Showing posts with label Gnaw Bone coffee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gnaw Bone coffee. Show all posts

Friday, June 3, 2011

Hometown Challenge #2 Good Morning From....

Good Morning from Peculiar, our second Hometown Challenge. Yes, I changed the name. As I said in the beginning, this is new to me and will be evolving.  The challenge was inspired by the idea that setting is crucial to the plot.  Think Mayberry or, for SciFi channel fans, think Eureka.


Here's how it works. You have from now until 5 pm.Tuesday June 7  to come up with a short-short (500 words) that takes place here in Peculiar.  As I sit sipping my venti triple shot latte on a bench along the main thoroughfare, there is a lot to see.  But I’m not telling.

I know the name sounds like a soft pitch and on the surface it is.  But the goal here is to stretch and be creative.



You could win the following cool badge (I created it so, at least, I think it’s cool):

So here’s the schedule

                Post your submission to your website/blog by 5pm on Tuesday

                Leave the link on the comments to this blog.

                Readers:  Beginning at 5pm on Tuesday, visit the contributing sites and enjoy what I am sure will be some great reads. Also follow these bloggers. Then come back here and in the post that will open on Tuesday vote for your favorite.  I’m still working on the voting details.  This is not American Idol, please don’t try to stack the deck. It is not encouraging to all if the voting is perceived as rigged.

                Check back next Friday to see who the winner is and what our next town is!


I'll be posting another excerpt from Dark Dealings this Sunday, hope you enjoy it.  If you missed the first 2, they are listed to the right under "Places To Visit"


Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Tuesday Town #1 Gnaw Bone

So it’s Tuesday in Gnaw Bone, tell us what you’ve found.

Here’s how it works: 

Writers:

Post your 500 words or less submission on your site.

In the comments section of this site, post a link to your submission

Readers:

Voting opens at 5pm ET today (this is a change from the original schedule) and closes at 5pm ET on Thurs

Read the submissions; follow the blogs or websites you visit, including this one.  Feel free to poke around the writers’ blogs for some other great material.



All:

Check back Friday for the announcement of the winner and the next town we will visit.


Happy Reading!