Writers hear over and over to avoid passives and use active verbs only. But if you don’t come from an intensive English background, you can…
Author: R. Jean Bell
R. Jean Bell grew up in the United States but has spent the last twenty years in Denmark. A voracious reader since age three, she averages a book a day. She spends her time writing fiction and poetry, doing hobby photography, and being with her husband, horses, and dogs.
The untried Firedog stands between village and inferno, testing the wind. At his signal, arrows ignite brush piled beyond the cleared swathe. Wind-fueled flames speed…
This article is the first follow-up to my earlier article, Practice Makes Perfect, Right? My goal, as this series continues, is to provide more concrete…
tattered and beaten yet still you fly rest your wings and drink
The Offer Sign this contract and they could go home–no more shitty apartments. Play the dutiful wife in public. The kids get the benefits of…
Everyone who speaks much English knows the expression practice makes perfect. However, I find the expression “perfect practice makes perfect,” generally attributed to Vince Lombardi,…
Hey Speedy. Just quit it you dolt! We all understand you’re a colt. We’ll snip off those balls Before nature calls. So treasure your last…
pressure building impossible to contain hot magma probes to find a way out won’t take much more before it explodes it’s just not a good…
After struggling some with a flash exercise, I did a lot of thinking, reading, and analyzing about what was necessary to write good flash fiction. The…