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Wednesday Words: Suspicion of Guilt

Posted on December 17, 2025 by Silver James

Ah, mid-week once again. And once again, I have new words to share. I also have an announcemnet: I won the Thursday Threads challenge last week. Yippee. The judge likes my dialogue and the way I capture personalities in both … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: I Scream, You Scream

Posted on December 10, 2025 by Silver James

Another week, another batch of words and a prompt for stymied writers. Like me. Every day, I wake up, do the morning chores then come in here to my writer’s cave, sit at my desk, wake up the computer, and…check … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: The Way Things Work

Posted on December 3, 2025 by Silver James

How can it be midweek already? No. I’m not muppet flailing. Much. First, due to Thanksgiving being on a Thursday, there were no Thursday Threads and therefore no actual prompt for this weeks words. That said, here’s a snippet that’s … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Who’s Afraid?

Posted on November 26, 2025 by Silver James

Happy Thanksgiving Eve to all y’all in the good ol’ USA. Happy news here on the blog–for me anyway. I won last week’s Thursday Threads. Yippee. The prompt was: *”You don’t scare me.*” Again, this is just a snippet that … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Now Is The Time

Posted on November 12, 2025 by Silver James

Wednesday, Wednesday, so good to me… Oh, wait. Right song, wrong day. I have words to share this lovely Wednesday morning. I was lucky enough to capture the honorable mention for last week’s Thursday Threads flash fiction challenge. The prompt … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Ms. Lonely

Posted on November 5, 2025 by Silver James

Here it is Wednesday again. This keeps happening every week. Kinda like Monday. But yay! Wednesday means words and I have new ones. In fact, I have lots of new ones. This whole “the internet might or might work but … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Witchy Words: Dare to Belong

Posted on October 29, 2025 by Silver James

On this Halloween Week Wednesday, I give you a witch to help conjour up new words. If she does her job and provides lots of words, she’ll be a good witch. If she takes off with Iffy for a girl’s … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Adding It Up

Posted on October 22, 2025 by Silver James

Edit: The blog WOULD have been on time if I’d set the time right. 🤦🏼‍♀️Annnd I messed up the coding. Boy do I need coffee!!! No AC! It’s Fall! And I have new words for Wednesday. And the blog is … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Well Done

Posted on October 15, 2025 by Silver James

Happy Camel Day. I have words. I also managed to take first place in last week’s Thursday Threads. I had fun with this prompt: *“Never seen it done before.”* It also gave me ideas on how to tie some unrelated … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Magic

Posted on October 8, 2025 by Silver James

Once again, no win, place or show in the Thursday Threads flash fiction challenge. Recent judges are being cool and either picking favorite lines or mentioning what they liked about a piece. Last week’s judge, George, had this to say … Continue reading →

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