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    Writing Exercise #40: Write an opening using, “I’m in a half-full bottle of water.”

    Writing Exercise #40: Write an opening using, “I’m in a half-full bottle of water.”

    “I’m in a half-full bottle of water right now. That’s how I feel, like I’m just waiting to get swallowed up by that idiot sitting in her office painting her fingernails or whatever it is dummies like her do. I can’t believe she got this job. Our government must have…

    July 21, 2025
  • Questions for Authors
    Questions for Authors #15: What 5 writing resources get you through your WIP?

    Questions for Authors #15: What 5 writing resources get you through your WIP?

    July 21, 2025
  • 5-Minute Writing Exercises
    Writing Exercise #39: Write an opening using, “She would be hot if she didn’t remind me of my mother.”

    Writing Exercise #39: Write an opening using, “She would be hot if she didn’t remind me of my mother.”

    “She would be hot if she didn’t remind me of my mother. You ever feel that way Ms. Kinnington? I first realized I was in love with Mrs. Evans during lunch…” I tried to bury my hatred of life as Andrew came to me with yet another lover’s pursuit that…

    July 20, 2025
  • Questions for Authors
    Questions for Authors #14: What could you have done to make writing your current book easier?

    Questions for Authors #14: What could you have done to make writing your current book easier?

    July 20, 2025
  • 5-Minute Writing Exercises
    Writing Exercise #38: Write an Opening using an Instrument in the first sentence

    Writing Exercise #38: Write an Opening using an Instrument in the first sentence

    The opening drum roll in pg. Lost’s “Jonathan” was the perfect beginning to this project. A good backdrop to the man’s screaming. And if anything was going to be the last thing he heard, he was lucky it was this. One of my favorite songs. Surely, by now my bosses…

    July 19, 2025
  • Questions for Authors
    Questions for Authors #13: Describe your author journey so far.

    Questions for Authors #13: Describe your author journey so far.

    July 19, 2025
  • 5-Minute Writing Exercises
    Writing Exercise #37: “Oh, my poor stomach.”

    Writing Exercise #37: “Oh, my poor stomach.”

    “Oh, my God,” Reba said. “My poor stomach. I should not have eaten all that mustard.” She sat on the bench, suffering. And well she should. What kind of moron eats a whole bottle of Dijon, even for a bet? “I hope that $200 is going to be worth the…

    July 18, 2025
  • Questions for Authors
    Questions for Authors #12: What advice would you give a new writer?

    Questions for Authors #12: What advice would you give a new writer?

    July 18, 2025
  • 5-Minute Writing Exercises
    Writing Exercise #36: “…And with a temper quick as a razor blade.”

    Writing Exercise #36: “…And with a temper quick as a razor blade.”

    “Brilliant, beautiful, and with a temper quick as a razor blade,” Adam said. “Really?” Judian asked. “I don’t know that I’ve heard her described that way. I have heard other things. Most of it not very flattering. But she does have a nasty temper. She’s gone through five phones in…

    July 17, 2025
  • Questions for Authors
    Questions for Authors #11: What is something you wish you could tell your younger author self?

    Questions for Authors #11: What is something you wish you could tell your younger author self?

    July 17, 2025
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