Category Archives: MLM

Your Writing Fortune Teller (Tale Weaver’s Prompt) The Guild of Monilophytes

Posted on January 24, 2015 by Michael

In your story include TWO of the following: A character will prepare for a religious ceremony, but the action is misinterpreted. *  A character becomes confused during the story. *  The story must have a villain at the end. *  … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver’s Prompt: Create A Monster – My Monster

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Michael

Play scary monsters, scary monsters I heard my students chorus. They all line up I issue the challenge Frighten me, come do your worst. Contortions, screams, twisted faces Some crawl while attempting to growl Some rush straight at me Eyes … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge # 44 – Sleeping Ship – January 20, 2015 – Josie’s Funeral.

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Michael

Image: Kirsty Mitchell At Josie’s funeral there wasn’t a lot said Among the tight knit circle of friends There were whispers, rumours, gossip Every possible speculation For no one was saying anything out loud. She’d been found reposed in a … Continue reading →

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Wordle #44 – January 19, 2015 – Uncle Bole

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Michael

This week’s great word selection: Polish Bark Laundry Magenta Saturate Camera Blink Valuable Stance Penalty Sensibility Texture When my Uncle Boleslaw won the world championship in French Polishing he became the first man also of Polish extraction to gain this … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #90 – Proverb – January 18, 2015 – The Apple That Fell.

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Michael

Image: “Fruit Pickers Harvesting Under the Mango Tree,” by Fernando Amorsolo in 1939 Proverb: “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” You know I was born in a very different time. My mother would often say, ‘You were very … Continue reading →

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Fairytale Prompt (Little Red Riding Hood) – The Wolf Weekly

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Michael

Image Daniel Egneus Wolf Weekly – New Years Edition – This week in the woods. Larry Lupine reporting today on the events in the woods this week. This week in Wolf Weekly we have a packed edition to set your … Continue reading →

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Sirin and Alkonost (Tale Weaver’s Prompt) – The Sirin’s Apprentice

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Michael

Image: Viktor Vasnetsov. Sirin and Alkonost – Birds of Joy and Sorrow, 1896. WikiArt. I think I’m ready. I think you are too It’s a big day. It is indeed. So I have decided to try out on the man … Continue reading →

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Serene in Blue – Photo Prompt #43 – January 13, 2015 – A Vision

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Michael

Image: Lavinialeyna Deviant Art (Renee Boynton artwork ) Across the seas you came A lost and forlorn waif Calling my name You clung to me Stories told Heads together, tears shed. A lost child an urchin searching With memories horrific Experiences … Continue reading →

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Wordle Prompt # 43 – 12 January 2015 – Scarecrow

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Michael

This weeks fun words: Padlock Glamour Ditch Perversity Fade Affinity Parallel Desticate (to squeak like a rat) Jagged Scarecrow Hungry Currant (a small seedless raisin) Scarecrow looked across the table at me. We hadn’t seen each other in twenty years … Continue reading →

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Pema Chödrön Quotes – Writing Prompt #89 – January 11, 2015 – The Abbot’s Chat

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Michael

Todays prompt is to use one of the quotes from Pema Chodron and use it as the basis for a piece of writing. I have chosen the following quote: “Compassion for others begins with kindness to ourselves.”   The Abbot … Continue reading →

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