Tag Archives: writing challenge

A Fun Game In Your Head – Part 1

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Billie Jo Schinnerer

About a month ago Ozlem Yikici came up with a theory about writing and posted a challenge on her page. I agreed to take part in this challenge to see if it confirmed her theory. Here was the first challenge: … Continue reading →

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Dreams – A Creation Vision

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Billie Jo Schinnerer

For the month of August, I challenged writer’s to write a creation story. I have never participated in one of my own challenges but I have recently been working on a creation story for the lytes who live in my … Continue reading →

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The Bridges of Fantasy County

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Billie Jo Schinnerer

A big thank you to Ken Broad’s Picture This and Indigo Spider’s Sunday Picture Press for their fantastic pictures and prompts which inspired this piece and although I did a story for Sonia G Medeiros’s August challenge already, oddly this … Continue reading →

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Journey to Armillaria

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Billie Jo Schinnerer

This writing was prompted by Sonia G Medeiros and her fabulous August writing challenge. She has us thinking about alternate worlds this month which happens to be one of my favourite things to ponder. She wanted 500 words out of … Continue reading →

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Sunday Ramblings – a holiday, featured writers and a shadowy flash fiction challenge – oh my!

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Billie Jo Schinnerer

I have arrived home from my 10 day holiday in Borth, Wales. The first few days it rained at night and was rather miserable for the first part of the day but then cleared up for the lovely afternoons. Then … Continue reading →

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Disposable Men

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Billie Jo Schinnerer

Thanks to a few prompts over at BeKindRewrite’s Inspiration Monday I was able to write this piece: Disposable Men My heart pounded and the branches whipped my face. My pursuer was not far behind, his rainbow wig, white face and big … Continue reading →

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The Ruins – Flash Fiction

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Billie Jo Schinnerer

Selena Wolff posted her most recent Flash Fiction Friday challenge over on Solitary Words. The genre for the week was horror and the three words that needed to be included in the story were bluebottle, immolation and depraved. There is … Continue reading →

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Sinister Sunday – Flash Fiction Challenge

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Billie Jo Schinnerer

Last week was a busy one and there were two entries to the Spacey Sunday challenge. Ken Broad over at Fictional Campfire wrote The Universe and Beyond, if you haven’t read it yet you might want to go check it out. Also … Continue reading →

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Spacey Sunday – Flash Fiction Challenge

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Billie Jo Schinnerer

Last week’s flash fiction challenge theme was sabotage and three writers put forth three fabulous yet very different stories. Please check them out if you have not read them yet: Ken Broad wrote F.B.T.I. Sonia G Medeiros wrote The Machine Yikici wrote … Continue reading →

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Catch the Moon – Flash Fiction Challenge

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Billie Jo Schinnerer

My friend Ken over at Fictional Campfire issued a Sunday Snap challenge to write a flash fiction piece from the most stunning picture entitled Catch the Moon. I struggled a bit at first because I wanted to write a story … Continue reading →

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