Mrs Grumpy here again.
Another little bad habit creeps into a lot of writing, I’ve discovered. And I always feel a trickle of irritation when I read it. Those pesky -ing phrases. You know the ones I mean? Continue reading “Participle Phrases”
Month: December 2014
Saturday Book Showcase: Life First
Life First
by RJ Crayton
4.4 star average from 37 reviews
262 pages
Strong-willed Kelsey Reed must escape tonight or tomorrow her government will take her kidney and give it to someone else.
In this future forged by survivors of pandemics that wiped out 80 percent of the world’s population, life is valued above all else. The mentally ill are sterilized, abortions are illegal and those who refuse to donate an organ when told are sentenced to death.
Determined not to give up her kidney or die, Kelsey enlists the help of her boyfriend Luke and a dodgy doctor to escape. The trio must disable the tracking chip in her arm for her to flee undetected. If they fail, Kelsey will be stripped of everything.
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Excerpt from Life First by RJ Crayton
Flash Fiction Challenge: Howard the Holiday Bear
Photo by K.S. Brooks
Bears are thought to hibernate all winter. While this is true for most bears, Howard was of a more industrial temperament. He never could see spending all that time simply sleeping when he could be doing something.
When he was old enough, he went to the North Pole and got a job in Santa’s village. Of course, he had wanted to pull the sleigh – that’s the glamor job.
As it turned out, there was a long list of animals that wanted to pull the sleigh. No, Howard ended up making tinsel. His long sharp claws made him a natural for shredding the sheets of aluminum. Still, he dreamed…
In 250 words or less, write a story incorporating the elements in the picture and/or the written prompt above. Do not include the prompt in your entry. The 250 word limit will be strictly enforced.
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GENEii Writing Contest
The Southern California Genealogical Society sponsors its annual family-history writing contest to support and encourage the writing of family history, local history, and memoirs, both by genealogists and by the public at large.The contest is open to: Non-fiction articles that describe family or local history and capture a family experience or the character of a locality; or Non-fiction character sketches or memoirs that give a sense of an individual’s character and personality.
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Deadline is December 31, 2014. For more information, please visit their website.
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