2019 Daily Writing Challenge January 29

January 29, 2019December 30, 2018 / JoHawkTheWriter / 2 Comments

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Today Is Day 29 of the 2019 Daily Writing Challenge.

Did you write yesterday? Let us know your Day 28 word count in the comments.

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What is the 2019 Daily Writing Challenge? It is simple: Write something every day.

Write a little, write a lot. Just write. You have all day.

It doesn’t matter if you write 5 words, 5,000 words or something in between. The idea is to establish a daily writing habit. If you miss a day, don’t worry. Write today and report tomorrow on your success.

A great journey begins with one step. A great writing habit begins with one word. Go!

Check back tomorrow for the Day 29 Report and let us know how you did.

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Keep on writing.

Jo Hawk The Writer

Daily Quote

January 28, 2019January 27, 2019 / JoHawkTheWriter / 5 Comments

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We are driven to do more, faster, finish the never-ending to-do list and move on to the next great item guaranteed to make our day. We spend our time working hard and achieving our goals. We are told the attainment of our goals will bring us fulfillment. And we buy into the mindset, the lifestyle. One by one we attain the goals and discover we are left without the feeling of fulfillment they promised.

If we are honest, we discover the pleasure and the fun lies in the journey, the places we see, the people we met the lives we touch. The thrill is in the struggle, in the joy of people helping each other. Those are the stories that touch our souls and the stories we need to tell. Those are the journeys and the paths readers want to follow.

How do you celebrate the journey?

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Keep on writing.

Jo Hawk The Writer

2019 Daily Writing Challenge January 28

January 28, 2019December 30, 2018 / JoHawkTheWriter

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Today Is Day 28 of the 2019 Daily Writing Challenge.

Did you write yesterday? Let us know your Day 27 word count in the comments.

———————

What is the 2019 Daily Writing Challenge? It is simple: Write something every day.

Write a little, write a lot. Just write. You have all day.

A great journey begins with one step. A great writing habit begins with one word. Go!

Check back tomorrow for the Day 28 Report and let us know how you did.

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Keep on writing.

Jo Hawk The Writer

Stolen Temple — 3 Line Tales

January 27, 2019January 26, 2019 / JoHawkTheWriter / 7 Comments

From Sonya’s 3LineTales at Only100Words.
You can find the original prompt here. Thank you, Sonya.

photo by Sam Loyd via Unsplash

There are devils standing to the left and to the right, I feel their cold despair and know their soul desire is to tear my world apart.

There are voices in the sky, saying on you I can rely, but their words are only lies.

They are the thieves that stole my heart, robbed me of your love, and now the thieves rule the temple tonight.

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Keep on writing.

Jo Hawk The Writer

Daily Quote

January 27, 2019January 26, 2019 / JoHawkTheWriter / 6 Comments

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I keep a daily schedule listing the items I want to accomplish. I make an entry Monday to Sunday, dutifully blocking an hour to write. And life laughs at me. Phone calls, text messages, hunger pains, dirty laundry, and a thousand other diversions, conspire to distract me from my best intentions. They are tests, each designed to challenge my commitment to my stated goal.

I find myself engaged in the excuse removal business. I schedule laundry time, plan meals, silence the phone and other notifications. When my scheduled writing time arrives and laundry beckons, I refer the request to its scheduled time and push the beast out the door. Leaning hard on the door I block the other diversions and attempt to summon my muse by writing.

Is your daily writing time scheduled?

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Keep on writing.

Jo Hawk The Writer

2019 Daily Writing Challenge January 27

January 27, 2019December 30, 2018 / JoHawkTheWriter

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Today Is Day 27 of the 2019 Daily Writing Challenge.

Did you write yesterday? Let us know your Day 26 word count in the comments.

———————

What is the 2019 Daily Writing Challenge? It is simple: Write something every day.

Write a little, write a lot. Just write. You have all day.

A great journey begins with one step. A great writing habit begins with one word. Go!

Check back tomorrow for the Day 27 Report and let us know how you did.

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Keep on writing.

Jo Hawk The Writer

TP Toddlers — FFfAW

January 26, 2019 / JoHawkTheWriter / 14 Comments

Title: TP Toddlers
Source: Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers – Week of 01-22 through 01-28-2019
Word count: 170 words

This week’s photo prompt is provided by H.R.R. Gorman. Thank you H.R.R.!

Nicky had spent twenty-four hours walking the floor with the baby. The doctor diagnosed a cold. Nothing to worry about he said. The baby thought otherwise, crying inconsolably. Nicky cooed and sung lullabies and tried to sooth the baby and watch her two older children.

She didn’t remember falling asleep, but she woke in a panic. The baby lay sleeping in her crib. Nicky watched the steady rise and fall of her chest. Relieved, Nicky rubbed her groggy head and went in search of her other two children.

They were not in their beds and the house was strangely quiet. She walked into the living room where she surveyed rearranged furniture, draped with bedsheets and rolls of toilet paper. Her two little ones lay asleep in the makeshift fort.

Her oldest stirred and smiled at her.

“I watched Jamie,” he said. “We made a fort. Do you like it, Mommy?”

“It’s a great fort. Is there room for me?”

“Yep.”

Nicky crawled beneath the toilet paper canopy and hugged him.

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Keep on writing.

Jo Hawk The Writer

Daily Quote

January 26, 2019January 25, 2019 / JoHawkTheWriter / 12 Comments

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Music plays as I wash dishes, do laundry and clean the house. It is my traveling companion as I drive. And often playlists run while I write. Music can be bubble gum for my brain, sweet and non-demanding, it allows my mind to relax from the rigors of serious thought.

At its best music can inspire and guide my writing, helping to develop an atmosphere as I write. Then there are the times when serendipity intervenes, and a song inspires an amazing turn of phrase that makes your writing amazing. Other times silence is the order of the day.

What background audio frames your writing time?

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Keep on writing.

Jo Hawk The Writer

2019 Daily Writing Challenge January 26

January 26, 2019December 30, 2018 / JoHawkTheWriter

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Today Is Day 26 of the 2019 Daily Writing Challenge.

Did you write yesterday? Let us know your Day 25 word count in the comments.

———————

What is the 2019 Daily Writing Challenge? It is simple: Write something every day.

Write a little, write a lot. Just write. You have all day.

A great journey begins with one step. A great writing habit begins with one word. Go!

Check back tomorrow for the Day 26 Report and let us know how you did.

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Keep on writing.

Jo Hawk The Writer

In A Corner — Thursday Threads

January 25, 2019January 24, 2019 / JoHawkTheWriter / 8 Comments

Photo by NeONBRAND on Unsplash

“I need you to stay quiet and out of sight,” Marie said, searching her two babies’ faces. “Joshua, take care of Annie, okay?”

His lips form a hard line across his face and Annie looked scared, her sweet two-year-old mind incapable of understanding. Joshua wrapped his arms around her, holding her close.

Marie placed her index finger to her pursed lips, smiled, then closed the cabinet door. Gripping the gun behind her back, she listened as the intruder searched for them.

She turned facing the locked door. He was getting closer. She listened to his footsteps, watched the doorknob shake.

The door shook, bouncing in its frame as the intruder kicked, once, twice. The wood splintered with a sickening sound and cracked around the hinges. One more kick and he would be in. The gun wobbled in her hand. It was heavy, and terror threatened to consume her, as unshed tears blurred her vision.

“This isn’t helping. You’re all they have.”

She inhaled, planted her feet hip distance apart, squared her shoulders and adjusted her grip. Steady now, her terror receded, replaced by anger.

“How dare you break into my home? Threaten my babies?”

A final kick sent the door flying inward, crashing to the floor, it skidded towards her. She didn’t flinch as it stopped inches from her feet. Face to face with the intruder he stared at her for a moment before he howled. It almost sounded like laughter, but she wasn’t laughing.

Marie took aim and fired.

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Keep on writing.

Jo Hawk The Writer