Ornery ramblings of a political science professor
Here we are at Week 9 for the prompt at More Odds than Ends. Wow. Over two months of writing prompts. I'm pretty impressed with my consistency. I'm also impressed with my own writing. This week's prompt came from Kat Ross. It was this: Like I said with last week's prompt, who knew I could …
It's Week 8 of the More Odds than Ends prompts. Being a part of these eight weeks of prompts has been a voyage of self-discovery for me. Who knew I had the ability to write stories? Not me! I am having so much fin with these prompts and this new path for me. So, here …
Every now and then, the PhD in political science comes in handy. By that I mean, I've read some really boring, esoteric, random stuff that goes into a great deal of detail on just about every obscure political thing you can think of. In my master's program, I took a class on Marx. An entire …
Over at More Odds Than Ends, it's the Week 7 writing prompt challenge. This week my prompt was a photo which you can see over there. My brain is a bit fried from a very weird and stressful week at work, but this is what I came up with. *********** “Mama, who’s this in the …
That's a word invented by Burke Breathed the creator of Bloom County. Some people are just super easy to offend. They're just looking to be offended. They are also usually extremely clueless and lacking self-awareness. They have a great deal of offensensitivity and excel in looking for and finding offense in almost everyone and everything …
Once again it's prompt time from More Odds than Ends. This week's prompt allowed me to continue my story about Jack and his run-ins with cursed dolls. I like where this is going and I'm getting an idea for a book and maybe even a series. We'll see. Let me know what you think. Week …
Week 5 of More Odds than Ends writing prompts. If you would like to join in (please do! The more the merrier!) just go to More Odds Than Ends and read through the first post for the rules. My prompt was: You hear a strange tap, tap, tapping at your door. When you open the …
