My Word-of-the-Day Challenge Directions: Use the Word of the Day from Merriam-Webster.com from the month of August in a scene; each day’s post must be a continuation of the previous day’s post. Word count limit: 150 words August 6, 2021, Merriam-Webster Word of the Day: moot (adj.) Definition: 1 a : open to question : debatable b : subjected to discussion : disputed 2 : deprived of practical … Continue reading Daily Writing Challenge, Day #6
My Word-of-the-Day Challenge Directions: Use the Word of the Day from Merriam-Webster.com from the month of August in a scene; each day’s post must be a continuation of the previous day’s post. Word count limit: 150 words August 5, 2021, Merriam-Webster Word of the Day: infix (v.) Definition: 1: to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in 2: to impress firmly … Continue reading Daily Writing Challenge, Day #5
My Word-of-the-Day Challenge Directions: Use the Word of the Day from Merriam-Webster.com from the month of August in a scene; each day’s post must be a continuation of the previous day’s post. Word count limit: 150 words August 3, 2021, Merriam-Webster Word of the Day: berate (v.) Definition: : to scold or condemn vehemently and at length Bjorn straightened, recovering quickly. … Continue reading Daily Writing Challenge, Day #3
My Word-of-the-Day Challenge Directions: Use the Word of the Day from Merriam-Webster.com from the month of August in a scene; each day’s post must be a continuation of the previous day’s post. Word count limit: 150 words August 2, 2021, Merriam-Webster Word of the Day: Exemplary (adj.) Definition: 1 a : deserving imitation : commendable; also : deserving imitation because of excellence b : serving as a … Continue reading Daily Writing Challenge, Day #2
My Word-of-the-Day Challenge Directions: Use the Word of the Day from Merriam-Webster.com from the month of August in a scene; each day's post must be a continuation of the previous day's post. Word count limit: 150 words August 1, 2021, Merriam-Webster Word of the Day: Pulchritude (n.) Definition: physical comeliness The verb pulchrify (a synonym of beautify), the … Continue reading Daily Writing Challenge, Day #1
I don't normally participate in writing challenges and prompts (because I usually have enough long term projects rolling at once to either keep me busy or make me feel guilty about neglecting them when I want to think about other stories; and I've certainly never done a daily writing challenge. Presently, though, I feel like … Continue reading My Word-of-the-Day Writing Challenge 2021
Sitting across from his mother, Eric Hardwood (aka superhero "Waveform") focused on suppressing the tremor in his hand as he forked a steamed broccoli floret. Hours ago, he had defused a deadly crisis at the reactor facility---or rather, what had been staged to appear to be a deadly crisis to everyone but the actors involved. … Continue reading Evil’s Entrance
Anton and I had originally wanted to go to Weeki Wachee Springs State Park and kayak downriver and then back, but we learned that the park might be busy that time of year because it had a water park and about the fee per person to use the kayak launch. So we took the vaguely … Continue reading Rogers Park Kayak Launch
A while back, if you recall, the little black Jeep that had been my first car was totaled. My brother and nephew were off adventuring in it across the US in it at the time -- neither were hurt, thank God -- and the trusty little Jeep limped them back all the way to Florida … Continue reading Detailing the Jeep
I SAT HUDDLED beneath a blanket in the cockpit of a small sailboat with a single mast. It was tethered to a bustling pier used primarily by large working vessels on a puny stopover port of an island. Around dusk the night prior, a sturdy passenger ship called The Maribel had sunk in a violent … Continue reading Mermaid Purses
Duri Rolvsson 