by amiemccracken | Aug 30, 2011 | writing
Here is my drabble (100 word story) for this week. I’m kind of thinking this one is a cheat. It’s not really a story, just a character sketch. No ending, just a description. What do you think?My greatest fear seems to be the only essential thing in my...
by amiemccracken | Aug 23, 2011 | writing
Here’s the drabble (100 word story) for today. I love to hear feedback so I can improve.That old skeleton key. It sat in a drawer, gathering dust and little strings of cobwebs. The metal had rusted a tiny bit so that it was more brown with red spots than black...
by amiemccracken | Aug 16, 2011 | writing
I found this new thing to brighten up my writing. It’s called drabbles. Stories written in exactly 100 words. So I thought I would do them every Tuesday and have ‘Drabble Dienstag.’ (Dienstag is Tuesday in German.)If you want to join in leave a...
by amiemccracken | Jul 5, 2011 | writing
I’m querying my first novel. I’ve sent only three queries so far, but I have one rejection. I’m so elated with the query process right now that I’m actually happy to have a rejection because it means someone looked at my stuff! So when I post a...
by amiemccracken | Mar 14, 2011 | photography, writing
What do you picture when you hear a fairy tale? The beautiful maidens that dance across the pages with grace and flair? Or the princes who ride on white steeds and save the day?A few months ago I decided to picture-ify three fairy tales for a friend of mine, Hanna...
by amiemccracken | Oct 25, 2010 | writing
Hi! At the end of this week is my birthday. So I’m going to have three give-aways for you. My birthday presents to my readers.Today I’m going to give you an update on my writing this month and give away a set of my postcards so you can do some writing of...
