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Speak Up! Friday Quotes (23)
A wonderful, and I do mean wonderful, beta reader of mine found out my main character was black in the later half of my first chapter. When she did, she strongly suggested that I make my MC’s race clearer from the beginning (to “show her skin color” and “describe her neighborhood”)—because this beta had pictured someone who looked […]
Ooh ooh — me! Pick me! (Flash Fiction + Speak Up!)
Yep, I’m jumping back into this challenge. Thank you, Priceless Joy, for hosting Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers (75 – 175 words) and you, pixabay.com, for providing the inspiring photo prompt this week. If you haven’t heard of or joined this challenge, please take the time to check out PJ’s blog for more details and entertaining entries. ~*~ […]
Speak Up! Friday Quotes (21)
Shh, don’t tell Lillian she’s fat . . . right? Wrong. “I am fat,” Lillian Bustle said on TED Talks. “I happen to use this word as a self-descriptor. And I don’t say it to put myself down.
Speak Up! Friday Quotes (20)
Skinny Hate “Yes, I am a skinny girl; no, that doesn’t mean I’m not a ‘real woman’” (anonymous). What are your thoughts about this? (This is also in response to the Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Revisited.”)
Speak Up! Fridays Quotes (18)
I suspect one of my friends of liking me but I don’t feel the same way about him. Rather than focusing on that in this post, I wanted to explore the opposite perspective. Have you ever been in this situation? What advice would you give to your past self or someone who’s falling for their […]
Speak Up! Fridays Quotes (16)
The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “I Walk the Line.” “It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else” — Erma Bombeck
Speak Up! Friday Quotes (Girl Punches Guy — Guy Punches Back)
This can also be a response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “A House Divided.” Pick a divisive issue currently in the news. Write a two-part post in which you take on two personas and approach the topic from both sides. Hitting a woman is considered taboo, but hitting a man still isn’t. What do you […]
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