I am doing it!

I am doing it...I am writing a suspense novel.  I have had this idea for years, occasionally wrote a bit on it, but mostly it was on the back burner.  The desire to write this book gets stronger each year.  So I have joined a writer's critique group and I keep plugging away at it.  I am making progress, and as I get good feedback in the writer's group I gain more confidence.  

By making this announcement, I feel exposed.  This commits me even more to finish, edit, and get it published.  **Deep breaths**  It is a bit scary to make a post declaring my intention, and I promise not to harp on my progress (or how slow it is.)   

But if you are interested in following me in my journey, I would love to share occasionally how the process is going.  I am thinking of including you in this, as well.  I am devising some contests to allow you to participate in fun ways. 

The title at this point is "The Society" and I am roughly a third done.  The target length may grow just a little, which will still keep the book in standard suspense novel length.

 

Stay tuned for some contests, a cover reveal, a website and Facebook author page coming soon.  I am excited to share this journey with you!

One Sentence Stories

One sentence stories, or one sentence flash fiction is to tell a story in just one sentence.  One sentence doesn't give room for character building or a three act plot structure.  There is no building up towards a climactic confrontation with a killer.  

It is immediate, a picture in time that gives our imagination enough to fill in the story.  Perhaps it builds on universal themes that we immediately identify with.

It is as simple or as complex and layered as you want.  It can have a title or not, be fact or fiction.  It gets your creative blood moving like any exercise.  But the real beauty is that anyone can do it.

Here are a few I did just playing around. Why don't you give it a try and post in the comments?  You just might find it addictive!


>>  It wasn't intentional but the tourist managed to start an international incident with one finger.

>>  Every person in the conference room stared at him in disbelief for suddenly having a backbone.


>>  The crisp letter in her trembling hands received her tears and began to wilt.

>>  Trust
Every person who passed the vacant desk, stared at the wallet laying there.


>>  Back in Time
The blond child was destined to become a murderous dictator, so the assassin from the future had no qualms pulling the trigger.


>>  Justice
Ten years and thousands of lives later the man who initiated a war with a massive attack was executed without trial.


>>  Road Rage
She admired her diminutive car hiding custom mechanisms to crash other vehicles and then got behind the wheel to find the guy who cut her off every evening.


>>  She took the single red rose, sprayed it with hairspray, and touched a flame to it while whispering "bastard."


>>  One hole in the ice with one cherry red mitten floating.



>>  The gun disappeared into an inner pocket of the ski jacket before anyone noticed the skier trailing blood down the slope.


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