• Story Sunday

    It’s Sunday, so one more step on our way to 52 bad stories. Here is story 10. Prompts this week were a fashionista runs into someone from her past. Prop was the last bottle of a rare vintage wine. That really didn’t get worked in this week. Wendy’s Workwear The happy hour was already going…

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  • Seven on a Saturday

    It’s the last Saturday in February. What is it about 2021 that makes the months last forever? Not complaining, I prefer time not to fly by but February is only supposed to have 28 days. It shouldn’t feel like 128. On to this week’s links! Ugh, when your favorite music is turning 20. An article…

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  • This year I am reading The Art of the Short Story by Dana Gioia and R. S. Gwynn. There are 52 stories and essays from 52 writers and I am focusing on one each week. I was going in order, but as February is Black History Month, I have skipped ahead to read the stories…

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  • That motto is the best. I have always been a space junkie, so the landing of Perseverance had my full attention. And when I heard about the parachute, oh be still my heart! JPL is about the quality, as they should be. But here at the Story Factory, we value quantity over quality.  More words,…

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  • (With so many apologies to Joyce Kilmer) I think that I should not overlook My lightweight, backlit, electronic book. Is it not so sweet to see Something built to save a tree? To bring the words of literature’s best To fall upon one’s sleeping chest? To only have a single use And keep away the…

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  • Monday Musings

    As we thaw out this week and deal with the aftermath of the snowpocalypse here in Texas, there were some nice moments. No guilt sitting in front of a fire reading. So many books this week. Not so much writing as I would have liked, but the reading I did is going to lay a…

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  • Story Sunday

    It’s Sunday, so here is a story. A bad story, because there was a lot going on this week, and while I technically had all kinds of time to write, it was more fun to stare at the snow and hope the power didn’t go out. Prompts this week were, a former beauty pageant winner…

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  • Seven on a Saturday

    Texas is finally thawing out this weekend. Here’s how to help. This is why we shop at HEB. This is scary, if true. I like to have big scary goals. Not sure I could read 1,000 short stories in a year, but maybe next year? I am much more of a night person, so this…

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  • Mini Book Review

    Happy Friday! We are nearly thawed out here in Central Texas, or at least will be by tomorrow. Ready for some spring like weather next week – because that’s Texas. We have seasons, we just cycle through the over the week rather than the year. On to the review! This week’s book is The Art…

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  • This year I am reading The Art of the Short Story by Dana Gioia and R. S. Gwynn. There are 52 stories and essays from 52 writers and I am focusing on one each week. I was going in order, but as February is Black History Month, I have skipped ahead to read the stories…

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