Writing Challenge 2016

When it comes to professionals, you won’t find anyone more professional than the authors of this blog. Ethan and Holli are world-class professional procrastinators. If you have suffered in untold agony for years as a Type A, OCD, punctuality fanatic, suffer no more. For a small fee, Ethan and Holli will share with you the key ideas that made them the […]

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Dialogue 1

Characters: Isabella Walsh: 11 years old; founder of the Butterfly Club, the Tree Climbing Club, the Walshabaskian Spies (a small band of girls to committed to defeating the evils of the Girl Exterminating Club), and, most recently, the Walsh Detective Agency Miss Lucinda Guck: 34. Correctionist. Wears her hair pulled back in a tight bun. Overseer of the Matronly […]

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Sarah’s Sonnets

Holli Gibbs Sonnet 1                                   04/14/08 In silent rapture sits my sister fair. Intent her gaze, she listens carefully, Her cheeks aglow with color rich and rare, Her light eyes fastened on him faithfully. Those eyes, so beautiful and […]

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Fairy Tale Chapter 3

“You ready?” Amelia asked, watching herself in the mirror as she secured the diamond necklace around her neck and re-positioned her curls. Elizabeth muttered a “yes,” but remained sitting cross-legged on her bed, glaring off into space. Amelia turned toward her sister and saw for the first time that she was still wearing her t-shirt […]

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Fairy Tale Chapter 1

Holli Gibbs Elizabeth lay in her bed, tucked between layers of soft cotton. Her eyes were closed, but her mind was wide awake, brainstorming. After about twenty minutes, her eyes popped open. “Amelia,” she said. “Are you awake yet? Amelia?” Elizabeth threw back her covers and swung her feet around, bringing them down on the […]

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Race to Verdue Fountain–part 1

Ethan Talbert Shadows drifted over the table, flickering on and off with the fire. The spiced cider warmed Alston down to his toes. It was cold outside. Alston looked across the table at his friend. “You don’t know what it’s like,” Alston said. “I may be brand new here too, but I’ve learned about it […]

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When I Have Nothing

holli gibbs When I have nothing, The treasures of my heart all gone, Crumbled into dust and blown away, The silence screams while endless space Crowds in from every far off place. I grieve the dying light of yesterday, Alone in a world I used to call my own. When I have nothing, The treasures […]

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To Give God all My Heart

by Holli Gibbs I didn’t love You from the very start When what I loved the most was my own way, But now I live to give You all my heart. You made a promise—that we would never part, That You would love me always, come what may, But I didn’t love You from the […]

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The Tree

by Holli Gibbs   Hollow tree, but O was the bark blameless! Laid out evenly, Lined up perfectly, In an unbelievable smoothness. But the leaves didn’t grow and Every time the wind would start, The tree would shiver, knowing How barren its heart. Only God could fill the shrub, making Its true fruits come to […]

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