heat wave
salutes Bradbury:
“All Summer in a Day”
#quikfic 6
Every morning, I discover my bookmark is three pages forward of where I left it. My wife says it proves our house is haunted.
Quotable 106
Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.
– Louis L’Amour
haiku 218
late spring –
nickel-sized hail
batters steel door
#quikfic 5
Kurt scaled the cliff and drew his sword. His foe was nowhere to be seen. Fighting climate change was harder than he had expected.
#quikfic 4
The last time a clown followed me home, I kept finding his rubber nose in the medicine cabinet. I vowed it wouldn’t happen again.
Quotable 105
The only good writing is intuitive writing. It would be a big bore if you knew where it was going. It has to be exciting, instantaneous and it has to be a surprise. Then it all comes blurting out and it’s beautiful. I’ve had a sign by my typewriter for 25 years now which reads, “DON’T THINK!”
– Ray Bradbury (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012)
haiku 217
picnic
dirty white dog
shares my chicken
#quikfic 3
Something’s in the closet, trying to get out. Something else is in the hall, trying to get in. I’m the bologna in this sandwich.
Quotable 104
Technique will hold a reader from sentence to sentence, but only content will stay in his mind.
– Joyce Carol Oates