5th Coffee - A WRITER'S BLOG: September 2011

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Two, 100 Word Stories, pub., 25 September

Mirror

When Lamont and Beverly checked into the Notell they had every intention of making a long lunch out of their tryst, before going back to work at Walmart. The east wall of the motel room was a mirror. Excitedly, they got right down to business. A few minutes into the fumbling and frantic foreplay, they could hear laughter and catcalls from the room next door. Lamont’s member flagged, and Beverly was too ruffled to continue. The room next door was sold out. The Moose Lodge rented the whole room, set up card chairs and were watching through the one-way glass.

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Her views mirrored mine. Although I was not a reporter for The Times, Sylvia Knickerbocker’s column echoed my exquisite taste and refined upbringing. Her latest instruction on table settings, the placement of the flatware, the direction of the desert fork, and the position of the water goblet just were sooooo perfect. I referred to her latest column when I hosted a small luncheon for the Lady’s Auxiliary Board. Blythe, Ruth and Babs were impressed, and I’d hope they would stay after the meal and share a few tokes of the hookah before we got to work planning the charity benefit.

Flash Fiction Friday: “The Currency of Death” ~ Writing Simplified

What is Flash Fiction and How to Write It?

Online writing workshop: Feature Writing in the Digital Age

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Pull quote - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Flash fiction tips | Write On Edge

Comments (Video) about Flash Fiction

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Saturday, September 24, 2011

Interrobang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thursday, September 22, 2011

5 Tips for Finding Errors in Your Writing « Self Publishing Advisor

Monday, September 19, 2011

Friday, September 16, 2011

My little book at Amazon; Flash Fiction and Assorted Prose Pieces is for sale on Amazon

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Taglines Galore Random Taglines

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Grammar Credentials

I am a certified grammar policeman.

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

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Using "I" correctly...

By Toni Bowers
September 14, 2011, 8:30 AM PDT
Takeaway: Think using big words makes you sound smarter? Think again.

If I had to pick one grammatical blunder that annoys me more than any other it would be the mangling of direct objects in an attempt to sound smarter. More specifically, how some people will use “I’ incorrectly, as in, “My grandfather left his money to her and I.” One of my elementary school teachers seared into my head an easy technique for checking this kind of construction-remove the first direct object phrase (her and) then see if the sentence makes sense. In this case it would be “My grandfather left his money to I.” Of course, this is not correct–the word “I” should be “me.”

Friday, September 9, 2011

Two, one-hundred word stories:

The BLOG, Post Rapture Looting offers this instruction, after the end of the world as we know it. “Next week when everyone is gone and Jesus is not looking, we need to pick up some awesome electronic equipment, some bone-in, rib steaks, and maybe a new flat screen for the big house down the street that we plan to occupy. By next Thursday, at noon, we plan to meet at the coffee house, and march together to the old Wingnut Mansion on Cedar, so we can pick out our rooms and get ready for the big rave on Friday night.”
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The lamp over her computer was a little jury-rigged light fixture she cobbled together from USB plugs, a few LEDs, and an amplifier out of her dad’s used dental equipment. It was a pin-point beam of a million and a half candle power, and if adjusted too close to her keyboard, it would singe her fingertips. The cuticles on her fingertips browned, shriveled and fell off into the gaps between the keys causing them to jam and stop working properly. Her beautiful, manicured nails began to brown and crack, but Elsie Tardbean kept typing to make her Saturday, midnight, deadline.

Flash fiction « by.dana.sitar

Thursday, September 8, 2011

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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Internet Resources - Writers Resources - Writing Links & Writers Links for Writers - Word Stuff

Monday, September 5, 2011

Audio: Pick Two is the theme of these two, 100 word "stories"

The two themes are: butter and slip for this week's challenge at 100 word stories.

Who is Thomas Pitre

Retired educator and trainer, having worked in adult ed., private vocational ed, community colleges, colleges and university environments lecturing, developing and writing curricula and delivering on-line training in a variety of subjects.

Tom has a B.F.A., M.A. and Ph.D. His undergraduate work was in English, Education, Fine Art and Art History.

Graduate work included Painting, Photography and English, while Doctoral work emphasized business and vocational education. A list of my various publications: http://tpitre.nikola.com/pubs.html A list of my publications: http://tpitre.nikola.com/pubs.html
List of a variety of my publications:
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Tom lives quietly, with the memory of his dogs, electronics and graphics tablet in Washington, on the Olympic Peninsula.

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TP, July, 2010

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