In Today’s Journal
* Quote of the Day
* The Bradbury Challenge Report
* The TNDJ Website
* Of Interest
Quote of the Day
“You don’t pick an apple off a tree before you plant the seed. Then you take care of it, water it, curse the weather, chase off the caterpillars. And only months or years later do you get to pick the first few apples. But damn, do they taste good. Because they’re yours. Nobody took a ninety percent bite out of them.” Tomas Blazo (see Of Interest)
The Bradbury Challenge Report
Participating in any challenge is a great way to have fun and grow as a writer.
The requirement is to write at least one short story per week, then let me know the title, word count, and genre per the format below. During the past week, the following writers wrote these new stories:
- Vanessa V. Kilmer “Monsters In Love” 3099 Halloween Romance
- Christopher Ridge “Feed Me” 1490 Horror
- Christopher Ridge “A Good Day to Whoop Somebody’s Ass” 2312 Horror/Dark Comedy
- Christopher Ridge “A Better Plan” 1331 Horror
- Christopher Ridge “The Old Man” 1343 Horror
- Christopher Ridge “Man in the Trunk” 1718 Horror
- Christopher Ridge “Missing Pieces” 1507 Horror
- Dave Taylor “Casino de Fabulas” 2,475 Magical Realism
- Glynn Young “Post-Op Recovery” 2263 General
Congratulations to all of these writers.
If anyone else would like to join Chris in his Story A Day challenge, email me and I’ll put you in touch.
The TNDJ Website
This morning I added Power Thesaurus under the For Writers tab at the TNDJ website.
This is a brand new reference link a guy sent me. I checked it out, then immediately included it on the Dictionaries page of the TNDJ website.
Power Thesaurus is an editorially maintained reference.
Its focus is ranked alternatives around a word, so a reader can compare a near-synonym with its definition and examples before assuming it carries the same sense.
Sometime when you need something to do, be sure to check out the For Fiction Writers tab on the main menu at the TNDJ website.
Of Interest
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