Prompts and Prompts and Prompts- OH MY!

So as you have noticed I found a new writing prompt on a blog. Well after reading some of the other entries I found a whole slew of new writing prompts out there.  I figure after a couple of weeks I wil have figured out which ones are attainable with that pesky thing called a work schedule. I will then organize all prompt entries accordingly. So basically the next few weeks will probably be crazy. Not only have I had some good writing crop up in the search, I have had some inspiration for our serial. I do believe that after I figure out how to separate prompts from other entries and the serial then we should be good to go. I am thinking it is going to be real fun.

 Right now though I have to go and work in the community garden.

No not that kind of garden, the one with vegetables. I'll be back soon to post another prompt. Thanks again for the read.

Five Sentence Fiction - Explosive

So being unfamiliar with the posting schedule of this really fun weekly writing prompt, I get to do another one in close succession. This week's theme is explosive. When I read that I immediately wanted to go check all my half done and false start flash pieces I had laying around (on my SD card ;).  I also started thinking about how this exercise is a real good way to distill these flash pieces down. That is how I came up with this week's story. So without further adieu here it is. Enjoy, and as always thanks for the read.

I could see his vein, you know the one just above his eye, that bulged every time that still of his wasn't doing what he thought it should be doing. I always found it best to make myself scarce when these situations arose. Pa hadn't given us much, it was barely a roof over our heads, and the treatment was nothing to be sought after, tempers flaring when it had anything to do with his moonshine. He had given us more than our Ma, who had brought herself to a sad state the last time I saw that vein of his act the way it was now. She had got herself blown up, thrown twenty feet off the kettle and scolded to death by the steam and mash, needless to say the hogs got their fill.

Five Sentence Fiction

His stomach wrenched with cavernous echoes. He could no longer take what he knew was coming, this moment in time where self sacrifice and survival became flesh. This was his reasoning for using his shoestring to tie his arm off at his elbow.

When he could no longer feel it, that was when he placed it over the small fire he had made to keep warm. As he started to eye his toes, he prayed the helicopter would show up soon.

 I just today came across this blog (thank you reddit)that does a unique writing exercise called Five Sentence Fiction. The blog is Lillie McFerrin Writes. This week was "your choice. After perusing the topics from weeks past I settled on Hunger. I kind of like it, and we may see more from our (protagonist?) soon enough. I think this will be a awesome new tool to help with flash pieces for submission, and our future serial here on Turncoat Racket, (don't think I've forgotten about it ;) ) amongst other things. Thanks again for the read.

The Internet, How to Journal, and Serials

The internet is big. Trying to figure out how to journal can be overwhelming. Serials are just their own bitch. But, that is what I am doing. Why? Well its back to work, vacation is over. Mundanity abounds. Yeah, I know mundanity is not a word but I like it...so there. Vacations are a funny thing. You have extra time in a different, hopefully fun place. So you want to maximize your time doing those fun things. Writing gets thrown to the back burner for bike rides, hikes, souvenirs, and sitting by the pool. Let's all face it writing is not a fun thing. Don't get me wrong, writing is inspirational and exciting, but it is work. Which when you are on vacation is what you are trying to avoid. I also am a bad motivator and missed a few deadlines while out there. Now that I am back into the routine of work and kids, I need to transfer what I felt and ideas I had on my trip back into my still in progress writing schedule. I have tried a similar approach to Dali wherein he would doze off then wake himself with a dropping spoon then immediately draw what he had dreamed. I have taken to fishing those ideas swirling in early morning before totally awake. I try to get a few starting lines and an idea of direction, and when I can't keep it going only in my head I start to put it to tablet.

So bare with me over the next couple of weeks as I try to reestablish my routine on this site and work on serials for here as well. Leave comments to let me know what direction you would like to see things going. More as a journal for me to spurt into the internet, or a place to find my flash and poetry. I think the serials will provide that, a sense of journaling, but also some fictitious work as well. Once I get them going feel free to subscribe so that you are not left out. Thanks again for the read, see ya next time around.