Friday Feeds

It’s snow fair Friday Giftures   Don’t you just love when it is the first snow of the year and everyone drives on the road like they are one of those horses that are just born and are trying to walk for the first time… Source: It’s snow fair Friday Giftures   Strategies for Talking…

Friday Feeds… And the winners are:

  Bitter Bending Machines Friday Giftures | Ben’s Bitter Blog   Vending machines are way of life for many. People are so busy with their stupid jobs or running from work to school to practice to the grocery store to practice to home, that they don’… Source: Bitter Bending Machines Friday Giftures | Ben’s Bitter…

Friday Feeds Enjoy

  Scary Season Friday Giftures | Ben’s Bitter Blog   According to my daughter, we are in spooky season. It’s kind of funny that she seems to like it so much considering that she is afraid of just about everything. But hey, aren’t w… Source: Scary Season Friday Giftures | Ben’s Bitter Blog   David…

Friday Feeds…This weeks picks!

Bitter Ben always at the top of the list.   Mercury must have been covered up by Neptune, and Saturn must have put a ring on Pluto on the day I was doing my school schedule, because somehow I found a way to get a Friday completely fre… Source: Screw it up Friday Giftures Goat…

There Are No Carparks in the USA,

Peeps, I’ll be the first to admit I’m not perfect, nor is my writing. I know I need an editor; I’m just too broke to pay for one…  And, although I know people living in glass houses shouldn’t complain (unless they can do so anonymously,)  after reading a slew of American romances that came from…

Bless Your Heart… The southern backhanded comment..

Coming from the south, hearing a backhanded comment is like coming home: Inside that lilting drawl is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. A passive aggressive sneak attack disguised as praise or advice, leaving an unvoiced insult in its wake. Done well, it subtlety conveys disdain in a manner you can’t respond to directly without looking…

Profane vs Profanity?

My love for creative profanity has been well documented in some of my earlier writings (although my satirical skills are still in their infancy, thus explaining my joyful potty mouth.) But, seriously Peeps, is there anything more entertaining then well crafted insults that ignore the boundaries of good taste? Is profanity limited to the bad…

Another Immutable Writerly Rule

  Treat the below items like the puss filled sebaceous cysts they are and excise them from your manuscript: Obvious/assumed actions and redundant informational  phrases:   Tricky Dick Mugillacutty picked up a slice of pizza in his hand, brought it to his mouth and took a bite. Unless gluttonous acts of pizza perversity are in…