The Art of the Short Story – Alice Walker

February 11, 2021

This week’s story is Everyday Use by Alice Walker. I am reading stories by Black writers this month, at first …

A Sunday Story

February 7, 2021

Happy weekend! My prompts this week were: A coat-check girl, gets jilted at the altar, and a novelty alarm clock. …

January 28, 2021

Really, the title should be a love letter to Margaret Atwood, the third featured writer in the Art of the …

January 14, 2021

To be human, one must have a story. China Achebe Ray Bradbury, in his writing advice (Such as Zen and …

January 4, 2021

Because nothing says “Monday Morning” like a trite saying about planning, right? Trite maybe, but there is a simplicity about …

January 3, 2021

Here is this week’s story, first of 52 bad stories. The Time Ranger’s Apprentice “What is this stuff?” Joshua looked …

December 31, 2020

My BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) of 2021 is to spend 2,021 hours creating. Some of those hours I will …