#OctPoWriMo Today’s theme is Changeling. I can really related to this theme as I often said I must have been found somewhere as a baby. I did not believe I could have been related ;). I also like the example Minute poetry form. I don’t think I have tried it before. I’ll give it aContinue reading “#Writober 2019 Day 2: Changeling”
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#Writober 2019 Day 1: Dark Night of the Soul
#OctPoWriMo Today’s theme is Dark Night of the Soul. I really like this as the theme to start Writober because it gets to what flash fiction and poetry are all about: confronting the self, inspecting the human spirit, facing change and facing fears. A Shudder in the Shadows Is it that I finally see? You thatContinue reading “#Writober 2019 Day 1: Dark Night of the Soul”
Are You Ready for #Writober?
October is almost here and I’m excited. I enjoy many fun writing events in October. And this year I’ve added the planning pages and submissions, and The Writer’s Games. It’s going to be a very busy month here at Experience Writing. Writing Challenges Short Stories The Writer’s Games‘ second session is half over. I justContinue reading “Are You Ready for #Writober?”
Revising with scene cards
Hello everyone. It appears my hiatus is over as I’m excited to get back to Experience Writing. But I’m not going to get back to the planner pages quite yet. While I took an extended break from blogging and social media, I finally found the excitement and energy I needed to return to revising myContinue reading “Revising with scene cards”
The Planner Experiment: The last week of June
Hi all. I had the daily planner pages for the last week of June ready to go yesterday, but I couldn’t think of anything I wanted to talk about. And . . . I still haven’t, so I’ll let the pages speak for themselves. 2019 Planner June week four It’s the last week of theContinue reading “The Planner Experiment: The last week of June”
The Planner Experiment: The Third Week of June
How was your week? I hope you got some good writing done, enjoyed a good book, poems and stories and sent out some submissions. I had a pretty good week. I typed up my poems, worked on a story and read a lot. This summer has already shaped up to be the summer of aContinue reading “The Planner Experiment: The Third Week of June”
The Planner Experiment: Second Week of June
This week, I had a tough time choosing journals for the planner. I’m not sure why, but I found it extra challenging. I ended up with an eclectic group of journals ranging from the well established like the Chicago Review which celebrated 50 years in print to the brand new Visions a graphically-oriented science fictionContinue reading “The Planner Experiment: Second Week of June”
“Are You Guilty of Isms?” inspires a new game of Pessimistic Moustache
While reading the article “Are You Guilty of Isms” at Psychology Today, I realized I hadn’t played Pessimistic Moustache in a while. Pessimistic Moustache is a game I made up inspired by the wonderfully descriptive phrase penned by Agatha Christie. The idea is to use an ism (like pessimism, thus pessimistic) to describe things. DianaContinue reading ““Are You Guilty of Isms?” inspires a new game of Pessimistic Moustache”
The Planner Experiment: First Week of June
Looking for some fun summer reading? I hope you’ll check out this new anthology of twelve fresh, fantasy stories from Pacific Northwest authors, including me! The Planner Experiment Quick recap: I started the Planner Experiment at the beginning of the year with the intention to find homes for all my stories by learning more aboutContinue reading “The Planner Experiment: First Week of June”
Exciting News!! Deadly Again This Summer is out today!
Deadly Again This Summer is a story I wrote as an exploration of why young, athletic people drown in the lake each summer. It is a modern-day fairy tale in that it’s a cautionary tale of magical realism. This story is very close to my heart and I’m so excited that Z Publishing chose it forContinue reading “Exciting News!! Deadly Again This Summer is out today!”
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