Snippets: February 2016

Home

After five days at the Florida Writer's Convention, I'm home. To say I enjoyed the sun-soaked time would be an under comment. Submerged within the passion of over two hundred writers, I'm full. Now I'll unpack everything I've learned. Slow and deliberate.

Points of interest, flash fiction, contact writing, Word Weaver groups, book proposals, only to name a few. Over the next few weeks, I'll share what I've learned.

For now, home.

What's your favorite "time" memory?

Optimists Need Pessimists

Optimists look for opportunities.
Pessimists look for the worst in life.

Some people are optimists when things are involved and a pessimists when people are involved.

Optimists tend to live in the clouds, unlike pessimists who live with feet planted on the ground.

It's been said that POW's live longer as pessimists than optimists. Probably because in their mind, the pessimists has faced the worst.

So, to keep one balanced, mix a little dose of reality (pessimists) with dreaming, (optimists) and you'll go far.

Word of the Day: Darkle

darkle

\DAHR-kuhl\ , verb;

To grow dark, gloomy, etc.

To appear dark; show indistinctly.

The tunes were catchy during the

Superbowl, but Beyonce' anti-police lyrics

darkled the halftime, if you could make

out the words.

Fighting Anxiety

Story Idea: Presidential Takeover

(Only a thought of fiction. This scenario does not relate to any person.)

What if the President of the United States orchestrated a plot to stay in power?

His second term, he stirs protests, orchestrates unrest and dismantles law enforcement. Then several months before his term ends, the President announces he wouldn't run for office even if he could.

A few months before the President is to leave office, the country breaks into civil unrest, forcing the Commander in Chief to declare Marshal Law and to suspend the election process.

What if...

What are your thoughts? I'd love to hear.

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Have a great day. I hope to connect with you in the social media realm.