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Now, I know you’re not going to believe this, but…sometimes I’m a know-it-all pompous buttocks. Yeah, it’s a stretch to imagine that. Really. Sometimes, in the face of ridiculous ignorance, I run into a telephone booth, rip off my International … Continue reading
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| Tagged hermione granger, humble pie, magical realism, pomposity
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Oh, yes. I am well acquainted with the heartbreak of rejection. I mean the writing kind, folks. (Not the kind of rejection I got in fourth grade when I slipped a box of Russell Stover chocolates into my dreamboat crush’s … Continue reading
Saturday night, folks from my writers’ group came over for a RockBand/Guitar Hero night. Writers’ Rocksgiving. I never knew we had so many headbangers and fist pumpers in our scribbler’s gang. And of course…Scarlet Whisper made an appearance with her … Continue reading
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| Tagged Beatles, Beatles RockBand, Black Magic Cake, Chocolate, Helter Skelter, Scarlet Whisper, Writing
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I hear marijuana is a “gateway” drug. After a few “harmless” puffs, you soon experiment with prescription uppers. Then, you move one to harder street drugs. Before you know it, it’s nine a.m. on a Tuesday and you’re smoking crack … Continue reading
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| Tagged children's books, Dare Wright, Gateway Books, The Lonely Doll
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First order of business: Congratulations to Cat Woods. Her new ending to the short story “Guessing Game” is deliciously ambiguous. Cat, drop me a line with your snail mail address at mathmartin@tx.rr.com and I’ll send Half-Minute Horrors your way! I … Continue reading
Three judges unanimously picked our cheesecake worthy (and book worthy!) winner. laurelwanrow’s sentence dazzled: “The ghost drifted, a blond in a creamy chiffon gown, until she halted before me, leaned close and her lips met mine—mmm, cheesecake, my favorite.” An … Continue reading
