Today’s Oneword: Rally The Oneword website is a daily writing exercise where you have 60 seconds to write something based on one word. Here is today’s 1-minute creative riff: The mob began as a rally, people walking out of homes, cafes, businesses. In large groups they filled the cobblestone streets, stopping at the wide plaza … Read More
Today’s Oneword: Vapor The Oneword website is a daily writing exercise where you have 60 seconds to write something based on one word. Here is today’s 1-minute creative riff: The motorcycle rattled to a stop, and she had hardly taken off her helmet before she was grabbling tools out of the sidecar. A vapor rose … Read More
Today’s Oneword: Bloomed The Oneword website is a daily writing exercise where you have 60 seconds to write something based on one word. Here is today’s 1-minute creative riff: Standing at the mouth of the cave, he watched the sun rise. The light, dripping honey and gold, filtered through the forest. At the first touch … Read More
Today’s Oneword: Plaster The Oneword website is a daily writing exercise where you have 60 seconds to write something based on one word. Here’s today’s 1-minute creative riff: The room must have been white once. Long ago. Not a generation ago. Not even a century ago. Maybe a thousand years ago. No, he thought with … Read More
Today’s Oneword: Dot The Oneword website is a daily writing exercise where you have 60 seconds to write something based on one word. Here’s today’s 1-minute creative riff: The dot looked bigger now, rising above the horizon like a sun in a hurry. The noon light glinted off it, silver-gold. Once high in the air, … Read More
Today’s Oneword: Stapled The Oneword website is a daily writing exercise where you have 60 seconds to write something based on one word. Here’s today’s 1-minute creative riff: They stared at each other, exhaustion tinging each man’s eyes. After all the questions, all the dates asked about, the two trick questions of countries he hadn’t … Read More
Today’s Oneword: Irreverent A 60-second riff based on one word: “You talk as if you’re supposed to be all high-fallutin. But here you are, drinking a pint, making fun of gods. I don’t understand you.” “I suppose I’m a bit holy, but that’s no reason to refrain from being irreverent. Gods need a good razzing … Read More
Today’s Oneword: Meow A 60-second riff based on one word: Her meow surprised him, the soft sound like a question coming from under the cart. He kneeled at the side of the street. The wee cat looked up at him. He picked her up and set the thin cat on his shoulders. “Most people travel … Read More
One month. Wow. It’s been a month since The Martini of Destiny started making its way in the world. Thank you for all the kind words and reviews. This will be a quick update on what the latest has been (you can see updates from week 1 and weeks 2-3 as well). The meh of … Read More
Today’s Oneword: Unwritten A 60-second riff based on one word: The unwritten rules stood between them, glaring as strongly and harshly as they did at each other. What he had suggested just wasn’t done. It hadn’t been done. In over a thousand years, there had been no such change to the recipe. But it had … Read More
