October 4: Falling Onto the Page #OctPoWriMo #Writober and #NanoPrep

OctPoWriMo Poetry prompt Falling Form The Blitz Process of Falling Let go the gripLet loose the tether tiedTied up tightTied to an anchorAnchor at the bottomAnchor’s awayAway from doubtAway, up, up, andAnd I stutterAnd my pen stopsStops to checkStops the flowFlow of thoughtsFlow of imagesImages in colorImages of purposePurpose of pen scratchespurpose of passionsPassions gripPassionsContinue reading “October 4: Falling Onto the Page #OctPoWriMo #Writober and #NanoPrep”

October 3: Finding Beauty in the Chaos #OctPoWriMo #Writober and #NanoPrep

OctPoWriMo Today’s Poetry prompt beauty in chaos inspired me to pull out an old canvas and my acrylics and play. Tempest is far from finished, but I see potential in the chaos (and my arm is covered in purple which is fun). Form Free-verse I was having trouble with today’s poem, but then I rememberedContinue reading “October 3: Finding Beauty in the Chaos #OctPoWriMo #Writober and #NanoPrep”

October 2: #OctPoWriMo #Writober and #NanoPrep

OctPoWriMo Today’s prompt is vulnerability. I really like Morgan’s artwork and music choice for today. Forms: Haiku or Lannet. I don’t think I’ve heard of a Lannet before. I think I’ll give it a try. Fourteen lines, 10 syllables each, no end rhymes. Vulnerability Reaching blindly into the dark abysswhere monsters lurk and may biteContinue reading “October 2: #OctPoWriMo #Writober and #NanoPrep”

October 1: #OctPoWriMo #Writober and #NanoPrep Here we go!

It’s a foggy, creepy morning. Perfect for photographing spiderwebs and getting into the October spirit. Happy first day of October and that means it’s time for some poetry and creepy, scary flash fiction! OctPoWriMo Poetry prompt Today’s OctPoWriMo prompt and the theme for this year is “Shine your light.” Forms Acrostic or Kyrielle Sonnet AnContinue reading “October 1: #OctPoWriMo #Writober and #NanoPrep Here we go!”

October Challenges: #Writober and #OctPoWriMo

October is right around the corner which means some fun daily challenges I participate in are coming up. I hope you’ll join me. Writober Writober is a daily flash story challenge with image prompts. I set up the daily prompts on a pinterest board, so you can see them all at once and jump aroundContinue reading “October Challenges: #Writober and #OctPoWriMo”

Interview with Richard C. White about his new book Harbinger Of Darkness!

Some of you may remember way back before #Writober  started, I asked What are you planning for #Writober? Back then, a million years ago, I mentioned that I planned to do Readers Imbibing Peril XII’s Peril in the First. I listed the books I planned on reading and half of those have changed, but IContinue reading “Interview with Richard C. White about his new book Harbinger Of Darkness!”

Writober Day 17: The Smell Of Death

I will never forget the smell when I returned to New Orleans after the hurricane. It permeated everything. It’s impossible to describe, but it’s a mix of rot, blood, excretion and this sickly-sweet horror that triggers the gag reflex until it is so stuck in your nostrils and pores that you realize it will alwaysContinue reading “Writober Day 17: The Smell Of Death”