Thursday, September 15, 2005
What Could Have Been (A Parable About The Value Of Life)
This is a fiction entry for the latest W/O ( details here ) where I choose five words from a list to make a story. My five chosen words are in boldface. When the clock 's hands showed four minutes after ten on the cold morning of January 31, 1945, Private Edward "Eddie" Donald Slovik was executed by...
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Sunday, September 4, 2005
Elevator Operator, Treasure Hunter, And Only Four-And-A-Half!
Non-fiction entry for latest Write-Off with a subject of children. Elevator Operator, Treasure Hunter, And Only Four-And-A-Half! by Ainsley Jo Phillips Prologue: It's the afternoon of September 4, 2005, and the past few days seem like something out of a bad dream. It seems as if there are memories...
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Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Seven! Not Bad For The First Time Around!
One fiction. Six non-fiction. All great reading (That includes what I wrote, too, OK?-OK!). Now, it's time to read them and choose your favorites (one from fiction and one from non-fiction--with the former being a cinch, as there was only one entry in that category). To read both the instructions...
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Sunday, July 24, 2005
Snowball Room Novelist (or) How To Become Part Of Mammoth Cave History
(writing, non-fiction) Snowball Room Novelist (or) How To Become Part Of Mammoth Cave History To say that I was intrigued by the ad I came across in a writers' magazine would be grossly understating my state-of-mind. Pulp Press (out of Vancouver, B.C.) was letting the writing world know about its...
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Traveling I-69 Aboard The Monon Rocket!
(travel, non-fiction) (note: This story turned out to be too long to qualify for the contest, but I'm glad I wrote it all down--hope you enjoy it!) Traveling I-69 Aboard The Monon Rocket! At the age of seven, I'd come to the conclusion that I just wasn't cut out to ride a bicycle and dearly wished...
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Wednesday, July 13, 2005
What On Earth IS This Crazy Blog, Anyway!?!
If you really, Really, REALLY want to know where I'm going with this blog, it would be a great idea to read this little piece by word.smith. It just might intrigue you enough that you'll also want to get on the bandwagon! I won't say anything more, because, if you're curious enough, you'll follow my...
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