The following is a piece for the writing competition, therealljidol. Prompt: "Here's mud in your eye."Aaron raised his glass, and Melanie reached hers out to meet his. The crystal clinked lightly as they looked into each other's eyes expectantly ( Read more... )

The following is a piece for the writing contest therealljidol. Prompt: Love and LossShe didn’t know where to begin, or where to end, or anything in between. Like a boat that had lost its mooring, she just drifted afloat, motionless, the waves of the water pushing her body to and fro, with no input from her, no care for her wishes. When waves move you, it’s ( Read more... )

I walked in step behind Anne as we made a beeline for the Red Barn. We had just locked up the gates after ushering guests from the main yard, and double checked locks for the turkeys and donkeys on the way back to lock up the doors for the goats, rams, and geese for the night. We headed through the large double doors and gave a quick head count ( Read more... )

Steve squinted at himself in the mirror as his tooth brush swish-swished the plaque from his enamel. He picked up his phone. No new texts. It'd been a week since he'd heard from Michelle. He wondered how he'd managed to screw things up this time. He thought they'd been having a good time but now, he was just sitting in that phone tag limbo of ( Read more... )

the following is a piece for the writing competition, therealljidol~~Blue and white ( Read more... )

Jooooinnnn usssss.... (said in zombie fashion)

But seriously, that writing competition I keep posting for, and yapping about? Now you can post for it and yap about it too, if you want. It's opening up, and if you want to join, you must submit an entry on absolutely anything in any genre, post on your own blog, then post the link to that entry ( Read more... )

The following is an entry for therealljidol writing contest ( Read more... )

The following is an entry for therealljidol. Prompt: ChiaroscuroThe birch trees were split in half by the moonlight. The white snow glinted, looking for all the world like the stars had fallen from the sky and landed as pinpricks of gold into the blanket of snow. The other halves of the trees needed to be squinted at to be seen, their edges hiding in the ( Read more... )

If anyone is inclined to vote for the entry I did this week, I'd be super grateful! ANYONE can vote!! You don't have to be writing for the competition!

Just GO HERE, scroll down to "ellison" and tick the little box, then click submit, if you liked it. :D

Please also consider voting for these awesome folks:

My teammates:
i_love_freddie ( entry ( Read more... )

The following is an entry for the writing competition, therealljidol. Prompt: "When you live for someone you're prepared to die"

Please also visit my teammates' work: inteus_mika, sinnamongirl, prog_schlock, & i_love_freddieTwo years I hoped for a time ( Read more... )