Sabrina's Blog

I have had a blast during my first campaign with Rachael Harrie . I never imagined how much fun it would be or how it would help me grow so much as a writer. To top it off, I received a post yesterday saying that my 2nd blog challenge entry has been shortlisted to move onto Stage Two. Now while I am not sure what that means, Lori M. Lee said congrats so I assume this is a very good thing. *grin* Thank all of you who commented and voted. Your praise warms my heart. Yesterday, I enjoyed a fabulous session with my critique group. Unfortunately, I am still working on the 'show don't tell' concept. It irks me to no end each time I see a sentence where I have failed in this. Granted, it isn't nearly as bad as when I first started writing. I just wish I could get it completely out of my system. On a positive note, they liked what they read and aside from that irritating technical issue, I have a fabulous dark fantasy just aching to be published and read. Today, along w...

This 2nd challenge in Rach's campaign is tough, and I am determined to give it my best. I have decided to do numbers 1 and 2. I have used all of the prompts. I will leave the theme for you to figure out. Using a different genre than my own: Post Apocalyptic I am something of a masochist, so bring on the critiques. Here goes... Do one or more of the following: Write a pitch/logline for a book based on the prompts (less than 100 words) Write a short story/flash fiction piece of less than 200 words based on the prompts Write a poem with a twist using the prompts as inspiration (in less than 200 words) Write a story/poem in five sentences, each sentence based on one of the prompts Write a poem/flash fiction piece (in less than 200 words) about the water pear *without* using the words “pear”, “spoon”, or “droplet”. For added difficulty/challenge: Complete at least three of the above activities and tie them all together with a  common theme  (feel free to either stat...

Today I get to participate in Challenge #1  of Rachael Harrie's 4th Writer's Platform Building Campaign. I am so excited. Here is the challenge and then my response to it: Write a short story/ flash fiction  story in 200 words or less, excluding the title. It can be in any format, including a poem. Begin the story with the words, “Shadows crept across the wall”. These five words will be included in the word count.   If you want to give yourself an added challenge (optional), do  one or more  of these: end the story with the words: "everything faded." (also included in the word count) include the word "orange" in the story write in the same genre you normally write make your story 200 words exactly! I decided to use the characters from my current work-in-progress. I did it in exactly 200 words in my genre using both the beginning and end sentence. Enjoy. Elusive Escape by Sabrina A. Fish Shadows crept along the wall, inky ...