Category Archives: I used to write a little

from cereal box to serial comma: how Oprah killed my writer’s dreams

lovelinkin.com

The Erma Bombeck Writer’s Workshop is coming up in April, and there are four scholarships available for writers who win their writing contest. I’d really like attend the workshop, so I set aside my fear of writing contests and entered this one, my first judged submission in three years. Linking it up with lovelinks, my…

the strangest urge to write

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But then I took another sip of my coffee, and the feeling passed. My confidence as a short story writer took a knock-out punch about six years ago, and I never recovered. Tonight, sitting on my bed after a day of holiday shopping and while watching Care Bears to the Rescue, a few characters tried…

another great writing prompt site: 750words.com

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a new writing exercise site!

the global politics of office poverty

reddress

two pieces of microfiction for you

write like you talk, it’s that easy

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You’re welcome…

hey there, one year ago, it’s been a while

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I started blogging at free fringes about a year ago this month, and I’ve been importing archives from my other three blog addresses ever since.

it’s been four days since my last blog post, but you get no confessions from me

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You know by now the blog is always the last to know and the first to take a vacation when I’ve got other things going on.