Author: Rachael Ritchey
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Miss Luna Pratt’s Shenanigans
#BlogBattle Week 35 “Shenanigans” “Officer! Oh, ahhhh-fficer! Yoohoo!” Sgt. Brant cringed while his back was still turned. That voice was accompanied by the small town’s favorite gossip, Miss Luna Pratt. Favorite might have been an overstatement. She was more like the best source of up-to-date news on all your neighbors’ private dealings. He, like most…
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#BlogBattle Week 35 “Shenanigans” Entries & Voting
#BlogBattle 35 Story Theme: Shenanigans (basic rules at the bottom of the post) Look for everyone’s stories using #BlogBattle on Twitter, too! Wednesday, the poll gets added. Be sure to read them all. All the links will open in a new window so that you can easily navigate back to this list. RULES for VOTING:…
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Outrun Outlaws
#BlogBattle 34 “Cave” genre: Western Drake slammed his spurs into the sides of the old nag and whipped her neck with the reins. “Hyah, you damn slow–” The old horse slowed her pace even more and whipped her head about trying to snap her teeth on his shin. She was too old not to protest,…
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34 Writing Terms For Serious Writers
Originally posted on Cathleen Townsend: Part of being a writer is expanding your knowledge of our craft. A better vocabulary about the technical aspects of writing can help you to become a more proficient wordsmith. It’s very difficult to speak intelligently about something if you lack the proper words. I found these definitions via a…
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#BlogBattle Week 33 “Lurk” Entries & Voting
#BlogBattle 33 Story Theme: Lurk (basic rules at the bottom of the post) Look for everyone’s stories using #BlogBattle on Twitter, too! Wednesday, the poll gets added. Be sure to read them all. All the links will open in a new window so that you can easily navigate back to this list. RULES for VOTING:…
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Shadow Lurking
#BlogBattle Week 33 “Lurk” genre: suspense? mystery? drama? Shadow Lurking There it was again. That flash of something out of the corner of his eye. It never failed to happen and almost always when he thought he was alone. He circled around in his chair, head swiveling back and forth, to search the nearness for…
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Oasis of Mars: All Aboard
Okay, so I actually used Mars as the setting for my Oasis #BlogBattle story. And as often happens, more story wanted to come from that short episode, so I wrote two more parts the next week. I tried to put it aside for the time being, knowing I want to really and truly write this…
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#BlogBattle Week 32 “Mars” Entries & Voting
#BlogBattle 32 Story Theme: Mars (basic rules at the bottom of the post) Look for everyone’s stories using #BlogBattle on Twitter, too! Wednesday, the poll gets added. Be sure to read them all. All the links will open in a new window so that you can easily navigate back to this list. RULES for VOTING: Anyone…
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