Tag Archives: WIPs

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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The Monday before Monday

Posted on December 15, 2025 by Silver James

Hello, Monday. Only one more of you before Christmas. I don’t waznt to think about it. I haven’t been this far behind on the holidays since…well…it’s either been awhile or it’s been never. Oh, I’ve pushed things off to the … 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: Be Ready

Posted on November 18, 2025 by Silver James

Srew it. I it publish before I set the time for tomorrow. Have your Wednesday Words 12 hours early. 🤦🏼‍♀️ How can it be Wednesday again–and already?!?! It is. And I have words. Actually, I have a lot of words … Continue reading →

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Mid-Monday Musing

Posted on November 17, 2025 by Silver James

This meme always makes me laugh. I really don’t want to adult today but I sorta have to. There is laundry to be done and I need to make a quick trip to Ace Hardware for birdseed. I might be … Continue reading →

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Friday Sinema: Carry Me Home

Posted on November 14, 2025 by Silver James

I discovered this song, artist, and video thanks to B.E. Yes, it’s going to be inspiration for a chapter in Ariel’s book. Have a great weekend. We have soccer. Maybe. Depends on the weather.

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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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