It's time for brave brevity. It's time for Vivian Kirkfield's #50PreciousWords writing challenge. Coming in at exactly 50 words, here's my entry: Moose Wants to Play! “Duck.” “Duck.” “Moose!” screeched Owl. “Vamoose! You’re too big for Duck, Duck, Goose.” Moose clumped on. Rabbit and Hedgehog twirled a rope. “Little white rabbit, hop...” “Moose! Stop!…
2018 Valentiny Contest: The Valentine’s Rooster
"I love you, a bushel and a peck...." Hello, there. And Happy Valentine's Day! It's time once again for Susanna Leonard Hill's Valentiny kidlit writing contest. This year, entries must feature someone "hopeful." And, as always, the story must contain no more than 214 words. After reading The Valentine's Rooster, please check out all the…
Santa Versus The Tooth Fairy
Coming in just under the wire, here's my entry for Susanna Leonard Hill's 7th Annual Holiday Contest. For this contest, entrants wrote a children's holiday story, featuring a surprise, in 250 words or less. ____ SANTA VERSUS THE TOOTH FAIRY Not a creature was stirring, not even a… Wait! The mouse was stirring. And the…
#50PreciousWords Writing Challenge
It's time for the 2nd annual #50PreciousWords Writing Challenge! Concocted by the talented and generous Vivian Kirkfield, this writing challenge is...challenging! As the name suggests, the contest involves writing a story for children using no more than 50 words. After you check out my entry below, you can read all the rules and find all the…
Valentiny Writing Contest: MYSTERY VALENTINE
It's time for the Second Annual Valentiny Writing Contest, hosted by the talented and generous Susanna Leonard Hill. This year's challenge is to write a Valentine's story for kids, featuring someone who is confused, in 214 words or less. You can peruse all the contest rules and enter your own story (and read all the other…
Storystorm Day 1: “The Calm Before the Storm” by Deb Lund
Take 2017 by storm! If you’re in need of inspiration for your writing, check out StoryStorm.
by Deb Lund
I’ve been restless lately. Uncertain. Wondering what to work on next, but not taking action. Growing up in northern Minnesota, the outward version of that was an approaching storm—a blizzard, a tornado, torrential rains… It starts out in stillness and quickly gets dark.
There’s something in the air that you can’t quite identify, and then it whooshes in…
Energy builds. Everything whirls around you. There’s nothing to hang on to. It all feels impossible and there’s nothing you can do about it—except face it. Be brave! Lean into the wind! You got this!
Creativity needs chaos. It needs a storm. Once in a while we need to be shaken out of our pitiful patterns and hideous habits. You know what I mean. Those crazy excuses—I’m too old/young/busy/whatever. Or… just another game of Solitaire, or another snack. Yeah! That’s what I need!
When the storm hits, don’t hide…
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2017 Anti-Resolution Revolution
This is my second year participating in Julie Hedlund's Anti-Resolution Revolution (http://www.juliehedlund.com/2017-anti-resolution-revolution/). Julie’s approach – celebrating successes from the previous year and using them as a base to build upon – feels more hopeful and productive than writing your typical New Year's resolutions (I failed to accomplish X this year, but next year I'll make X happen!).…
Holiday Contest: Heartsick Reindeer
This is my second entry in Susanna Leonard Hill’s Annual Holiday Contest! You can read all the stories here: https://susannahill.com/2016/12/08/ho-ho-ho-the-6th-annual-holiday-contest-is-here/ Heartsick Reindeer’s Twelve Days of Christmas (300 words) On the first day of Christmas, Heartsick Reindeer stared at his hooves, wishing he wasn’t alone. He asked, “How do I find true love?” No one answered.…
Holiday Contest: All Creatures Clinic
It's time once again for Susanna Leonard Hill's Annual Holiday Contest! You can read all the stories -- and enter your own story -- here: https://susannahill.com/2016/12/08/ho-ho-ho-the-6th-annual-holiday-contest-is-here/ This year the challenge is to use the basic format/concept of The 12 Days of Christmas. Fun, but challenging! I fear I stuck a little too close to the original…
Halloweensie! Zombie Mommy
In the midnight hour, I decided to post a second Halloweensie story! This one comes in at exactly 100 words. Zombie Mommy Every Halloween, Violet’s mom went all-out spooky. “Nice zombie costume, Mom.” “Barg,” said Zombie Mommy, devouring raw hamburger. “I’ll make my own dinner,” said Violet. Under a harvest moon, Zombie Mommy…
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