This week’s writing prompt for the Shapeshifting 13 Challenge is the word chip.
Exactly 39 words.
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The sound of clouds
tastes silver and feels like a
harp string in C#.
Just like Tuesdays are yellow
Thursdays are shiny green
mosaic chips
Sunshine smells magenta
Thunder tastes orange
but sounds like brown
When you have
synesthesia.
Below is an edited excerpt of Piers Morgan’s interview with Oprah Winfrey on January 17, 2011.
MORGAN: Tell me this, Ms. Shuman. Do you ever get sort of surreal moments when — I’m just trying to picture what it’s like being you? When you wake up in the morning and you go, bloody hell, I’m The Abject Muse, aka Susan Shuman. Do you ever?
SUSAN: Sure. Who wouldn’t? I’ve been me for over five decades though, so I am pretty much used to it. Every so often though, BAM! Reality smacks me in the face with a three-day-old catfish.
MORGAN: How many people do you absolutely, 100 percent trust?
SUSAN: All but two of my multiple personalities.
MORGAN: Who would they be?
SUSAN: Dick & Jane. They aren’t as much fun as they’d like you to think.
MORGAN: Do you contemplate failure with Gutter Ball? Have you thought about that?
SUSAN: Have you read it? There’s no way it can fail. Especially with the Wild-Ass Series in there.
MORGAN: Of course, you’re right. Silly of me. In another direction…I mean, now you have reached this — pinnacle — you are the nearest thing America’s got to a princess. Do you feel regal? Do like being famous?
SUSAN: I don’t feel regal; I am regal. I’m lovin’ every second of it. Peel me a grape!
MORGAN: <Laughter> When we come back, Susan on her life’s mission.
COMMERCIAL BREAK
MORGAN: Now, about that life’s mission. Susan, what do you think it is?
SUSAN: In addition to rescuing animals in distress, I feel that my mission on this planet is to write about not only the human condition, but about the homunculi condition as well.
MORGAN: What’s been one of the most hurtful things you’ve had to hear or read about yourself?
SUSAN: Someone once told me that my fried chicken was greasy.
MORGAN: Everything Susan touches turns to gold. A bartender on and off for 25 years, a waitress, data entry clerk, and freelance writer extraordinaire. Millions read her blog, and now she has written a book!
SUSAN: Yep. Amazeballs, right?
MORGAN: I know you hate this phrase but what is your brand do you think?
SUSAN: Talent. Pure, genius talent.
MORGAN: How many times have you been properly in love?
SUSAN: Stop, Piers. You’re making me blush!
MORGAN: C’mon. You can tell me.
SUSAN: No, I cannot. But I will tell you that I’ve been improperly in love more times than I’ve been properly in love.
And that about wraps it up!
This week’s writing prompt for the Shapeshifting 13 Challenge is the word pour.
Exactly 26 words.
Henry had been wrestling with this demon for years. Today, he’d found the strength to dump the last bottle of Crown.
After just one more sip.
There was another reason for my prolonged blogging absence. One of my clients, Rabbi Stephen Fuchs, also had a book published, which I compiled and edited. I also wrote the editor’s preface and designed the book cover.
Yes, I’ve been busy!
This book is titled, “Why the Kof? Getting the Best of Rabbi Fuchs.” If you’ve ever wondered what makes a rabbi tick, this is where you’ll find the answer.
Click here to learn more.
Happy Reading!
Ergo, the Ogre 