May 20 2008

The Conway Case

Writing Prompt:

Write a story using three of the following: a child, chocolate sprinkles, a designer outfit, a hymnal, a secret door, water.

This is far from finished; I have so far only used 2 of the ingredients,and of course it needs an ending. I more or less have the ending in mind, I just need to get it down and clear up some of the details and fix a few things already written. I’m going to just post a piece of it – I may work on this some more and submit it somewhere.

I’m seriously considering cannibalizing a previous story, one I consider a failure, and using the elements from it that I liked to flesh this one out.

May 21st Update/Tip: Never write horror at night, in the dark, just before you go to bed.

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May 20 2008

Let them read cake!

My wife made this awesome cake for my birthday last week.

Don’t recognize the picture? Then clearly you need to head over to A Thousand Faces and check it out!