Tag Archives: WIPs

Wednesday Words: Got It Wrong

Posted on July 29, 2026 by Silver James

As y’all might remember, last week’s snippet was the previous week’s Thursday Threads winner. That means that this week’s snippet is based on a prompt from last week’s. As a matter of pride, I try hard to create a new … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Not Wrong

Posted on July 22, 2026 by Silver James

As I mentioned in Monday’s blog, I won the Thursday Threads challenge last week. And for once, I know where the snippet belongs–or I will once I find the scene I want to attach it to. Anyway, things are slowly … Continue reading →

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Friday Sinema: Enchanted

Posted on July 17, 2026 by Silver James

W. Ed Harris is a musician and composer I follow on X. He follows me too. I discovered him years ago back when it was Twitter and creative types managed to bump into each other on the feed. When I … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Fancy Meeting You Here

Posted on July 15, 2026 by Silver James

There are no “new” words this week as I was the judge for last week’s Thursday Threads. Instead, I pulled a section–which is slighly longer than my usual Wednesday entries–from a chapter I just finished up. This is about 1/3 … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Been A While

Posted on July 8, 2026 by Silver James

Wednesday means words and I have some to share. Once again, I was able to add to an already-written partical scene. This makes me happy because it means the book is progressing despite my lack of…well…atualy progress. Yes, I am … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Never Been

Posted on July 1, 2026 by Silver James

Hello, Wednesday, my old friend, I’ve come with words once again. And once again, I have a random scene but…caveat! I know where it fits in even if it isn’t an exact follow-on or prelude. The good news is: Winner, … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Level With Me

Posted on June 24, 2026 by Silver James

It’s that time of the week again. And I luckily have new words. Since I’m still trying to incorporate all the random scenes into some semblance of order, I’m trying hard to not create more random scenes when I take … Continue reading →

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Muggy Monday

Posted on June 22, 2026 by Silver James

There’s always someone who is a morning person. My mother was one of those. She she woke up, she wanted the whole house to wake up with her. She’d bang doors, pans in the kitchen, whatever would make noise. Dad … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Can’t Do It

Posted on June 17, 2026 by Silver James

Once again, we have arrived at midweek. It is Wednesday and I have words. Sadly, I did not win, place or show in last week’s Thursday Threads flash fiction challenge. That’s okay. I’m just happy I managed to get some … Continue reading →

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Meandering Through Monday

Posted on June 15, 2026 by Silver James

We’re almost halfway through June. It seems like I go to sleep and when I wake up, four days have passed. Weird. I remember when time dragged and th stuff I looked forward to would never get there. We had … Continue reading →

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