got winners?

Thanks to everyone who entered to win Roseanne Parry's Second Fiddle.

We were able to give away two copies and the winners are...

sparrowthoughts (Susan Maas)
and
Simply Heidi

Please e-mail us your mailing address (gotteenfiction@gmail.com) and we'll send out the books.

And scroll down the blog for some great writing prompts.

Thanks, again, to Roseanne for appearing on the blog and for donating two copies of Second Fiddle.

~Shari

got winners?

Thanks to everyone for your killer first line entries!

Here are my top two picks:

"Everything changes the day the cops come."  By Carol Anne Shaw

and

"I will NOT share my room with a chicken!"  By Lisa Reiss

Nice work everyone! Ever since I ran this prompt I've been thinking of everything that happens in my life as a first line. That could be a good writing exercise, too. When something happens to you, or when someone says something to you, or when you say something - imagine it printed on a page. You'll give your imagination a jump start!

Thanks again for participating and reading this blog :)

Selene

GOT WINNERS?

Thanks to everyone who sent in stories revising old fairy tales.

Here's the one we thought was the best this week:

By Andrew P:

A Takeoff on the Three Little Pigs

Once upon a time there were three really BIG wolves. They left to seek their fortune.

The first wolf made his house from bricks.

The second made his from twigs.

The third made his from grass.

Then, a little tick who loved to stick to wolves came and said with a high and tiny voice came to the first house and started to yell "Come out of there now of I'm gonna have to crawl into that house of yours and do things the hard way!"  The continued on like this until the high-pitched voice started to annoy him. 

When the big wolf opened the door, he heard a little crunch under his feet and then he heard no more of the annoying sound. 

After that, the wolves lived happily ever after 

And here's another terrific one.

By Dave S:

A Takeoff on Good Night Moon

Sweet Dreams Lunar Sphere 

In the big, olive colored area of the house

There was a cellular device 

And a scarlet balloon

And an artist’s rendering of--

The bovine leaping over the lunar sphere

And there were a trio of tiny grizzlies relaxing on seats

And a duo of baby cats

And a set of gloves

And a miniature toy domicile

And a youthful rodent

And hair care implements and a bowl filled with oatmeal

And a silent female octogenarian who was murmuring “shush”

Sweet dreams room

Sweet dreams lunar sphere

Sweet dreams bovine leaping over the lunar sphere

Sweet dreams illumination coming from the lamps

And the scarlet balloon

Sweet dreams grizzlies

Sweet dreams seats

Sweet dreams baby cats

And sweet dreams gloves

Sweet dreams time-keeping devices

And sweet dreams cozy footwear

Sweet dreams miniature domicile

And sweet dreams rodent

Sweet dreams hair care items

Sweet dreams nobody

Sweet dreams oatmeal

And sweet dreams to the female octogenarian murmuring “shush”

Sweet dreams fiery balls of gas in the sky

Sweet dreams oxygen

Sweet dreams cacophonous sounds everywhere

Don't forget to scroll back to yesterday's interview with Beth Fehlbaum to meet her and have a chance to win her book Hope In Patience. And go back to Monday's prompt and enter. We'd love to hear your story!

Have a wonderful weekend!

~Shari