tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814771751990061325.post7939481619263388129..comments2023-11-26T01:21:35.860-07:00Comments on Mormon Mommy Writers and Friends: Contest!!Marianne (Mare) Baker Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03663143060069193124noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814771751990061325.post-9210974984049654452010-10-08T17:32:36.789-06:002010-10-08T17:32:36.789-06:00We only see what’s close to us but if we allow our...We only see what’s close to us but if we allow ourselves to simply feel, and not see, we can understand so much more.Jolene Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04630744737142051232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814771751990061325.post-75314780919244781872010-10-04T08:28:54.572-06:002010-10-04T08:28:54.572-06:00The horizon bowed around me, pulling the water tau...The horizon bowed around me, pulling the water taut, and the morning sun bejeweled it all—turning the water into turquoise and the breakers into strips of diamonds.Jessie Oliveroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06232456334069794107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814771751990061325.post-57082160144693724152010-10-01T20:23:37.135-06:002010-10-01T20:23:37.135-06:00Today love walks out the door with me, keeps my ha...Today love walks out the door with me, keeps my hand in his and I don't even notice when we pass my safe place - I'm already there.<br /><br />Jolene's second!Jolene Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04630744737142051232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814771751990061325.post-58313752630894162402010-10-01T20:22:04.679-06:002010-10-01T20:22:04.679-06:00Time doesn't really matter when you're doi...Time doesn't really matter when you're doing something you never want to end.<br /><br />Jolene's first entry - also I think we should get a paragraph or like 250 words around the sentence of the top five or ten sentences. Just for the rest of us to get a taste of what everyone else is writing. Maybe?Jolene Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04630744737142051232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814771751990061325.post-71131787775613094192010-10-01T11:00:24.815-06:002010-10-01T11:00:24.815-06:00ooooo good entries! Kim- LOVE your first one, def...ooooo good entries! Kim- LOVE your first one, definately gives me a vivid image!<br /><br />Rebecca - your first one has me completely intrigued!!Nikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16328973674012805812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814771751990061325.post-14061894821677465142010-10-01T10:40:47.272-06:002010-10-01T10:40:47.272-06:00Rebecca's entry no. 3:
A trickle of molten le...Rebecca's entry no. 3:<br /><br />A trickle of molten lead ran down my throat and hardened around my heart.Rebecca J. Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13266492065285468391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814771751990061325.post-29165907084919021772010-09-30T14:56:26.229-06:002010-09-30T14:56:26.229-06:00Entry One: Splotches of color danced behind her ey...Entry One: Splotches of color danced behind her eyelids like manic Macarena dancers. <br /><br />Entry Two: “My life is nothing more than a slice of boredom dipped in melancholy and deep fried in misery,” Kat said.<br /><br />Entry Three: “We are going to die,” Dad said as he fake braked against the floor, his hairy knuckles digging deep into the velvety grey upholstery of the passenger seat.Kimberly Vanderhorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01653757517652257445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814771751990061325.post-10193481903858896472010-09-30T11:29:11.516-06:002010-09-30T11:29:11.516-06:00Oh, oh, here's another one! We can enter three...Oh, oh, here's another one! We can enter three times, right? I blogged this after moving to Hawaii:<br /><br />I live at the center of the Ring of Fire.Rebecca J. Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13266492065285468391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814771751990061325.post-7904155745971100932010-09-30T11:05:39.995-06:002010-09-30T11:05:39.995-06:00Here's my favorite sentence from the ms I'...Here's my favorite sentence from the ms I'm getting ready to submit:<br /><br />"They took the whole world away, but they gave us back the sky," Grandpa said.Rebecca J. Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13266492065285468391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814771751990061325.post-9597753551699120462010-09-30T10:35:21.093-06:002010-09-30T10:35:21.093-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.P Gerschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07193113574858284763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814771751990061325.post-60101177186939057532010-09-30T10:34:05.646-06:002010-09-30T10:34:05.646-06:00Will this contest involve quotes or a first senten...Will this contest involve quotes or a first sentence kind of hook?Elizabeth Muellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11447552226485618096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814771751990061325.post-43601315790172314472010-09-30T10:16:35.705-06:002010-09-30T10:16:35.705-06:00I'll enter!
In a purple house on Purple Street...I'll enter!<br />In a purple house on Purple Street lived four perfectly purple people and their purple dog.P Gerschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07193113574858284763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814771751990061325.post-82271709518665495652010-09-30T08:42:37.928-06:002010-09-30T08:42:37.928-06:00If anyone was at storymakers, do you remember the ...If anyone was at storymakers, do you remember the first line that the agent read ( i think the workshop was first five pages) anyway - it went a little like this. . . "Those who can, do. Those who can't, DJ." It made me laugh. Okay - also not a contest entry - just got me thinking.Tamarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08720132801165161457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7814771751990061325.post-82648932096283536482010-09-30T08:17:48.178-06:002010-09-30T08:17:48.178-06:00Ok, I'm entering a sentence my 11 yr old daugh...Ok, I'm entering a sentence my 11 yr old daughter wrote in her book report this morning:<br />This book says that you shouldn't forget your past, and be prepared to listen.<br /><br />Isn't she brilliant?!! LOL!! Ok, so she can't win cause that wouldn't be fair, but I thought she had a great example to share.Nikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16328973674012805812noreply@blogger.com