Today’s Flash Fiction Friday scene uses the three words left in the comments of last week’s post: juice – Friday – socks 😁 It’s possibly cheating to call this one “flash fiction.” This is a retelling of an existing scene in the book from an alternate POV. In this case, it’s a scene from chapter 17 as seen from Percy’s POV. Click here for more bonus scenes from To Love and …
#FlashFictionFriday 27-Oct-2017 – To Love and To Cherish – #FlashFic
Today’s Flash Fiction Friday scene uses the three words left in the comments of last week’s post: flow – motivation – missing 😁 It’s not so much that these words led me to do a bonus scene for To Love and To Cherish as it is that I wanted to write one so I made them work. I wrote this on Wednesday, right after clicking the final approval of the upcoming audiobook …
#FlashFictionFriday 20-Oct-2017 – Adventures with Ben and Jerry #FlashFic #amwriting
Today’s Flash Fiction Friday scene uses the two words left in the comments of last week’s post: meatballs – breakfast 😁 This combination of words screamed “Adventures with Ben and Jerry” at me, so today’s scene is a precisely 100-word Drabble featuring that wacky pair. Click here for more flash fiction scenes featuring Ben and Jerry. Click these links for all my bonus scene and flash fiction options. Told from Jerry’s …
#FlashFictionFriday 13-Oct-2017 – To Love and To Cherish #FlashFic #amwriting
Today’s Flash Fiction Friday scene uses the two words left in the comments of last week’s post, plus the two from the previous week’s post (since I skipped last week): yearning – heart – banana – holus-bolus 😁 I think it’s the right time of year to celebrate Nash and Emmitt’s first wedding anniversary, so this scene does that. Click here for more information about To Love and To Cherish. Click here …
#FlashFictionFriday – Adventures with Ben and Jerry – Sept 29, 2017
Today’s Flash Fiction Friday scene uses the two words left in the comments of last week’s post: glabrous – hairy 😁 This is a precisely 100-word drabble featuring my Adventures with Ben and Jerry recurring flash fiction characters. Told from Ben’s 3rd-person POV:
#FlashFictionFriday – Cultivating Love – Alternate Universe 1 Part 7 #FlashFic
Today’s Flash Fiction Friday scene uses the words left in last week’s post: pink bubbly 😁 This is a continuation of Alternate Universe #1. You can find the first six installments on the Cultivating Love Bonus Scenes page. NOTE: The action in this scene takes place prior to the published story. IMPORTANT NOTE: The action in this scene is NOT consistent with the published story, and CANNOT be considered a …
#FlashFictionFriday Sept 14, 2017 Adventures With Ben and Jerry #FlashFic
Today’s Flash Fiction Friday scene uses this lovely image of two men kissing, and the word left in the comments of last week’s post: interstice I figured I’d go with an Adventures with Ben and Jerry drabble for this word. Seems like that duo is who comes to mind whenever I’m faced with a need to do something out of the ordinary. Click here for more story scenes featuring Ben and …
#FlashFictionFriday – ’Til Death Do Us Part – Bonus Scene #FlashFic
Today’s Flash Fiction Friday scene uses the 4 words/phrases left in the comments of last week’s post: shower – toothbrush – my own bed – home sweet home! You can imagine this scene taking place immediately after the closing scene in ’Til Death Do Us Part. Click here for more of this story’s bonus scenes and POV switch scenes. This is a precisely 100-word drabble told from Henry’s 1st-person POV:
#FlashFictionFriday Sept 1, 2017 – Random Standalone #FlashFic and a **Treasure Hunt**
Today’s Flash Fiction Friday scene uses the 2 words left in the comments of last week’s post: tattoo – edit …and a writing prompt from “Writer’s Write”: Write a short paragraph ending with these words: He would give anything to turn back the clock five minutes. I mildly cheated because although this bit of flash is quite short, it’s not a single paragraph. This is a random stand-alone scene not featuring any …
#FlashFictionFriday August 25, 2017 – Adventures with Harrison and Mason
Today’s Flash Fiction Friday scene uses the 3 words left in the comments of last week’s post (kiss – family – reunion). I used the words to add to my Adventures with Harrison and Mason collection. It’s more than a drabble, but still short (although quite revealing of something that had been hinted at back in the “month of drabbles” (May 19 using “calibre” and “cocktail.”)): ~ ~ ~ Told from Harrison’s …
#FlashFictionFriday August 18, 2017 – Adventures with Ben and Jerry
Today’s Flash Fiction Friday scene uses the 3 words left in the comments of last week’s post (kiss – jockstrap – eggplant), and for an additional photo-prompt I’m using the very yummy screen-printed image, below: This is a precisely 100-word drabble featuring the recurring characters from Adventures with Ben & Jerry. Told from Ben’s 3rd-person POV:
#FlashFictionFriday Aug 11, 2017 – To Love and To Cherish Bonus Scene
Today’s Flash Fiction Friday scene uses the 5 words left in the comments of last week’s post (red – wine – dinner – Italian – date) and 10 additional words from a random word generator (misuse – mistake – heavy – have – suffer – ring – bite-sized – false – accessible – seat), screen print, below: I wrote a bonus scene for To Love and To Cherish. I originally thought maybe a …
#FlashFictionFriday – Cultivating Love – Alternate Universe 1 Part 6
Today’s Flash Fiction Friday scene uses the words left in last week’s post: “I am your father.” 😁 This is a continuation of Alternate Universe #1. You can find the first four installments here (1) and here (2) and here (3) and here (4) and here (5). NOTE: The action in this scene takes place prior to the published story. IMPORTANT NOTE: The action in this scene is NOT consistent with the published …
#FlashFictionFriday – Cultivating Love Alternate Universe 1 Part 5
Today’s Flash Fiction Friday scene uses the words left in last week’s post: I – really – like – you – but – now – pretty – please – with – sugar – on – top – write – more – longer – all – the – words 😁 This is a continuation of Alternate Universe #1. You can find the first four installments here (1) and here (2) and here (3) and …
#FlashFictionFriday – Cultivating Love – Alt. Universe 1 Part 4
Today’s Flash Fiction Friday scene uses the words left in last week’s post: best – writer – ever. 😁 This is a continuation of Alternate Universe #1. You can find the first three installments here (1) and here (2) and here (3). NOTE: The action in this scene takes place prior to the published story. IMPORTANT NOTE: The action in this scene is NOT consistent with the published story, and CANNOT …
#FlashFictionFriday – Cultivating Love – More Alt. Universe No. 1
Today’s Flash Fiction Friday scene uses the words left in last week’s post: evil – bad – wicked. This is a continuation of Alternate Universe #1. You can find the first two installments here (1) and here (2). NOTE: The action in this scene takes place prior to the published story. IMPORTANT NOTE: The action in this scene is NOT consistent with the published story, and CANNOT be considered a …
#FlashFictionFriday Cultivating Love Alternate Universe Scene Cont.
Today’s Flash Fiction Friday scene uses the words left in last week’s post: tease – taunt – torture. This is a continuation of the “ALTERNATE UNIVERSE #1” scene for Cultivating Love that I first posted back on June 2 (if you haven’t read it, consider clicking this link to do so before reading this week’s continuation of it). NOTE: The action in this scene takes place prior to the published …
#FlashFictionFriday – Cultivating Love Alternate Universe Scene
Today’s Flash Fiction Friday post uses the words left in last week’s post: queen – queer – queue This is another “alternate universe” scene for Cultivating Love, and the action in this scene takes place prior to the published story. Note: The action in this scene is NOT consistent with the published story, and cannot be considered a true prequel. The action in this scene is also unrelated to that …
#FlashFictionFriday 06/23/2017 Adventures with Ben and Jerry #FlashFic
Here is the third of the three original story scenes reintroducing my old Adventures with Ben & Jerry characters. Like the scenes posted the past two Fridays, this was written back in 2008 or 2009 and posted on the Torquere Livejournal Social Group. Way back when, authors at Torquere would sign up to host the group for a day when they wanted to promote a new release (or whatever). One of …
#FlashFictionFriday 6/16/2017 Adventures with Ben and Jerry #FlashFic
Once again I’m reposting a scene to reintroduce my old Adventures with Ben & Jerry characters. This is the second in a series of three preexisting scenes that were written back in 2008 or 2009 and posted on the Torquere Livejournal Social Group. Way back when, authors at Torquere would sign up to host the group for a day when they wanted to promote a new release (or whatever). One of the …
#FlashFictionFriday Reintroducing Adventures with Ben and Jerry #FlashFic
This week I’ve been mired in edits for Cultivating Love and trying to write a short story, on top of things getting busy in my real life, so I figured this would be a good time to kind of cheat for my Flash Fiction Friday post by reintroducing a couple of recurring characters I used in flash fiction years and years ago. It’s only “kind of” cheating, because I worked the word …
#FlashFictionFriday – Cultivating Love “alternate universe” Bonus Scene – #FlashFic #amwriting
This week I’m using the word left on last week’s Flash Fiction Friday post: kiss …and 14 additional words I got from https://www.randomlists.com/random-words (screenshot, below): cool – exchange – dear – knowing – thrill – crate – building – heal – lively – rabbit – plane – general – bewildered – science This is a bonus scene for Cultivating Love. It’s not a continuation scene, or a “missing scene” that could fit …
Summary of May, 2017 Prompts – Adventures with Harrison and Mason #FlashFic
I came across this list of writing prompts for May, 2017 on the Writer’s Write page and thought I’d give it a whirl. I wrote a series of drabbles (precisely 100-word scenes) that feature the characters from my Adventures with Harrison and Mason flash fiction story scenes, and flow together to tell the story of a significant event in their life. Thirty-one drabbles in a row made some of my category archives …
Flash Fiction Friday – April 27, 2017 – ’Til Death Do Us Part – Bonus Scene
This week’s Flash Fiction Friday is a bonus scene for ’Til Death Do Us Part, with a quick cameo from Nash and Emmitt of To Love and To Cherish. It uses the word left in last week’s post (naïve), and 14 words found at http://creativitygames.net/random-word-generator/randomwords/: captain – island – parade – cannon – fountain – prize – evening – book – film – target – lead – key – faint – garden. For more flash fiction and …
Flash Fiction Friday – April 21, 2017 – Adventures with Harrison and Mason
This week’s Flash Fiction Friday features my recurring characters, Harrison and Mason, and uses the words left in last week’s post (sneeze and muzzy). For more flash fiction (including more Adventures with Harrison and Mason), and bonus scenes from many of my published stories, check out the tabs in the menu at the top of the page. Harrison moaned as he rolled and reached for a tissue. He found the box, but it was empty. He didn’t even …
Flash Fiction Friday – April 14, 2017 – Adventures with Harrison & Mason
This week’s Flash Fiction Friday is a drabble (a precisely 100-word story scene) featuring my recurring characters, Harrison and Mason, and using the word left in last week’s post (penile), and an image I found on wiki commons (links with the picture, below). For more flash fiction (including more Adventures with Harrison and Mason), and bonus scenes from many of my published stories, check out the tabs in the menu at the top of the page. “Tossed Salad.” Harrison turned …
Flash Fiction Friday – April 7, 2017
This week’s Flash Fiction Friday is a mish-mash using the two prompt words left in last week’s post (whānau and traffic), and the three concepts from P.T. Wyant’s most recent Wednesday’s Words post (a man in odd clothing, a tattered book, and a whistle). For more flash fiction, and bonus scenes from many of my published stories, check out the tabs in the menu at the top of the page. Casey reached back for Hemi’s hand as they crossed the small stream …