Muse Mugging Monday
Writing Prompt: Write a story about a baker who is able to use truth as an ingredient. All who eat his baked goods have to tell the truth for an entire day.
Inspirational Quote: “Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it.”
-Emily Dickinson
Muse Mugging Monday
Writing Prompt: Start a story with: ‘It was an ordinary day until a character from my favorite movie asked for my help to save the world.’
Inspirational Quote: “Remember, the essence of storytelling demands that we place our main characters on a path. A quest with something at stake, with something to do, to achieve, to learn, and to change.”
-Larry Brooks – Story Engineering
Muse Mugging Monday
Writing Prompt: You are an alien on a ship headed toward Earth in the year 2036. What are the first five things you see when you transport to the surface of the planet?
Inspirational Quote: “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
-Eleanor Roosevelt
Trailer Park Shark vs. Gold Medal Man
Keep your hands and feet inside the confines of your easy chair–Shark Week is circling! It attacks July 23rd and lasts an entire week on the Discovery Channel and SYFY.
Before I begin my musings about the annual fest to pay homage to an eating machine, let me set the stage by asking you to imagine a cello. The Jaws theme begins. Come on, you can hear it–it’s two stinkin’ notes. Even I, possessing a cello I can’t play, can manage two notes. So now that you have that playing in your head, let’s continue.
For the past two weeks, I’ve seen advertisements for Shark Week in the form of sharks on a plane, Shark Week t-shirts, Shark After Dark nail polish, and Deep Sea Delight ice cream cupcakes. Then there is shark on a Seal. Unfortunately, the shark wasn’t interested in a Kiss From a Rose, it wanted pop star nosh.
The Discovery Channel lineup for the week of July 23rd – 30th offers scenes of serial killing sharks (because after the first attack they’re apparently serial killers), devil sharks, and a shark safari. There are also alien sharks, which I think could be a possible crossover event with SYFY. The main event for Discovery this year is Commotion in the Ocean – Michael Phelps vs. Great White. No gloves, mouthguards, or jockstraps for this one; it’s a race to see who is the fastest swimmer. Should we watch through our fingers like I did when I saw Jaws for the first time? Will Great White decide feed rather than speed is the goal? I guess we’ll see.
Let’s move on to the SYFY B lineup. There are some real winners for Shark Week 2017. 5-Headed Shark Attack (because 5 is way better than 4), Mississippi River Sharks, Toxic Shark, Trailer Park Shark (the things I envision here would take an entire post), Empire of the Sharks, and (drumroll) Sharknado 5: Global Swarming, tagline: ‘Make America Bait Again’. Unbelievable, isn’t it? Who knew that idea would fly…five times? I guess Tara Reid and Ian Ziering still need grocery money.
I will have to say I am disappointed that SYFY hasn’t taken my suggestion for one of their spectacular movie events. I want to see T-rex Hex. An evil warlock places a hex on (name the city) for shutting down his warlock consulting business. He turns the long-armed city council into short-armed dinosaurs and mayhem ensues. (What? It’s at least as good as Sharknado!) Just an FYI for all of you who are fans of 80’s romance covers, Fabio will be playing the part of the Pope in Sharknado 5. I think I’ll insist on Fabio playing the part of the evil warlock in T-rex Hex as well…now that would be worth the price of admission.
Muse Mugging Monday
Writing Prompt: Hogwarts has made you the new Potions teacher. What potion is brewing in your students’ cauldrons today?
Inspirational Quote: “I’m always writing. There is always a story brewing in my head.”
-Mel Gibson
Two Weeks and a 9.6 oz Bag of M&M’s Later…
Two weeks ago, I began the task of switching hosting sites and overhauling my website. What a chore! It took a week to release my domain name from hosting site prison, then we, my (everything-to-do-with-computers-guru) husband and I began transferring all of my website files to a new WordPress theme on a new hosting site. OMG! What a lot of work, crying, and gnashing of teeth! Because the guru wanted me to learn how to do it myself, it was a painfully LONG process. Every time I thought I had a problem figured out, two more popped up. Then there were my cats, who knew when I was in the middle of something that I had to concentrate on. Deep into ‘how the hell do I make this work’ it was time for them to be in front of the computer screen or swatting everything off the desk. Today, thank you, Jesus, it is done. Now all I have to do is come up with some interesting posts and finish the book I’m working on. That’s all…no sweat. It might take another 9.6 oz bag or two of caramel M&M’s before that happens, but God knows I am trying. Come by, visit my new site, and tell me what you think. Oh yeah, just in case anyone cares, I have an SSL certificate which supposedly makes my site “safe”. No critters biting my visitors.
