I’m really getting into all the universal fear prompts for this week. I experienced some ego death in a dream last night that reminded me of a really embarrassing thing that happened to me in high school and then, I experienced upsetting ego death having to do with an imposter OctPoWriMo, but I realized myContinue reading “Always Failing Better”
Category Archives: Fiction
What a Shame
These days are flying by. There’s never enough time for everything I want to do. What a shame. Here are my responses to the Writober Day 3 prompts in Sounds of Words: Assonance and Consonance. OctPoWriMo For today’s poem, I looked at my entire wordlist so far looking for assonance and consonance and found theContinue reading “What a Shame”
Embarrassment Happens
These are my responses to the Writober Day 2 prompts in Sounds of Words: Stress and Duration. OctPoWriMo I’m a little embarrassed that I didn’t present metric feet as clearly as I could this morning. While putting my words in my Excel Spreadsheet, I realized that I told you to count syllables in a line andContinue reading “Embarrassment Happens”
Haunted by Ego Death
OctPoWriMo Today’s Poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub is to write a poem about Harvest or Haunting, or a Haunted Harvest. Let’s see if I can fit that in with the prompt from the first day of Writober post Letters: Symbols of Sound. Four of the ten words in my word list started with “s,”Continue reading “Haunted by Ego Death”
Haunting Strings
OctPoWriMo Today is Quadrille Monday at dVerse Poets Pub. Lisa challenges us to write a poem of exactly forty-four words that includes the word “string.” I’m also responding to the prompts in Writober Early Birds When the Lights Go Out The void slips through the cracksDisembodied strings vibratea haunting tuneNot unwelcoming and yet, I shiverContinue reading “Haunting Strings”
👻💀Happy Halloween! 🎃🦇
If you missed this morning’s prompts post, I am responding to the prompts from Show Off Your Costumes. For today’s image prompt I thought it would be fun to have a “Costume Contest” of the photographs I took this month in response to the prompts. The photos on this page are my three favorites. OctPoWriMoContinue reading “👻💀Happy Halloween! 🎃🦇”
Oct. 31 Prompts: Show Off Your Costumes
HAPPY HaLLoWEEN!! It’s here. IT’S HERE! All our fun has built to this one last poem, one last flash, one last Halloween photo shoot and then Halloween will turn into November. OctPoWriMo 2023:Facing Our Fears Let’s end with the prompt I wrote as a warm up, “You Don’t Frighten Me.” If you tried it theContinue reading “Oct. 31 Prompts: Show Off Your Costumes”
Hunting Ghost Cats
If you missed this morning’s prompts post, I am responding to the prompts from Beware the Cat. For today’s images, I jumped out of bed and put on my thermals to hunt ghost cats in my Halloween lights before dawn. It was a little foggy near the street and frost sparkled on the pavement, butContinue reading “Hunting Ghost Cats”
Oct. 30 Prompts: Beware the Cat
Here we are at the penultimate prompt post. How is everyone feeling? Sad it’s ending; relieved it’s over, excited by all the creativity and wanting more? I’m feeling all of those things. I’m glad I took on hosting all three challenges. I love them all. Next year, I’ll (hopefully) be more prepared. I appreciate everyContinue reading “Oct. 30 Prompts: Beware the Cat”
Decorating for the Halloween Party
If you missed this morning’s prompts post, I am responding to the prompts from Halloween Party. For today’s Photo Challenge prompt “Party” I spent my morning setting up all my lights outside for Halloween with my light up ghosts, and skull and hands coming out of the ground. I put the scary skulls door coverContinue reading “Decorating for the Halloween Party”
Experience Writing 