NaBloPoMo (Pressure): January 2nd

What do you feel pressure to do that you don’t particularly enjoy? Closest thing that comes to mind here is looking for work…. The pressure coming both internally and (in some cases) externally. It’s not that I don’t want to look for work or wouldn’t enjoy (or, at least feel better about myself)…. But trying […]



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NaBloPoMo: January 1st

January 1: Do you work well under pressure? In a word – No, not really…. I don’t do well when being rushed. However I have found, on occasions, that some of my best “short stories” (for writing challenges) have been done during my “dash for the deadline”sFiled under: Blogging Challenges, NaBloPoMo Tagged: blog challenge, Blogging, […]



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30 Day Blogging Challenge – Day 26: Hidden Talent

It’s late…. I really should be in bed…. But I also want/ need to get this one last blog written before I do….. So here we are, one last (but not last blog in challenge) Day 26: Hidden Talent Well this one should be easy (or hard, depending on how you look at it)….. I […]



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Zero to Hero: Day 1 – Intro

I’ve got an intro, of sorts, over on my “about me” page. I started this blog (and the name seems to fit) to just jot down thoughts & ideas, as well as taking a stab at some writings (short stories) I also have another blog for my FES Tidbits stuff (FES standing for Fire, EMS […]



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Daily Prompt Challenge: Progress

Today’s daily post challenge by Daily Post is Progress. “When you look back at your blog on January 2, 2015, what would you like to see?” In terms of actual numbers I really don’t have any idea looking at it that way. I think what I’d like is to know that I have quality followers […]



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Up a Tree (A Friday Fiction short story)

Figured I’d take a stab at this week’s Friday Fiction put out by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields (I always have to double check to make sure I’m getting the name right). burrowing picture from Rochelle’s blog Andrea came running outside at the sound of her daughter’s high pitched screams. The first thought that came to her mind […]



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Five Sentence Fiction – Moments

Each week Lily McFerrin does a “five sentence fiction” challenge. This week the word is “moments“. Here’s my story Just one moment, that’s all it took. Just one moment in time to change her life forever. A single careless decision by someone she didn’t even know. No one surviving but her. Those whom she loved […]



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