Flash Fiction Challenge – Week 35 Submissions

Extra! Extra! #FFC52 week 35 submissions are in! Share your Flash Fiction stories on Twitter: #FFC52. Week 35 Prompt: “Well, to be honest, I threw it away.” Killer submissions this week! Great work all! Be sure to read and comment on everyone's work as we are all here to read, be read,  give, and get … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge – Week 35 Submissions

Flash Fiction Challenge – Week 34 Submissions

Extra! Extra! #FFC52 week 34 submissions are in! Share your Flash Fiction stories on Twitter: #FFC52. Week 34 Prompt: “You have ten seconds . . . " Really imaginative and unique submissions! Great work all! Be sure to read and comment on everyone's work as we are all here to read, be read,  give, and … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge – Week 34 Submissions

Flash Fiction Challenge – Week 33 Submissions

Extra! Extra! #FFC52 week 33 submissions are in! Share your Flash Fiction stories on Twitter: #FFC52. Week 33 Prompt: Open the book you are reading right now (or a favourite if you aren’t reading anything, oh, and shame on you!), turn to page 33 (or 33% on e-readers) and write a super flash fiction about … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge – Week 33 Submissions

Flash Fiction Challenge – Week 32 Submissions

Extra! Extra! #FFC52 week 32 submissions are in! It's important that every writer have a tribe, a community in which we can be challenged, be vulnerable, and of course, be read! For me, the FFC#52 challenge is just that--our tribe, our community! For this, I thank all of you! Perhaps you might even get a … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge – Week 32 Submissions

Tidbits of Turkey Giblet: How to Host a Classy Christmas

This year, Thain in Vain and RL hosted our very first classy Christmas dinner party to thunderous belches and bloated tummy success. As such, I am now considered an expert and feel I must herald my wisdom on those of you struggling to host a party that doesn't include 2-4s of Pilsner, 7-11 salmonella chicken, … Continue reading Tidbits of Turkey Giblet: How to Host a Classy Christmas

Dear Cellmate Santa . . .

Having trouble finding the perfect gift for that hard to buy for person in your life? Fear not. Thain in Vain has been out on day release scouring flea markets and cutting the locks on storage lockers in search of the perfect gift ideas. Squirrel paw earrings - I discovered these little gems clamped to … Continue reading Dear Cellmate Santa . . .

Another Lame Post

Starting a blog was a way for me to challenge myself as a writer and find some cool blogs to follow. To really get going in the blogging world, I thought joining NaBloWriMo would get the old, write-y juices flowing every day. I envisioned myself pumping out words like Steinbeck--a co-worker, who writes sweeping, epic emails. … Continue reading Another Lame Post