Monthly Archives: March 2014

WORD WEDNESDAY

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With several days of the week behind us, Wednesday is when we tend to get sluggish as we long for Friday. I thought it’d be a good day to try a word exercise and wake our minds. Today’s word:

DOORKNOB

In one sentence, tell a story using the word above. You can post to the blog or you can do it in the comfort of your home (or work, I won’t tell). It can be any genre. But absolutely no erotica please. Here’s an example:

Ellen’s hand withdrew from her younger brother’s doorknob when she noticed a small glob of something resembling a booger.

Gross, I know. But remember, I write MG people! Here’s one more:

Jack shivered in the corner of his room watching the doorknob rattle, a demonic groan coming from the other side.

Okay. Your turn. Be creative and enjoy your day no matter where you are.

 

P.D.Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA Fiction

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

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Although St. Patrick’s Day began as a religious holiday in Ireland, people across many nations now celebrate March 17, the day believed to be Patrick’s death. Here are some noted facts:

  • St. Patrick was not Irish.
  • Born a nobleman in Britain about 400 A.D.
  • An atheist in his early years
  • Kidnapped by Irish pirates at age 16
  • A slave in Ireland for 17 years
  • Rediscovered his faith while in Ireland
  • Returned to Ireland as a missionary
  • Legend states St. Patrick used the three-leaved shamrock to explain Christian Holy Trinity. (But it’s said no evidence proves he ever did.)
  • Still unclear if St. Patrick died in Ireland

And for those who are Irish, know someone who is Irish, or just want to help celebrate for their own pleasure, put on your green clothes, green hats, green glasses, green everything, and have some green beer, or green cake, or green potatoes, or anything drinkable/edible green…but pah-lease don’t call me later when you are feeling oh-so green!

Be safe and have fun! And again, Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA Fiction

HORROR IN TWO SENTENCES

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After seeing a writerly friend, Colin Mulhern, post a link on FB titled 20 SCARY HORROR STORIES WRITTEN in TWO SENTENCES, I thought it’d be a great exercise. But not just for me, for all my writing buddies. Click on the link above to read examples.

This caused me to be torn between two versions I wanted to write.  But I decided this could be part two of this fun practice.

Here is my first reflex:
After proclaiming his love, my boyfriend pressed the warmth of his moist lips against my face. The blood dripped from his tongue as I removed the knife from his throat.

Upon thinking further:
After proclaiming his love, my boyfriend pressed the warmth of his moist lips against my face. I licked the blood from his tongue as I withdrew the knife from his throat.

I’ve two different reasons for the killings in both examples. How do you read them? In the first, it’s self defense against an obsessive lover and unmasked serial killer. The second, the murderer is the serial killer. Now, give me your two sentence horror story. Can you rewrite it slightly to have a completely different meaning for the history behind the same story?

Ready. Set. Go!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA Fiction