Category: Creative writing
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Read more: Honeymoon Magic
It’s time for Cyranny’s Quickie again! Today she’s asking, Do you enjoy camping? I do not enjoy camping in the least. Here’s why: When I got married for the first time, which is among the Top 10 biggest mistakes…
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Read more: Fifth Grade
There are many songs I could write about today. I could tell you how Dean Martin’s “Everybody Loves Somebody” evokes images of my mom ironing in the kitchen, singing along with the record player. We had to keep a book…
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Read more: Seventeen Years
It is First Line Friday at MindloveMiserys Menagerie! Welcome and let’s get writing. Below, I give you the first line, and you all get to write the rest. This week our prompt is: A perfectly brewed cup of tea can’t fix everything.…
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Read more: Willy
“If I am not for myself, then who will be for me?” Hillel Stephanie played to win. Thus far, she’d achieved every goal, personally and professionally, that she’d set for herself. If someone had the misfortune of being in her…
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Read more: aka
She’d given it everything she had, but it wasn’t enough. Ever. The rejection letters kept coming, never a word of encouragement. That was then. This time, it would be different. This time, her muse is on steroids. No, wait. It felt more like LSD. Maybe…
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Read more: Burpington Manor
“Oh, James!” Charlotte gushed. “What a quaint little chalet you’ve chosen…” “I’m so glad you approve, Charlotte,” James sighed with relief. “I wasn’t sure such a rustic ambiance would be to your liking, but I thought it would be marvelously…
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Read more: The Class of 51
Picture it: 1966 in Arlington Heights, IL at Our Lady of Perpetual Angst Catholic School. Mrs. Ludy’s third grade class had been designing their special Valentine mailboxes all week. Snippets of red construction paper cut with blunt-nose scissors speckled the…
