This is a post where I will do a little bit of bragging and a little bit of whining. The bragging … well, you’re used to it by now. The whining? It will only last a hundred words or so. After that I’ll go back to being my usual confident, smart-ace self. I can’t do […]
I watched a video with Gary Vaynerchuck yesterday where he answered his fans’ questions about social media, ebay, etc. Like everything he does, it was good. The part that stood out to me and inspired this blog post, was the advice he gave a young woman who wanted to start her own ice cream shop: […]
A couple of weeks ago, Chuck Wendig’s flash fiction challenge was to come up with the opening sentence for a story. This is my (updated) sentence: “They say to err is human; to forgive, divine – they got the second half of that sentence all wrong.” I was going to write a short story about […]
Here is a short story I wrote for Chuck Wendig’s weekly flash fiction challenge. We had to choose an opening sentence and run with it … or write a two thousand word story for it. Whatever we chose. I decided to write a story. I wouldn’t want to show you how I run with an […]
If I could stop writing poems, I would. I’m not kidding. I don’t ever come to my computer with the goal of writing a poem. Rather, I’m in the middle of something, most of the time reading, or riding my bike, and the idea for a poem hits me out of nowhere (which is a pretty […]
“Whining zone ahead” warning. Yes, that means this is a post where I’ll be whining because I’m in a foul mood. It happens even to the sweetest, nicest people. I’m not saying I’m one of those people. I’m just saying that I’ve seen it happen. Ahem, back to whining now. For me writing is very […]
This was a very busy week for me. I cleaned up the porch, garage, and the yard, and washed the windows. I played basketball in the driveway and jumped rope like a schoolgirl. I rode my bike over a hundred miles, went out for a run and a few walks. In other words, I did […]
This is a very short story I wrote for a contest in the Writer’s Digest magazine. We had to write a piece of 750 words or less based on the following prompt: “Love gets him into more trouble than hate ever could.” This is what I came up with. No stairway to hell By […]
This poem started earlier today as a joke. I decided to put some weight on it. Five minutes later … voila! Silence and Sounds. It’s still supposed to be half-funny. Or at least light hearted. That’s why I used the word “darned” in there instead of the more serious “damned”. Enjoy! Silence and Sounds By […]
This is the complete short story Miss Boring Died Today. It started as a flash fiction challenge where profanity and X-rated topics were supposed to take center stage. Swearing is not something that comes easy to me, nor is it something I intend on using … much. I did however tip-toed out of my comfort […]
Ada Ireland is a pen name I came up with for myself. Unashamed Writing is a name I came up with for my blog.
The pen name is fake. The writing on this blog is real ... as close to real and truthful as I can get it to be. Read More