Yesterday I saw a link for an article about survivors of World War II. Part of the caption for that link was, “the lucky ones died.” Those four words were enough to make me emotional. The article in itself was a lesson … or a powerful reminder about what life really is about. Last night […]
Twelve days ago I started writing down a story called “No Goodbyes.” Based on how far I’ve gotten so far, I believe this will be my first novel. The paragraph above clearly establishes two things: I’ve never written a novel; I have twelve full days of novel writing experience. So far, so good, right? […]
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 […]
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 […]
A few days ago I talked about Chuck Wendig’s challenge to write a two thousand word story filled with profanity, sex, perversion, and all that filthy stuff. He wants to start a revolution, that one. Actually, Chuck just wants to see the Clean Reader app destroyed beyond any chance of recognition, and to put fear […]
Ada Ireland is a pen name I came up with for myself. Unashamed Writing is a name I came up with for my blog.
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