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Writing Thursday: NaNoWriMo Ate My Brain; or, How NOT To Do NaNoWriMo

Posted on December 14, 2012 by sheilamcclune

Hello, blog. {shuffles feet} It’s been a while. I know, I know.  I never call, I never write, I never even send e-mail.  I’m sorry.  I’ll try to do better, really I will.  It’s just that sometimes, I get distracted. … Continue reading →

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Writing Thursday: Responding To A Prompt; or, I Commit An Act Of Short Fiction

Posted on March 9, 2012 by sheilamcclune

A little something different this week:  A friend of a friend, whose blog I follow, runs a monthly writing contest, where she throws out an orphaned first line and invites people to write either the first paragraph of a story … Continue reading →

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T’is The Season; or, A Short Christmas Story

Posted on December 12, 2011 by sheilamcclune

Once upon a time, a couple of years ago, when I was still blogging on “The Melt-Ink Pot” (the now-defunct group blog of which I was a part), we did a story prompt. The prompt was, “Late into the night, … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Prompt: My Response

Posted on August 6, 2010 by sheilamcclune

(This posting originally appeared on The Melt-Ink Pot) Well, I didn’t quite get a whole story out of this one (or at least, not yet), but it was certainly worth a chapter or thereabouts (around 1,500 words). In order to … Continue reading →

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My Response To The Prompt

Posted on April 23, 2010 by sheilamcclune

(This posting originally appeared on The Melt-Ink Pot) So this week, as you’ve probably noticed, we’re doing something a little different here on The Melt-Ink Pot. Earlier in the week, we posted a prompt: “Late into the night, the snow … Continue reading →

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