Drabble 1: Soul Capturer

In case you didn't know, I love to write flash fiction (not to be confused with fan fiction, although I used to write that too). I just discovered a site called 100 Word Story and another one called drablr. Here is my first "drabble". It's exactly 100 words.

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Looking into its eye I could see the future: long days filled with many different faces. People would flock to me, seeking me out, their chosen one. Each of them would look into this same eye, and for a brief moment in time they would be free from all worry or decision. I would make it for them. I would hold up my hand and command them, before I captured their soul for all eternity.

"What do you think, miss?"

I turned and pointed the camera at the salesman. I held up my hand and ordered, "Say cheese!" He did.

Contest Deadline Met - Read Once Upon a Waking Dream

I did it! I did it! *does happy dance*
I got my short story entry "Once Upon a Waking Dream" for Target's #OnceUponNow writing contest in on the morning of the last day. Whew!!!

I had found out about this contest just a couple weeks before the deadline, but jumped right in!

It's a modern day, coming-of-age, fairy tale about a little girl who thinks she might be a secret princess from another realm. You'll have to wait until the very end to see if it's true. Please go read it and vote on each chapter and share it with your friends. Thank you!!!

If you are reading this after the contest has ended, please vote and share anyway. This story has become the prologue to an entire series I'm writing about high school misfits (like I was). I think it is appropriate for middle school age and up. My daughter is 15 and I'm 48 and we both enjoyed reading it!

https://www.wattpad.com/myworks/74307425-once-upon-a-waking-dream

#OnceUponNow

Part 1 of my contest entry for #OnceUponNow on Wattpad is ready to read.

https://www.wattpad.com/myworks/74307425-once-upon-a-waking-dream-onceuponnow

You are welcome to leave comments and critiques, anything to help make the story better. I have until June 12 to complete it. Six days! Eeek! (don't worry, I do have a rough draft that is almost complete).


If you're not a member of Wattpad, please join. You can use Facebook as you login if you like.

https://www.wattpad.com/myworks/74307425-once-upon-a-waking-dream-onceuponnow

Sleeping Beauty

Rosie had fallen asleep at her desk again. Philip watched her eyes flick back and forth beneath her lids. He envied her. It had been ten days since he'd been able to get a full night's sleep. Picking up his notebook, he began to sketch.

"Mr. Prinze, eyes forward if you please," Ms. Merryweather droned. He almost hadn't heard his teacher. Everything she said sort of mushed together like the voices in the Charlie Brown cartoons.

"Wah wah wah wah wah."

With a final glance at the lovely girl slumbering next to him he focused on the lesson at hand.

Feeling Better

I'm feeling better but still not a hundred percent. I get tired very easily.

But here I am writing! Yeah!

I just looked up and got a fist pump from my little golden Chinese cat.

So what if he's solar powered and his arm never stops waving? It still felt like a fist pump.

Thank you, little golden cat.

It's So Hard to Write When You're Sick

I had good intentions. I wanted to start writing daily on this blog again, but I caught another cold from my daughter last week and am still recovering.

Just so you know I have been writing elsewhere, but I can't keep up with three blogs. I'm going to think long and hard about what I want to focus on.

And how many times have I said that?

I Took a Break

Yeah, I took a break from this blog. Sorry. I burnt myself out writing a story a day. And guess what! I'm going to do it again!

Yep, I'm crazy.

I found a site called Story A Day and I've been following it loosely, just thinking about how I already did that in April. But as I read all the great tips I started thinking about how using their prompts could actually help me further my current novels!

So here I go again...