defeated by what Ontario & Quebec want... every single time.
And, like with any documentary, I certainly don't agree with all the individual views expressed... Seems they found an interesting 'range' of people to talk to.
Oh, and today's my big sister's birthday! ...although I know she doesn't read, or even know about my blog... but who cares!
In my currently overly-stressed, physically limited, non-writing state*, I find I haven't had the attention span to read much of anything. I've never been a big tv watcher, but lately I have been watching a number of documentaries online through MV Group.
Documentaries, like any information source, are interesting, not only for the actual information, but the lens the information is being filtered through. I'm not just talking about political/educational/environmental/etc agendas, but how our growing knowledge, as a humans species, changes how we process and present 'facts' and 'theories'.
I have talked about this before, but in a different context... how I enjoy reading books written in the past, mainly because of how the ideas of the time are considered horribly wrong/racist/sexist/etc in todays society... Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' is my favourite fiction example, and a series of books about world mythology, written by Oxford/Harvard/Yale/etc professors in the early 1900's is my favourite non-fiction example.
After being down with a bad cold for the past couple of days, I watched several documentary series created over a span of 20 years... from 1994 to present.
The 1994 one was especially interesting, a series called 'Ape Man' about human evolution, and the McLuhan quote came up in relation to how people viewed Neanderthals/etc during the last century, especially in the aftermath of the first and second world wars.**
The quote is quite brilliant when you think about it. We're so used to hearing it written the other way around, "I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it", as a testament to our western-world scientific view of the world around us, that we forget that our perspective when we view something is pre-coloured by our past experiences and beliefs. Our senses are not reliable... this has been proved numerous times in numerous ways.
And no, I'm not going to nerd-out on you, I promise.
Oddly enough, the quote took me away from science/etc and reminded me of another quote I had to Google to get the wording right since it's been... hmmm, probably 10+ years since I heard it:
I hear you say, “How unlucky that this should happen to me!” Not at all! Say instead, “How lucky that I am not broken by what has happened and am not afraid of what is about to happen. The same blow might have struck anyone, but not many would have absorbed it without capitulation or complaint.”
– Marcus Aurelius: The Emperor’s Handbook
For a more complete look at the quote, go here, or Google it yourself :)
I've talked many times before about trying to see silver linings, of looking for the good in the bad, of not dwelling on what's gone wrong, but on what's gone right, and yes, I think this also falls into the category of not seeing something unless you first believe it.
A long-time writing buddy and I exchanged a couple emails about my arm problems, and several of his own physical set-backs, and he said something similar to a previous post of mine about being able to mine bad situations, like injuries, for story material.
Attitude is just another lens through which to see the world. You'll only see bad things if you believe you've got bad luck, or are somehow being persecuted/held back by other people's beliefs/actions/etc.
If you keep chasing the elusive notion of 'happiness', if you're always focused on what you don't have, all that's going to happen is you throw away the good things you do have, because you'll never be satisfied, never take pride in what you've already got, or hold it in any value.
It's the equivalent of having a tapeworm... constantly devouring without being satiated or absorbing proper nutrition. You will be a cancer, not only on yourself, but on those around you.
And that's not healthy, in any aspect of life.
For dreams, especially, too. Chasing that goal on the horizon is awesome, but you still have to rest, you have to eat, you have to drink, you have to enjoy the journey and take pride in the miles walked, in the oases discovered, and in the companions at your side.
Sure, I'm waiting right now, not doing a whole heck of a lot while I'm healing, but I'm also trying to keep hoping, while at the same time, not putting too much pressure on myself, which would certainly cause me to re-injure my arm/back.
I know that means I'm not able to be online a lot lately, but continuing the flash fiction exercises on Fridays is one of the small happy things I'm holding onto right now.
Thank you to those few people who are playing along with me. You are bright stars in my sky :)
*No need to restate what's going on, I'm sure.
** My tastes are eclectic: Another series was on the status/conservation/extinction of big cats in Africa, and another was on animal brains/senses/problem-solving capabilities/etc. I also watched several travel documentaries, ones on specific animal species/areas of the world, the history of how 'murder' became such a popular British entertainment genre, frozen tombs of Mongolia, Dolly (the first cloned sheep), pet food, etc
The one called 'The Disunited States of Canada' is super interesting if you've ever wondered why many Canadians have such a strong, long-held dislike towards Ontario & Quebec.
I think the main reason being, there are 308 seats in the House of Commons, Ontario has 106 of them, Quebec has 75, so these two provinces have a stranglehold on Canadian politics, and will (obviously) never vote to give equal votes/seats to the other provinces. The rest of the Canadian provinces feel they are being treated as second-class citizens since, even if every other province is united in their position, they will be defeated by what Ontario & Quebec want... every single time.
And, like with any documentary, I certainly don't agree with all the individual views expressed... Seems they found an interesting 'range' of people to talk to.
Oh, and today's my big sister's birthday! ...although I know she doesn't read, or even know about my blog... but who cares!
Friday, February 14, 2014
Love Flash Fiction Friday
A special Valentine's Day Flash Fiction prompt over at Skullduggery
Show how much you love me with gifts of flash fiction, and I'll do the same!
...c'mon, you know you want to...
Friday, February 7, 2014
Hark! Friday Flash Fiction
...a bit of a weird one today up @ Skullduggey & Madness, so come play along! Feed my hungry mind with some flash fiction before I starve to death!
As to what's going on elsewhere... I'm still 'banned' from writing/typing/laptoping... but the arm is showing improvement.
Also, the last couple weeks have been crazy with... roommate drama. Long story short: I can scratch 'having a roommate' off my bucket-list. Been there, done that. Experienced the highs & lows, and not interested in making that a staple in the future.
Don't ask in the comments, you know I refuse to post anything excessively negative online... and there really was only negative in the past few weeks.
Good news: no more roomie :)
Which means one less stressor in my life.
Spring is a time of renewal and rebirth, so it's an excellent time to cut away the dead wood and move forward.
Any of you making changes, goals, or anticipating new/good things this spring?
As to what's going on elsewhere... I'm still 'banned' from writing/typing/laptoping... but the arm is showing improvement.
Also, the last couple weeks have been crazy with... roommate drama. Long story short: I can scratch 'having a roommate' off my bucket-list. Been there, done that. Experienced the highs & lows, and not interested in making that a staple in the future.
Don't ask in the comments, you know I refuse to post anything excessively negative online... and there really was only negative in the past few weeks.
Good news: no more roomie :)
Which means one less stressor in my life.
Spring is a time of renewal and rebirth, so it's an excellent time to cut away the dead wood and move forward.
Any of you making changes, goals, or anticipating new/good things this spring?
Friday, January 31, 2014
Three in a row? Really?
Yup, head over to Skullduggery & Madness for another Friday Flash Fiction.
Sorry I've been offline quite a bit lately, I have actually seriously been banned from writing... even emails... and I've been staying offline so I won't be tempted... my arm is really bad right now.
That being said... yes... another flash fiction... come play along!
Sorry I've been offline quite a bit lately, I have actually seriously been banned from writing... even emails... and I've been staying offline so I won't be tempted... my arm is really bad right now.
That being said... yes... another flash fiction... come play along!
Friday, January 24, 2014
New Flash Fiction Friday
Head over to Skullduggery & Madness, play along, and have fun!
You know how I love reading flash fiction... and I was so happy a few of you wrote delicious flash fiction for me to drool over and feast upon.
Mine will be up within the next few hours, as per usual :)
I've been in Chilliwack all week, helping for the convention coming up in May, and I'm heading home later tonight. Don't tell my physiotherapist I've been using my computer non-stop for 3 days, and wow can I feel it... kinda like slamming your finger in a door... but imagine it being your entire arm -> shoulder joint to finger tips.
(oh, and I sketched phalaenopsis orchids with my left hand... surprisingly, not bad...)
Among other things, this week I've designed and put together a 30 page program/booklet. Of course there are still many empty/template pages, especially for ad space. There'll also be a memorial page for my deceased Nana as she was really involved in the Porcelain Artists of Canada guild.
Seems those rusty marketing-monkey skills are still usable, at least for things like this. BUT, although I love my Mac... Pages is so not a great program to be using for something like that... I need to get the Adobe suite, 'cause freaking page numbers? REALLY??? Does it have to be this hard to put freaking page numbers on a dual-page, legal-sized folding booklet...? I felt like I was back in the stone ages editing text boxes and lining them up individually on ever...single...freaking...page... even after copying/pasting, I still had to edit their attributes individually so I could move them to the margins!
Anyways, have a great weekend!
...and seriously, come play along for FFF :) I am hungry! Feed me flash fiction!
You know how I love reading flash fiction... and I was so happy a few of you wrote delicious flash fiction for me to drool over and feast upon.
Mine will be up within the next few hours, as per usual :)
I've been in Chilliwack all week, helping for the convention coming up in May, and I'm heading home later tonight. Don't tell my physiotherapist I've been using my computer non-stop for 3 days, and wow can I feel it... kinda like slamming your finger in a door... but imagine it being your entire arm -> shoulder joint to finger tips.
(oh, and I sketched phalaenopsis orchids with my left hand... surprisingly, not bad...)
Among other things, this week I've designed and put together a 30 page program/booklet. Of course there are still many empty/template pages, especially for ad space. There'll also be a memorial page for my deceased Nana as she was really involved in the Porcelain Artists of Canada guild.
Seems those rusty marketing-monkey skills are still usable, at least for things like this. BUT, although I love my Mac... Pages is so not a great program to be using for something like that... I need to get the Adobe suite, 'cause freaking page numbers? REALLY??? Does it have to be this hard to put freaking page numbers on a dual-page, legal-sized folding booklet...? I felt like I was back in the stone ages editing text boxes and lining them up individually on ever...single...freaking...page... even after copying/pasting, I still had to edit their attributes individually so I could move them to the margins!
Anyways, have a great weekend!
...and seriously, come play along for FFF :) I am hungry! Feed me flash fiction!
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