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April 16, 2013 11:04 AM UTC --
Many of us complain about Gather's astonishing slowness.
So let's have some posts which explain scientifically, logically, farcically, fantastically or flat-out ridiculously WHY Gather . . .
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March 03, 2013 08:30 PM UTC --
Please write up to 100 words either about, or from the perspective of, ONE of these monster suggestions from Seventh Sanctum.
Chihuahua of the Afterlife, Enchanted Hamster, Icky Dread Sheep . . .
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February 22, 2013 08:52 AM UTC --
There is a list of great bad headlines here.
http://littlecalamity.tripod.com/Text/Newspaper.html
Among them are the classics:
Eye Drops off Shelf, Include your Children When Baking Cookies, . . .
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February 12, 2013 07:55 AM UTC --
This week, I invite you to tell me what you think .
But only if it's on Google .
Please go to Google and type in your name, followed by the word "thinks." Pick one of the listings on the . . .
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February 04, 2013 11:58 AM UTC --
The to Genre Shorties Prompt:
I just read an article by Mark O'Connell about whether Amanda McKittrick Ros was the worst novelist in history and was amused (and/or horrified) by this passage: . . .
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January 14, 2013 07:16 AM UTC --
A priest, a rabbi and a lady snake charmer walk into a bar
The lady snake charmer stops just inside the door.
"What?" the priest said.
"I can't bring my snake to a bar," she said.
"Why . . .
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November 01, 2012 12:36 PM UTC --
Challenge: Use prose or poetry to write a SatWE challenge. Write an introduction, then the challenge, give your readers some ideas on what you want to see, and let them know about things they have . . .
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March 26, 2012 03:21 PM UTC --
Stuck for a prompt idea, I remembered a nifty little program created by former Gatherererer Doug H. on his website. It's a random phrase generator .
Using that, I specified it should produce four . . .
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March 19, 2012 01:50 PM UTC --
Write about anything you want in any form you want . The only rule other than keeping it to 100 words is that you must mention SHAKESPEARE .
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She wanted Shakespeare, . . .
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March 13, 2012 01:28 PM UTC --
Write a story (prose or poetry) about the first meeting between two characters who might turn out to be a love interest in your story. It can be a romance, mystery, historical fiction, science fiction, . . .
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March 06, 2012 01:42 PM UTC --
I’d been on Kay’s trail for years. She’d been kidnapped and whisked away into time. I remember the day like it was Monday .
I’d been to 515 Britain and fought with Arthur, . . .
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March 01, 2012 08:11 AM UTC --
I haven’t been around as long as everyone else so I wasn’t sure I should offer a prompt, but I liked Mustafa’s suggestion and I wanted to add to it...
Kay is being held hostage. . . .
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February 24, 2012 07:13 AM UTC --
Jane is a blogging friend out in the Centennial state. She is not only a very entertaining blogger who belongs on everyone’s blog roll, but she is, fortunately for us, her readers, infinitely . . .
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February 14, 2012 11:16 AM UTC --
I'm a day late for a 100-word-shortie prompt! The shame! The horror! The sinus headache! Okay... please to write for me a story using the words:
hundred word short late
And make it . . .
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July 19, 2011 12:12 PM UTC --
One day a wombat sat down at his Wombat-Ready ® laptop and began to write his life story. What is the 100-word summary of that life story?
You may use one or more of these . . .
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July 05, 2011 07:40 PM UTC --
You have been selected to appear on a talk show hosted by an armadillo. (It's been a long time since I mentioned them, no?) The armadillo wants to discuss your new book, which is about one or more . . .
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June 26, 2011 08:43 PM UTC --
Who wants to play the Rhyming Couplet game? The rules are simple: Each post is a rhyming couplet and the first word of your poem has to start with the last word of the previous poem. . . .
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June 07, 2011 08:57 AM UTC --
If you are reading this, you are probably not relaxing at a popular resort or enjoying a luxury cruise, but this week you can use your imagination to get away from it all. Choose one of the following . . .
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May 31, 2011 08:26 AM UTC --
Gave ya Monday off for the holiday. (You're welcome.)
You just had a fight with someone over something. With whom did you fight, and what did you fight about ? And did anyone "win"?
OPTIONAL . . .
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May 24, 2011 10:08 AM UTC --
Lotta Moxie is very dedicated to her cause. She is so passionate about her cause that her recent activity led to a run-in with the law. What is Lotta's cause and what has she been doing to get in trouble? . . .
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Michael Fishman
Minnetonka, MN
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