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Haiku: Potatoes for Soup

Haiku: Potatoes for Soup #amwriting #haikuchallenge #fantasyflashfiction #LoTR #Gollum #lotrhumor

This week I have 2 haiku’s for RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Challenge, a fun activity and contest that is open for everyone to participate, and helps keep our creative writer’s mind active! This week’s words are: Want & Tatters. I hope you enjoy both. One is for humor, the other more serious.

Potatoes for Soup

“What’s tatters, precious?”

“Taters, you uncouth Gollum!”

“Stupid Hobbitses.”

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Original? Is That Even Possible?

Original? Is That Possible? #howtowriteoriginal #isoriginalpossible #writetips #amwriting #highfantasybooks #upperMG #christianfantasybooks

It’s a great feeling if your work gets called “Original” by someone. You feel like you’ve written something special and worthwhile, something that nobody else has thought up but you. Your story is unique, and that’s why so many people will want to read it. You hope for that word “Original” as a label on your book. But soon a difficult reality strikes: To write something people will consider…

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Haiku: Unreachable

Haiku: Unreachable #haikuchallenge #ronovanwrites #weeklyhaiku

For RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Challenge, a fun activity and contest that is open for anyone to participate. This week’s words are: Vie & Reach. I hope you enjoy it.

“Unreachable”

She flew beyond reach, The Prince vied to bring her back, But Death blocked his path.

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Haiku: Knights' Death

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For RonovanWrites Weekly Challenge, which is a fun activity and contest, and is open for all to participate! This week’s words are: ill & rest. I hope you enjoy it.

“Knights’ Death”

The thunder bodes ill

Across a soaked battlefield,

In death the knights rest.

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The Fairy Who Wanted Easter

The Fairy Who Wanted Easter #BlogBattle #flashfiction #fantasyshort #shortstory #fairies #Easterfairy #easterdragon #easterstory

This is my short entry for this week’s #BlogBattle challenge by Rachael Ritchey, where we have to write a short story based on that week’s chosen topic; visit the link for more info. This week’s topic is: “Eggs,” which fits nicely with Easter almost here. This short story takes place many years before the first short story: Clover. If you haven’t read it yet, please do. :) Enjoy!

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Young…

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Haiku: "Danger Lurks"

Haiku: "Danger Lurks" #haikus #dangerlurks #RonovanWrites #weeklyhaiku #haikuchallenge #foul&sweet

RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Challenge #37 is: Foul & Sweet.

“Danger Lurks”

Her temper is foul,

Though her soothing touch is sweet,

Danger lurks within.

I’m happy to hear your thoughts on it.

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RonovanWrites' Week 36 #Haiku Challenge

RonovanWrites' Week 36 #Haiku Challenge Field & Beacon #haikuchallenge #haikus

This week, Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Challenge, the two words given to us are: Field & Beacon. The challenge is that we write a haiku with both of these words in it. Here is mine! :)

“Field & Beacon”

The forlorn field wails,

Its song across Irish seas,

The beacon rings peace.

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