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Author has written 64 stories for General, Fantasy, and General. LINKS...LINKS...LINKS Our site: http://www.thewritingcircle.com NEWS...NEWS...NEWS 02.06.09 ABOUT...ABOUT...ABOUT Once upon a time, there lived a teenage girl in Wisconsin who was bored. She should have been memorizing her part for The Man of Destiny, but she didn't want to. What she really wanted to do was write, but she had no inspiration. So she got this great idea...a system of monthly writing challenges to keep everyone's creative juices flowing! She told her friends her idea, and lo and behold, they liked it! And thus The Writing Circle was born... | |||||||||
1. Fiction Challenge 05Science FantasyComplete - Fantasy - Fiction Rated: T - English - Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,280 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 1-2-10 - Published: 1-2-102. Fiction Challenge 02 Fall 2009 » reviewsHedgehogs, vertigo, Ceres, oxygen, and henna.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 2 - Words: 2,554 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 10-13-09 - Published: 10-13-093. Poetry Challenge 01 Fall 2009 » reviewsSonnets!General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 3 - Words: 474 - Reviews: 10 - Updated: 9-27-09 - Published: 9-27-094. Object Challenge 1B » reviewsA hot potato, silver bells, a glass bottle, a public building, and a moving car with only three wheels.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 5 - Words: 12,198 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 8-10-09 - Published: 8-10-095. Poetry Challenge 2 » reviewsSomething that pitter-patters.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 3 - Words: 326 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 7-26-09 - Published: 7-26-096. Genre Challenge 01 » reviewsSuperhero stories!Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 5 - Words: 12,225 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 7-12-09 - Published: 7-9-097. Poetry Challenge 1 » reviewsA limerick.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 6 - Words: 543 - Reviews: 15 - Updated: 6-17-09 - Published: 6-17-098. Formal Challenge 1 New » reviewsCharacter: Someone skilled at working with their hands Location: A jungle Event: An explosion Quote: "How long will it be before you smile again?"Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 3 - Words: 2,849 - Reviews: 8 - Updated: 6-9-09 - Published: 6-9-099. Tonal Challenge 01 » reviewsAll stories are written in second person, present tense.General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 7 - Words: 9,152 - Reviews: 15 - Updated: 5-8-09 - Published: 5-1-0910. Poetry Challenge 01B »Our second poetry challenge, on hesitation.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 2 - Words: 731 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 5-5-09 - Published: 5-5-0911. Object Challenge One » reviewsCauldron, white, twigs, coffee, and a book. Ooh!Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 8 - Words: 8,784 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 4-16-09 - Published: 4-2-0912. Poetry Challenge 01A » reviewsThe first form challenge - a tanka.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 5 - Words: 247 - Reviews: 8 - Updated: 3-15-09 - Published: 3-15-0913. Character Challenge One » reviewsRequirements: The protagonist must be a writer who does NOT write fiction or poetry.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 5 - Words: 16,820 - Reviews: 16 - Updated: 3-8-09 - Published: 3-1-0914. Formal Challenge 05 » reviewsCharacter if not the protagonist, then a major character : Someone with wings Location at least 50% of the action must take place here : South of the equator Object should be important to the plot : A fireplace Quote someone should say this; again,Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 6 - Words: 13,661 - Reviews: 13 - Updated: 2-8-09 - Published: 2-1-0915. Challenge Forty Two » reviewsCorrections, egocentrism, small animals, something borrowed, and storage compartments.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 7 - Words: 12,399 - Reviews: 15 - Updated: 1-11-09 - Published: 1-1-0916. Challenge Forty One » reviewsMoney, the USA, a computer, honey, and sleep deprivation. Hmmm.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 6 - Words: 13,887 - Reviews: 29 - Updated: 12-10-08 - Published: 12-1-0817. Challenge Forty » reviewsThe words cockamamie, lugubrious, and obsequious, an exercise ball, and one of the following: a hodag, a bunyip, or a hippocamp.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 10 - Words: 27,707 - Reviews: 39 - Updated: 11-10-08 - Published: 11-2-0818. Challenge Thirty Nine » reviewsA first experience, someone saying "I've never seen one that small before.", a strange flavored lollipop/sucker,a hidden compartment, a paddleComplete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 7 - Words: 10,348 - Reviews: 19 - Updated: 10-9-08 - Published: 10-3-0819. Challenge Thirty Eight » reviewsA hot plate, Creeping Charlie, a beehive, a public bathroom/toilet, and sandpaper.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 10 - Words: 15,940 - Reviews: 17 - Updated: 9-10-08 - Published: 9-3-0820. Challenge Thirty Seven » reviewsBLAHHHComplete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 12 - Words: 34,381 - Reviews: 34 - Updated: 8-9-08 - Published: 8-2-0821. Lughnasadh Poetry Challenge 2008 » reviewsTWC tackles sonnets. Deep thoughts, failed plans, and stolen socks ensue.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 5 - Words: 665 - Reviews: 12 - Updated: 8-8-08 - Published: 8-8-0822. Challenge Thirty Six » reviewsMood lighting, a lesson, shoes, an explosive, a flying rodent, reptile, or amphibian. Chiomi doesn't know how to format, but Motoko is still lazy.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 12 - Words: 36,061 - Reviews: 38 - Updated: 7-10-08 - Published: 7-2-0823. Formal Challenge 04 » reviewsA holy woman in the middle of nowhere on a first day. Someone says "clothes are optional."Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 10 - Words: 21,355 - Reviews: 15 - Updated: 6-8-08 - Published: 6-1-0824. Challenge Thirty Five » reviewsA gateway, oversized carnivores, propaganda, unusual precipitation, and the resolution of at least on plot point. Fenrir's first challenge.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 4 - Words: 12,464 - Reviews: 25 - Updated: 5-8-08 - Published: 5-2-0825. The Adventures of the Circle » reviewsCircle Castle, the base of TWC was peaceful until Myriad, the founder, was kidnapped. Rescue attempts, fake blood, and homicidal cats ensue. IT'S FINALLY DONE!Complete - Fantasy - Fiction Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Humor - Chapters: 45 - Words: 41,223 - Reviews: 14 - Updated: 4-29-08 - Published: 10-18-0626. Challenge Thirty Four » reviewsSunset, something broken, a race, confidence, and evil. What will come of this?Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 11 - Words: 15,439 - Reviews: 26 - Updated: 4-8-08 - Published: 4-1-0827. Challenge Thirty Three » reviewsSomething that scares you in real life, runes, a metaphor relating to lizards, a sibling, and a pun. Way to go Kana.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 8 - Words: 18,296 - Reviews: 28 - Updated: 3-16-08 - Published: 3-2-0828. Challenge Thirty Two » reviewsFlowers, a poor person, murder, water, a tough decision. Oh what fun.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 15 - Words: 27,274 - Reviews: 59 - Updated: 2-9-08 - Published: 2-1-0829. Challenge Thirty One » reviewsSauerkraut, a 1800 telephone number, nail Clippings, velveteen, and Errol Flynn. What will come of this?Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 6 - Words: 10,704 - Reviews: 16 - Updated: 1-8-08 - Published: 1-1-0830. Challenge Thirty » reviewsNail polish, eye contact,a chandelier, the word ensconce and a crowd. Sounds interesting.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 8 - Words: 15,131 - Reviews: 26 - Updated: 12-8-07 - Published: 12-1-0731. Challenge Twenty Nine » reviewsRoyalty, a belly dancer, a vaccine, laundry and fuel. Sounds promising.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 7 - Words: 16,891 - Reviews: 42 - Updated: 11-10-07 - Published: 11-1-0732. Formal Challenge 03 » reviewsA wedding on an army base with a man with a girls name and someone saying Is it supposed to be that color.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 9 - Words: 22,304 - Reviews: 36 - Updated: 10-8-07 - Published: 10-8-0733. Challenge Twenty Eight » reviewsElectricity, a crocodile, a musical instrument, a moment of complete silence, and woodwork. Sounds dangerous.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 9 - Words: 14,432 - Reviews: 43 - Updated: 9-9-07 - Published: 9-4-0734. Challenge Twenty Seven » reviewsA first aid kit, the Discovery Channel, hair, coffee and jewelry. Sounds like a Chiomi challenge.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 14 - Words: 26,245 - Reviews: 56 - Updated: 8-16-07 - Published: 8-1-0735. Challenge Twenty Six » reviewsSeige weapons, a person with a strange obsession, an extinct animal, a mug and pigeons. A challenge by Ylaenek. What can I say?Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 9 - Words: 17,827 - Reviews: 45 - Updated: 7-10-07 - Published: 7-4-0736. Challenge Twenty Five » reviewsAn evil mother, a volcano, an eyeball, cookies with a strange ingredient and puppets or dolls. Sounds like Kana.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 11 - Words: 17,802 - Reviews: 42 - Updated: 6-13-07 - Published: 6-1-0737. Challenge Twenty Four » reviewsWorms, an apostrophe, a tricycle, a rock opera and a car with stick shift. Myriad bit me.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 9 - Words: 9,376 - Reviews: 51 - Updated: 5-8-07 - Published: 5-2-0738. Challenge Twenty Three » reviewsBlood, a broken window, a religious symbol, ice, and skin . . .Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 11 - Words: 16,604 - Reviews: 46 - Updated: 4-9-07 - Published: 4-1-0739. Challenge Twenty Two » reviewsCarnelian, a loom, heat, deception, and something rough. I swear that wasn't what I had in mind...General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 8 - Words: 10,757 - Reviews: 26 - Updated: 3-8-07 - Published: 3-1-0740. Formal Challenge 02 » reviewsAn airport, a Mary Sue or Gary Stu, What happened to my teddie bear? and a flood of something other than water. The second formal challenge.Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 12 - Words: 36,505 - Reviews: 60 - Updated: 2-11-07 - Published: 2-1-0741. Challenge Twenty One » reviewsCookies, newspaper, a slightly out of control fire, bells, frustration. What will the new year bring?Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 10 - Words: 16,633 - Reviews: 49 - Updated: 1-9-07 - Published: 1-1-0742. The Twentieth Challenge » reviewsPants, Turquoise, Camouflage, Carnations, and Pizza. How do we come up with these things?Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 12 - Words: 16,153 - Reviews: 34 - Updated: 12-9-06 - Published: 12-2-0643. The Nineteenth Challenge » reviewsA Cactus, A Skeleton, A Dog Toy, Candy, Confusion. Sounds spooky!Complete - General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 8 - Words: 9,644 - Reviews: 57 - Updated: 11-10-06 - Published: 11-1-0644. The Eighteenth Challenge » reviewsNinjas, a bakery, pink flavored bubblegum, a platypus, and thorns. How much cooler can you get?General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 8 - Words: 12,733 - Reviews: 30 - Updated: 10-8-06 - Published: 10-1-0645. The Seventeenth Challenge » reviewsMarigolds, a music box, a haiku, melodrama. "Et tu, Brute"General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 11 - Words: 40,591 - Reviews: 45 - Updated: 9-10-06 - Published: 9-3-0646. The Sixteenth Challenge » reviewsGummi bears, martini glasses, crystal, the moon, and tears. Short stories.General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 12 - Words: 19,971 - Reviews: 71 - Updated: 8-9-06 - Published: 7-31-0647. Lughnasadh 2006 » reviewsShakespearean/English sonnets.General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 3 - Words: 459 - Reviews: 8 - Updated: 7-31-06 - Published: 7-31-0648. The Fifteenth Challenge » reviewsA tiger, an albino, a man named Leo, a burn, and a galaxy. Let the madness begin! Short stories.General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 15 - Words: 45,524 - Reviews: 75 - Updated: 7-11-06 - Published: 7-1-0649. The First Formal Challenge » reviewsOur most structured challenge to date! Fun with cowboys, cruise liners, choirs and eyebrows. Short stories.General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 6 - Words: 11,487 - Reviews: 43 - Updated: 6-10-06 - Published: 6-8-0650. The Fourteenth Challenge » reviewsCrates of bottled water, a priceless vase, a blank diary, something that bites, and rainclouds. Short stories.General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 10 - Words: 24,367 - Reviews: 53 - Updated: 5-9-06 - Published: 5-1-0651. The Thirteenth Challenge » reviewsRibbon. Snow. A fruit platter. Backgammon. Sheets.General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 16 - Words: 25,711 - Reviews: 85 - Updated: 4-9-06 - Published: 4-1-0652. The Twelfth Challenge » reviewsA man named Bob. Who may be a clown. With a spoon. And a malfunctioning computer. And...something falling from the sky?General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 16 - Words: 31,111 - Reviews: 77 - Updated: 3-12-06 - Published: 3-1-0653. The Eleventh Challenge » reviewsA porn magazine, lederhosen, two feuding middle-aged women, and six powdered wigs. Quick, run like little girls!General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 10 - Words: 25,142 - Reviews: 47 - Updated: 2-14-06 - Published: 2-1-0654. The Tenth Challenge » reviewsDuct tape; a bluegill; muffins; a canoe; a single flip-flopGeneral - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 8 - Words: 16,817 - Reviews: 37 - Updated: 1-14-06 - Published: 1-11-0655. The Ninth Challenge » reviewsA monkey. A belt. A big stick. A lollipop. A vampire-or a transvestite-or a transvestie vampire?General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 10 - Words: 13,393 - Reviews: 74 - Updated: 12-13-05 - Published: 12-4-0556. The Eighth Challenge » reviewsThe new moon. A cat. A history textbook, Rain, and...a fork?General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 7 - Words: 16,537 - Reviews: 24 - Updated: 11-1-05 - Published: 11-1-0557. The Seventh Challenge » reviewsEnvy. A racecar. A dog that thinks it's a cat. A lawn gnome and...a coocoo clock?General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 11 - Words: 13,610 - Reviews: 46 - Updated: 9-13-05 - Published: 9-1-0558. The Adventures of AquaBadgerMan » reviewsThe adventures of Wisconsin's premier fictional vigilante. I think we've learned to never let Chiomi name anything. . .Fantasy - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Adventure - Chapters: 2 - Words: 993 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 8-17-05 - Published: 8-17-0559. The Sixth Challenge » reviewsAnger. A rose. Silk. A motorcycle. A dumpster. Absolutely wonderful...General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 12 - Words: 17,724 - Reviews: 70 - Updated: 8-2-05 - Published: 8-1-0560. The Fifth Challenge » reviewsA fire extinguisher, a friendship-bracelet making kit, a houseplant, crack, and croutons.General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 10 - Words: 25,241 - Reviews: 46 - Updated: 7-2-05 - Published: 7-2-0561. The Fourth Challenge » reviewsA run-down old Jeep, a broken hand mirror, a gallon of pink hair dye, a reference to yaoi, and a girl who desperately needs to pee. This could get dangerous...General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 10 - Words: 20,976 - Reviews: 27 - Updated: 6-1-05 - Published: 6-1-0562. The Third Challenge » reviewsA hummingbird-a tree stump-a metal washtub-tomato paste-lab goggles. This should be interesting...General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 10 - Words: 11,298 - Reviews: 32 - Updated: 5-2-05 - Published: 5-1-0563. The Second Challenge » reviewsTime, space, and dimensional travel. Two boys kissing. Magical powers. A weapons fight. Sexual innuendo. You know you want to read it.General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 8 - Words: 18,451 - Reviews: 37 - Updated: 4-13-05 - Published: 4-2-0564. The First Challenge » reviewsBagpipes, a rolled-up newspaper, potting soil, an opera house, and Meredith. Let the games begin...General - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 3 - Words: 5,955 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 3-2-05 - Published: 3-1-05
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