Archive for the ‘100 Words’ Category
My dear word-nerdlings, I hope you had a lovely holiday. We had a mellow gathering here at the Velvet Verbosity household. Just me and the kids. Mr. Verbosity was away at a family gathering I didn’t feel like going to, and my extended family were far away this year, so I seized the opportunity to [...]
I was driving home from my new job/business venture today and reflecting on various moments, including the very moment I was in, and writing little word vignettes in my head the way I do. Unlike journal writing, these are tiny little snapshots of moments that stand out, the bright threads that sparkle from the weave [...]
Welcome word-nerdlings, and “Team B”, to the second half of (cue deep baritone voice-over) The Great Trifecta Anniversary Writing Challenge Mash-up! In case you missed the news, Trifecta Writing Challenge is celebrating one year of most excellent writing prompts, and they asked me if I wanted to team up for a writing challenge twist to [...]
Hold on to your keyboards word-nerdlings, because this writing filled month is about to go up a notch or two. In case you haven’t heard the news, Velvet Verbosity and Trifecta are teaming up this week to help Trifecta celebrate their first anniversary. So you’ve got NaNoWriMo (if you’re that crazy, and I know at [...]
Word-nerdlings, I’ve been virtually storm chasing Hurricane Sandy for days, and by last night I was glued so tight to my computer screen you couldn’t have pried me off with the Jaws of Life. The only time I stopped watching live news coverage, following tweets, and texting my loved ones was to bake cookies and [...]
