Ack! I am late with last Wednesday’s flash fiction. So the prompt was:”Why shouldn’t they help themselves, after the way they’d been treated?” And my 100 word story follows.
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Wonhundred Word Wednesday: “What do you mean, you lost the lottery ticket?”
Since this month I should be writing an entire novel (NaNoWriMo) I chose to do this prompt as a character study for my work in progress. The prompt was: “What do you mean, you lost the lottery ticket?”
“What?” Her voice through the phone pierced Jaron’s skull. Katerina’s pitch climbed as she continued, “What do you mean, you lost the lottery ticket? You’re such an idiot. Always messing things up. Typical—“
“Katerina.” Jaron smiled a little at the garbled choking sound from her shock at being interrupted. “I’m not sure why you called. You chose to remove yourself from my life long ago. And I said I felt like I just lost the lottery. A woman that brilliant, vivacious, and beautiful doesn’t come along often.”
“Aww, you still can’t get over me?”
“I wasn’t talking about you.”
The other authors’ :
Wendy Knight, Author: www.wendyknightauthor.blogspot.com
Kelly Martin, Author: www.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.com
Jessica Winn, The Distracted Writer:http://thedistractedwriter.com/
R.K. Grow: http://www.rkgtheauthor.com/
Stephanie Worlton’s Kreating Krazy blog: http://stephanieworlton.blogspot.com/
Leah Sanders, inklings: http://inklings-leahsanders.blogspot.com/
Laura D. Bastian http://www.lauradbastian.com/
Jaclyn Weist http://jaclynweist.blogspot.com
Amryn Scott http://wildscottkids.wordpress.com/
K.R. Wilburn http://krwilburnbooks.com/blog/
Lindzee Armstrong/Lydia Winters http://lindzeearmstrong.blogspot.com
Miranda D. Nelson http://www.mirandadnelson.blogspot.com/
Angela Schroeder http://angelaschroederauthor.blogspot.com/
Ginny Romney http://romneyrants.blogspot.com/
Canda Mortensen http://candamortensen.blogspot.com
Jenna Eatough http://mistglenmoon.net/blog/
Starimprint: http://starimprint.blogspot.com/
Kaye P. Clark: http://kayepclarkwriter.blogspot.com/
Jenifer Lee: www.myfam-i-lee.blogspot.com/
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Story setting can really matter AND a Chocolate Sausage Recipe
November 1st kicks off National Novel Writing Month: NaNoWriMo. And instead of furiously writing words on my new novel, I am here writing this. 🙂
Here is the thing. While I was preparing during October for the new story (I’m trying a new genre even), I was looking at old pictures I have of my story setting.
Rome, Italy
I LOVE Rome. I went there for a study abroad trip in college. So, keep in mind, the pictures I have were from more than seventeen years ago, taken on a lousy 35 mm camera.
Setting:
In general, I feel that setting can be extremely important. It will influence the plot as it may determine what your characters will encounter or what they are allowed to do. It will influence the characters as it may influence their world view, their customs, their priorities, their baggage, or their habits. The setting itself may act as a character, giving life and color to the story and interacting with your other characters in a very personal way.
It was fun to look through my photos and imagine situations that my main characters would stumble upon.
La Bocca Della Verita: The Mouth of Truth. (and me, many moons ago)
The Colosseum and the costumed “Roman Gladiators and Soldiers” for tourists’ group photo opportunities.
The Pantheon, one of my favorite buildings in the world.
The Spanish Steps, taken from down one of the shop-filled streets below it. (I bought a whole set of dishes in this area. Talk about a heavy carry on for the airplane!)
While I was looking through the pictures, I got a craving for Chocolate Salami (NO meat involved in this one). This is a recipe I learned when I lived in Italy for a year and a half in the 90’s. (I served a volunteer mission for my church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints).
Check out this beauty (and that is actually the platter that I bought in Rome near the Spanish steps) :
I was taught how to make this by a wonderful woman in the town of Vercelli. The recipe was a lot of ‘handful of this’ and ‘a few spoonfuls of that’. So as I made it this time I tried to measure with measuring cups to get a better idea of a recipe. Also, online there are versions with rum, or dried fruit. Since I don’t drink and the version I had was the just the essential ingredients, that is what I have done. You may feel free to adapt it how you like. Here it is!
Chocolate Salami (Salame di Cioccolato)
3 cups crushed vanilla wafers (or other dry type cookie)
1/2 cup melted butter
1/4 cup white suger
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup slivered almonds
splash of milk (will vary depending upon the dryness)
Add crushed cookies to a bowl. Pour the butter over the cookies and add the sugar and cocoa powder. Stir it all together (I was taught to mix it with my hands, but a spoon works as well). If it isn’t sticking together and seems too crumbly add a splash of milk. Add the almonds and mix well.
Dump the mixture onto a sheet of plastic wrap and form it in the shape of a salami. Wrap tightly in the plastic wrap and place in fridge until it sets up (a few hours). When it is all solid, you can dust with powdered sugar if you like for an ‘authentic’ look. Slice in small pieces (a little goes a long way) and enjoy!
What do you think of setting. Do you have a favorite setting and does it remind you of something you love?
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WonHundred Word Wednesday: Was it a knock that had woken her?
Here is the last of my spooky Halloween offerings. The prompt was: Was it a knock that had woken her? My 100 word story follows. 🙂
Tammy’s eyes opened slowly. Was it a knock that had woken her? A couple more soft thumps on the roof and telltale rolling sounds confirmed her suspicions.
Walnuts. Dropping off the tree. Who would be this far from town at three in the morning anyway?
She was drifting back to sleep when she heard two soft knocks, coming from inside the headboard of her bed.
She froze.
Then two knocks from the closet. Then soft knocks continually from the bathroom.
She grabbed her pepper spray and stumbled into the bathroom. Her hollow-eyed reflection inside the mirror knocked while she watched.
Happy Halloween! Now you can check out the other authors’s stories.
Wendy Knight, Author: www.wendyknightauthor.blogspot.com
Kelly Martin, Author: www.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.com
Jessica Winn, The Distracted Writer:http://thedistractedwriter.com/
R.K. Grow: http://www.rkgtheauthor.com/
Stephanie Worlton’s Kreating Krazy blog: http://stephanieworlton.blogspot.com/
Leah Sanders, inklings: http://inklings-leahsanders.blogspot.com/
Laura D. Bastian http://www.lauradbastian.com/
Jaclyn Weist http://jaclynweist.blogspot.com
Amryn Scott http://wildscottkids.wordpress.com/
K.R. Wilburn http://krwilburnbooks.com/blog/
Lindzee Armstrong/Lydia Winters http://lindzeearmstrong.blogspot.com
Miranda D. Nelson http://www.mirandadnelson.blogspot.com/
Angela Schroeder http://angelaschroederauthor.blogspot.com/
Ginny Romney http://romneyrants.blogspot.com/
Canda Mortensen http://candamortensen.blogspot.com
Jenna Eatough http://mistglenmoon.net/blog/
Starimprint: http://starimprint.blogspot.com/
Kaye P. Clark: http://kayepclarkwriter.blogspot.com/
Jenifer Lee: www.myfam-i-lee.blogspot.com/
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WonHundred Word Wednesday: “As she searched, her movements were frantic.”
This is the 31st 100 word story I have done. And, since it is October, 31st has me thinking Halloween. So here is my take on the prompt: As she searched, her movements were frantic.
The silence pressing down on Mykell was louder than she thought possible. The only noises were from her; feet pounding, leaves crunching, breath in ragged gasps.
How was it possible that their happy group of eight was now—only her? Furtive glances over her shoulder revealed nothing. She collapsed against the car, the warm metal reassuring.
Keys? As she searched, her movements were frantic. A soft sound drew her attention up.
Blake? Did he make it out too?
The disjointed movements of the figure emerging from the trees were wrong.
No. Not Blake, unfortunately, nor any of her other friends.
Now you can see what the other authors did 🙂 :
Wendy Knight, Author: www.wendyknightauthor.blogspot.com
Kelly Martin, Author: www.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.com
Jessica Winn, The Distracted Writer:http://thedistractedwriter.com/
R.K. Grow: http://www.rkgtheauthor.com/
Stephanie Worlton’s Kreating Krazy blog: http://stephanieworlton.blogspot.com/
Leah Sanders, inklings: http://inklings-leahsanders.blogspot.com/
Laura D. Bastian http://www.lauradbastian.com/
Jaclyn Weist http://jaclynweist.blogspot.com
Amryn Scott http://wildscottkids.wordpress.com/
K.R. Wilburn http://krwilburnbooks.com/blog/
Lindzee Armstrong/Lydia Winters http://lindzeearmstrong.blogspot.com
Miranda D. Nelson http://www.mirandadnelson.blogspot.com/
Angela Schroeder http://angelaschroederauthor.blogspot.com/
Ginny Romney http://romneyrants.blogspot.com/
Canda Mortensen http://candamortensen.blogspot.com
Jenna Eatough http://mistglenmoon.net/blog/
Starimprint: http://starimprint.blogspot.com/
Kaye P. Clark: http://kayepclarkwriter.blogspot.com/
Jenifer Lee: www.myfam-i-lee.blogspot.com/
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WonHundred Word Wednesday: They say everyone who looks into their family history will find a secret sooner or later
This week’s prompt is : “They say everyone who looks into their family history will find a secret sooner or later.” We take that prompt and write a 100 word flash fiction story. It is fun to see all the different directions that one sentence can take a group of writers. Come play!
I’m a professional genealogist. People hire me to help them hunt down their missing roots. From proving their ancestors were in the civil war, to proving that their ancestors had nothing to do with the same. There’re different reasons and different results for everyone.
They say everyone who looks into their family history will find a secret sooner or later. For example: wandering through an abandoned cemetery doing gravestone rubbings for a client, I tripped over a body. Unlike the rest of the descent cemetery residents, this one was unburied and freshly killed. Not the secret I was hoping for.
Now you can check out the other writers’ stories:
Wendy Knight, Author: www.wendyknightauthor.blogspot.com
Kelly Martin, Author: www.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.com
Jessica Winn, The Distracted Writer:http://thedistractedwriter.com/
R.K. Grow: http://www.rkgtheauthor.com/
Stephanie Worlton’s Kreating Krazy blog: http://stephanieworlton.blogspot.com/
Leah Sanders, inklings: http://inklings-leahsanders.blogspot.com/
Laura D. Bastian http://www.lauradbastian.com/
Jaclyn Weist http://jaclynweist.blogspot.com
Amryn Scott http://wildscottkids.wordpress.com/
K.R. Wilburn http://krwilburnbooks.com/blog/
Lindzee Armstrong/Lydia Winters http://lindzeearmstrong.blogspot.com
Miranda D. Nelson http://www.mirandadnelson.blogspot.com/
Angela Schroeder http://angelaschroederauthor.blogspot.com/
Ginny Romney http://romneyrants.blogspot.com/
Canda Mortensen http://candamortensen.blogspot.com
Jenna Eatough http://mistglenmoon.net/blog/
Starimprint: http://starimprint.blogspot.com/
Kaye P. Clark: http://kayepclarkwriter.blogspot.com/
Jenifer Lee: www.myfam-i-lee.blogspot.com/
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WonHundred Word Wednesday: “There was nothing left of the money except…”
This week’s 100 word story is based on the prompt: “There was nothing left of the money except…”
Betsy lay silently under piles of blankets on the massive bed. Outside the bedroom, family—but still virtual strangers—argued fruitlessly over her fortune.
There was nothing left of the money except for the memories.
A whirlwind romance and marriage on the Grand Canal in Venice.
A lonely, makeshift funeral on a battlefield only four years later.
There were schools and orphanages in Nepal and wells dug for villages in Africa.
Even the estate and the manor were promised. They had been donated to an addiction recovery program.
She alone could hold the memories. And they were greater than treasure.
Now you can check out what the other authors did!
Wendy Knight, Author: www.wendyknightauthor.blogspot.com
Kelly Martin, Author: www.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.com
Jessica Winn, The Distracted Writer:http://thedistractedwriter.com/
R.K. Grow: http://www.rkgtheauthor.com/
Stephanie Worlton’s Kreating Krazy blog: http://stephanieworlton.blogspot.com/
Leah Sanders, inklings: http://inklings-leahsanders.blogspot.com/
Laura D. Bastian http://www.lauradbastian.com/
Jaclyn Weist http://jaclynweist.blogspot.com
Amryn Scott http://wildscottkids.wordpress.com/
K.R. Wilburn http://krwilburnbooks.com/blog/
Lindzee Armstrong/Lydia Winters http://lindzeearmstrong.blogspot.com
Miranda D. Nelson http://www.mirandadnelson.blogspot.com/
Angela Schroeder http://angelaschroederauthor.blogspot.com/
Ginny Romney http://romneyrants.blogspot.com/
Canda Mortensen http://candamortensen.blogspot.com
Jenna Eatough http://mistglenmoon.net/blog/
Starimprint: http://starimprint.blogspot.com/
Kaye P. Clark: http://kayepclarkwriter.blogspot.com/
Jenifer Lee: www.myfam-i-lee.blogspot.com/
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WonHundred Word Wednesday: “He didn’t understand…”
This week’s prompt is: “He didn’t understand what he’d done to her, but he would by the time she was finished.”
This one was admittedly tricky for me because I don’t generally enjoy revenge tales. The character needs something else besides that to get me through a whole story with them. So this is my twist on it 🙂
He didn’t understand what he’d done to her, but he would by the time she was finished. Her fingers shook with rage. And still she was able to savagely, meticulously, snap each and every one of his crayons.
He would know the pain. Balance could be restored to daycare.
Her four-year old mind flashed to the image of him, holding scissors. And a single golden lock tumbling from her doll to crash silently on the floor.
The memory made her reach for his glue stick and toss away the cap. Never would he unthinkingly wield those tools of destruction again.
Now you can check out what the other authors did!
Wendy Knight, Author: www.wendyknightauthor.blogspot.com
Kelly Martin, Author: www.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.com
Jessica Winn, The Distracted Writer:http://thedistractedwriter.com/
R.K. Grow: http://www.rkgtheauthor.com/
Stephanie Worlton’s Kreating Krazy blog: http://stephanieworlton.blogspot.com/
Leah Sanders, inklings: http://inklings-leahsanders.blogspot.com/
Laura D. Bastian http://www.lauradbastian.com/
Jaclyn Weist http://jaclynweist.blogspot.com
Amryn Scott http://wildscottkids.wordpress.com/
K.R. Wilburn http://www.krwilburn.com/my-blog.html
Lindzee Armstrong/Lydia Winters http://lindzeearmstrong.blogspot.com
Miranda D. Nelson http://www.mirandadnelson.blogspot.com/
Angela Schroeder http://angelaschroederauthor.blogspot.com/
Ginny Romney http://romneyrants.blogspot.com/
Canda Mortensen http://candamortensen.blogspot.com
Jenna Eatough http://mistglenmoon.net/blog/
Starimprint: http://starimprint.blogspot.com/
Kaye P. Clark: http://kayepclarkwriter.blogspot.com/
Jenifer Lee: www.myfam-i-lee.blogspot.com/
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WonHundred Word Wednesday: “He hadn’t meant to scare the child.”
Welcome to WonHundred Word Wednesday. Where a group of authors take a prompt and create a 100 word story. This week’s prompt is: “He hadn’t meant to scare the child.” After looking at my take, I believe I need more sleep. 🙂
He hadn’t meant to scare the child. But to be honest, the child had done a great job of scaring him too. It wasn’t like he was trained to do this.
“Come work at the circus,” they said. “Lots of fun,” they said.
What was fun about crawling through shrubbery looking for a lost monkey riding a boa constrictor?
He had just caught the runaways and was backing out of the bushes when he bumped into the kid.
There were screams from him and the child.
A terrified monkey and panicked snake.
Broken rib and scratches.
“Sure, lots of fun.”
Now check out the others’ stories:
Wendy Knight, Author: www.wendyknightauthor.blogspot.com
Kelly Martin, Author: www.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.com
Jessica Winn, The Distracted Writer:http://thedistractedwriter.com/
R.K. Grow: http://www.rkgtheauthor.com/
Stephanie Worlton’s Kreating Krazy blog: http://stephanieworlton.blogspot.com/
Leah Sanders, inklings: http://inklings-leahsanders.blogspot.com/
Laura D. Bastian http://www.lauradbastian.com/
Jaclyn Weist http://jaclynweist.blogspot.com
Amryn Scott http://wildscottkids.wordpress.com/
K.R. Wilburn http://www.krwilburn.com/my-blog.html
Lindzee Armstrong/Lydia Winters http://lindzeearmstrong.blogspot.com
Miranda D. Nelson http://www.mirandadnelson.blogspot.com/
Angela Schroeder http://angelaschroederauthor.blogspot.com/
Ginny Romney http://romneyrants.blogspot.com/
Canda Mortensen http://candamortensen.blogspot.com
Jenna Eatough http://mistglenmoon.net/blog/
Starimprint: http://starimprint.blogspot.com/
Kaye P. Clark: http://kayepclarkwriter.blogspot.com/
Jenifer Lee: www.myfam-i-lee.blogspot.com/
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WonHundred Word Wednesday: “Most vivid amongst the memories of his home town”
This week’s prompt for our 100 word story is: “Most vivid amongst the memories of his home town.” Here is my take and then you can read what the other authors did with this same prompt!
Most vivid amongst the memories of his home town was that of the giant oak tree. And the dead body that hung from it.
John was seven before he realized that no one else could see the man hanging from the branch, twisting gently in the nonexistent breeze.
There were others as well.
When his momma sang with the church choir, her voice carrying the gospel music to the rafters, others would join in. They stood with their hats in their hands, or dresses freshly starched, swaying and belting out the songs.
But no one else could hear them.
Now check out the others’ 🙂
Wendy Knight, Author: www.wendyknightauthor.blogspot.com
Kelly Martin, Author: www.kellymartinbooks.blogspot.com
Jessica Winn, The Distracted Writer:http://thedistractedwriter.com/
R.K. Grow: http://www.rkgtheauthor.com/
Stephanie Worlton’s Kreating Krazy blog: http://stephanieworlton.blogspot.com/
Leah Sanders, inklings: http://inklings-leahsanders.blogspot.com/
Laura D. Bastian http://www.lauradbastian.com/
Jaclyn Weist http://jaclynweist.blogspot.com
Amryn Scott http://wildscottkids.wordpress.com/
K.R. Wilburn http://www.krwilburn.com/my-blog.html
Lindzee Armstrong/Lydia Winters http://lindzeearmstrong.blogspot.com
Miranda D. Nelson http://www.mirandadnelson.blogspot.com/
Angela Schroeder http://angelaschroederauthor.blogspot.com/
Ginny Romney http://romneyrants.blogspot.com/
Canda Mortensen http://candamortensen.blogspot.com
Jenna Eatough http://mistglenmoon.net/blog/
Starimprint: http://starimprint.blogspot.com/
Kaye P. Clark: http://kayepclarkwriter.blogspot.com/
Jenifer Lee: www.myfam-i-lee.blogspot.com/
There's Magic in Story, 