• A Sunday Story

    Happy weekend! My prompts this week were: A coat-check girl, gets jilted at the altar, and a novelty alarm clock. So here we go: Fact Check Girl Clara’s alarm clock had the most annoying bell she had ever heard. She may have noticed it before this morning, but today it was more obnoxious than usual.…

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  • It’s the weekend we all gather around our screens and worship the Superb Owl. With snacks, right?  As a university employee, this personal essay was a gut punch. Also you should totally check out Roxanne Gay’s The Audacity. The Miami Herald takes aim at the idea that domestic violence increases on Super Bowl Sunday. “Quit…

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  • Mini Book Review

    It’s Friday, so here is another mini-book review. The book today is from the well stocked library here at the Story Factory. Because enneagram 5 has to know all the things before there can be any attempts at action, right? A book that really resonated with me when I began trying to move from wanting…

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  • I did not plan to begin Black History Month with James Baldwin, but it is a fitting beginning, and I may skip around the book (The Art of the Short Story – Gioia/Gwynn) and cover the stories of Alice Walker, Zora Neale Hurston and Ralph Ellison this month. This week belongs to James Baldwin, though,…

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  • Wednesday Production Report

    “You most likely need a thesaurus, a rudimentary grammar book, and a grip on reality. This latter means there’s no free lunch. Writing is work. It’s also gambling. You don’t get a pension plan. Other people can help you a bit, but essentially you’re on your own. Nobody is making you do this. You chose…

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  • Once upon a time, back in the dark ages, before the unwashed masses were allowed to know about the wonders of the internet, there was, the humble slide rule. I took two years of High School Chemistry and Physics (yes, I was one of THOSE) and while we were allowed to use calculators in Physics…

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  • Monthly Review

    So, the joke around the internet is, does 2021 have any months besides January? It was quite tumultuous, and let’s not even talk about Wednesdays. (Attack on our Capitol, Impeachment, Inauguration, and Revenge of the Redditors all were Wednesdays. I am seriously considering taking Wednesdays off for the rest of the year.) While January felt…

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  • It’s Story Sunday

    Disclaimer: I spent most of my brain cells this week working on the NYC Midnight Challenge, so this is bascially a second draft. I may post a revision later this week. I like where it’s going. Prompts: A plumber in training, is mistaken for someone else and an old photo album. A Time Before Selfies…

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  • Seven on a Saturday

    Happy weekend! I am finishing up my entry for the short story challenge, but will still have something for you here tomorrow. What I read this week:o Not everyone likes social media. And Cal Newport finds them. Why Everyone Should Adopt These 3 Minimalist Principles | Abundant Life with Less by Rachelle Crawford. I’m not a big one…

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  • Mini Book Review

    It’s Friday and that means that is it time to pull a writing  book off of my shelf for a mini book review. This week’s book is Ray Bradbury’s Zen and the Art of Writing. In a collection of essays with themes ranging from Buck Rogers to lists of nouns, Bradbury practically gushes his love…

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