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• Oh, the irony

  
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  In WWII, the U.S. government mined uranium in the Navajo lands of western New Mexico and eastern Arizona. They left behind mountains of radioactive waste that has poisoned the land and the people ever since. After we blasted Hiroshima and Nagasaki flat and left them teeming cauldrons of radioactivity the demand for ...
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• Long Distance

  
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  fuckyeahcharacterdevelopment : Your ship is currently in a long distance relationship and suddenly one character stops calling the other. How does the person react? Why has the other stopped calling?  Tim/Tam: When it happens to Tim, it’s while he’s overseas on a business trip for WE without Tam. Tam is a ...
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• Limerick Buff (Limerick-Off Monday)

  
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  Today, May 12th, is Limerick Day, in honor of Edward Lear’s birthday. So it’s an especially good day for a Limerick-Off. And my own limerick seems particularly appropriate too. As you all know by now, I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same first line. Then you post your limerick here and, if ...
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• A mixed bag of topics

  
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  Tonight I have a mixed bag of topics. Some of them are suggested, directly or indirectly, by friends. I must admit that I am not above asking people for ideas. But I always ask, I have never threatened anyone with bodily harm to provide a topic. Well, not that they would be willing to testify anyway. I have been ...
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• May Writing Prompt Reminder

  
  Just F-ng Entertain Me — Authority: 475
  The One Scene, One Page Keyword Competition for May, 2013 features the keywords: Pretzel Horizon Pier -DEADLINE TOMORROW- General Guidelines Write a (strictly enforced) ONE page scene, using the three keywords, entertainingly and in context. Title your submission (hint: clever titles are appreciated). All genres are ...
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• Overwhelmed and uninspired

  
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  Sadly, I’ve been feeling particularly challenged this week, so I don’t have a new writing prompt for you. As an alternative, can I suggest you visit my article about flash fiction ? I have a section that has plenty of prompts to inspire you. I’ll resume normal transmissions next week. Happy writing! The post ...
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• Battle stations

  
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  Angry mosquitoes whizz past my head like a sniper’s bullets. Squadrons strafe exposed and tasty flesh with military precision. A sting! Slap! Bright red droplets of blood… I’ve been hit! Send in reinforcements. The Trifextra challenge this weekend is: 33 words (exactly) that include among them at ...
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• The morning after

  
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  It was the eighties, so maybe Ed Edwards* was a cokehead. He definitely was an alcoholic, with the way he put away beer and wouldn’t show up for work, sometimes without warning, or he would call, his voice distant through the car phone connection, to tell me he was running late. Maybe I’d see him, maybe I ...
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• The Well

  
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  I see my past deep within the murky waters of the well. A past that I cant physically touch, for it only lives in the deep abyss of my mind. But ever so often, the images rise and fade Blend in and out Concave and converse And distort beyond recognition. I see the faces of those who loved me And I see the ...
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• A lunch of Nutella and iced Nescafé

  
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  Her life was boringly predictable, settled into a routine so mundane she knew, down to the minute, how it would play out. At 4:30 a.m. her mini Lab wakes her. Standing at the edge of her bed, nudging her with a wet nose and amorous dog kisses, licking her arm until she gets up. Padding barefoot to the back door, she ...
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• Promptly: A Book That Inspired You To Become a Writer

  
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  I don’t normally do these… but this particular writing prompt required a response. If you’ve been following me for a while now you probably already know about my love for J.K.Rowling and how I consider her the greatest inspirational factor in my wanting to become a writer, but I wanted to discuss the ...
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• Extrovert

  
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  Like male is the default gender and white is the default race, extrovert is the default personality type. Chatty, friendly, quick on the feet.  Like many default choices, the extrovert is not always the best choice in every situation, even though the extrovert may be the one leading the charge. Please leave a ...
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• Non compos mentis

  
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  There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” ~ Ernest Hemingway We aren’t the typical family. We don’t share familial blood reaching back generations, but we do suffer from a shared madness. Our family curse, non compos mentis, brings us together to chew over our ...
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• Good Morning

  
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  A cheerful good morning is so much easier to dredge up after a cup of coffee. I don’t see how people can wake up chipper and full of smiles and greetings before their coffee. Fuzzy headed and grumpy is my philosophy in the first 15 minutes of the day. Then I get a cup of joe down and everything looks more colorful. ...
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• The content of their character

  
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  While my fam was in Greensboro, NC for our daughter’s graduation, we visited the  F.W. Woolworth’s lunch counter downtown at the corner of Elm and February One streets where we could order a complete turkey dinner for 65¢ or a slice of apple pie for 15¢. The store closed for business in 1993, but the ...
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• May Writing Prompt

  
  Just F-ng Entertain Me — Authority: 475
  The One Scene, One Page Keyword Competition for May, 2013 features the keywords: Pretzel Horizon Pier Please take note that this month, the deadline is only five days from today. So I’m looking for some dedicated speed writing here! General Guidelines Write a (strictly enforced) ONE page scene, using the three ...
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• Introvert

  
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  Are you an introvert? Most writers are, I think. Who else could sit alone in a room typing for days on end? I say thank goodness for introverts. There are more good qualities among introverts than just the ability to be alone without going nuts. For example, . . . Please leave a comment with your first 50 words on ...
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• Writing Prompts 05.06

  
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  Every week you’re invited to join me in Writer’s Workshop by responding to one of the provided writing prompts posted each Tuesday. The directions are simple: Choose a writing prompt from the list provided that inspires you most. Write . Come back this Thursday and link up by pasting the URL from ...
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• Hansel and Gretel vs The World

  
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  Hansel and Gretel are to be taken into the forest… and left there. Mackenzie and Aiden read from a six-line script they wrote together. Everyone knows the story.  But how is that going to happen in our version?  We don’t know yet, so we’re coming up with as many possibilities as we can. Each of our ...
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• Toy Stores

  
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  I never saw the FAO Schwarz flagship store in New York City until I was an adult. So I wasn’t as impressed by the splendor of the place as I might have been at a younger age. Like everything else in New York City, the toy store had been featured in so many movies that I felt as if I’d already been there when I ...
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