FallWritingFrenzy 2022

It's time again for the FallWritingFrenzy hosted by Lydia Lukidis and Kaitlyn Sanchez and guest hosted by Alyssa Reynoso-Morris. Thank you all for your hard work in making this fun contest a go for the fourth year in a row. Tricky Northern HalloweenWC 110 (picture: empty street, #11, credit Daniele Colucci - Unsplash) In the...

Fall Writing Frenzy 2021: Dear Fall

Pumpkins, changing leaves, comfy sweaters. It's that time of year again.Fall Writing Frenzy time, that is. Many thanks to Kaitlyn and Lydia for again hosting this wonderful, community-building event and to Ameerah for being a guest judge. For more information, click here. To see the other awesome entries, click here. Dear Fall: A Calendar StoryBy...

Why is the Sugar Gone?

As the co-hosts of the Fall Writing Frenzy work so hard to read and judge all the fantastic entries, they've also shared some challenges and prompts. They're really going above and beyond to create and foster a community of writers.And the prize donors need lots of love and support too, so check them out!My original...

Fall Writing Frenzy, Pumpkin Pie – Take 2

I had so much fun writing out the disastrous pumpkin pie episode for the Fall Writing Frenzy that when I saw this challenge show up, I knew I had to try it. Try this: take your Fall Writing Frenzy piece & turn it on its head. Put it in another setting or switch your MC...

The Art of the Draft, Fall Writing Frenzy

Drafts are usually pretty quiet things. They come out and serve their purpose in helping fine-tune the story and then are put in a back drawer or forgotten folder or deleted off the computer. But in the spirit of trying something new and writing from a contest prompt that ended up with Thanksgiving Pie I...

Fall Writing Frenzy: Thanksgiving Pie

Courtesy of Unsplash Thanksgiving and the biggest get-together of the year was tomorrow.Everyone was bringing a dish to share.Everyone but Claire. Nobody asked Claire to bring anything.But she wanted, she needed, she itched to make something.To bake something. It had to be a pie. Not apple or pecan or sweet potato, Those were yummy, but her...