"Now, if you turn left at the stoplight where we accidentally caused a traffic accident with an out-of-town truck and a school bus, you'll find the street where all our rejections live."
A little humor, new on @theprideroars.bsky.social. #amwriting

@sugarpigblog.bsky.social
Mother, sometime writer, mediocre flute player, misplaced Texan. Words in more than two dozen literary magazines and counting.
It's true. Nobody but me will eat hot dogs and that casserole *was* awful, I admit it. Thanks for reading!
"And don't miss the shriveled Korean dogwood that didn't last a year despite being purchased in memory of our dearly departed mother (now that's some irony, isn't it?)" Cataloging my failures.
"And don't miss the shriveled Korean dogwood that didn't last a year despite being purchased in memory of our dearly departed mother (now that's some irony, isn't it?)" Cataloging my failures.
Autumn is autumning
I somehow got shampoo in my nostril and blew a bubble in the shower this morning, in case you're wondering how I'm doing lately.
"Now, if you turn left at the stoplight where we accidentally caused a traffic accident with an out-of-town truck and a school bus, you'll find the street where all our rejections live."
A little humor, new on @theprideroars.bsky.social. #amwriting
Maybe we can go back to 1972 before everything including my parents got so screwed up, and try again
Oh, my.
Is Williams AFB still there? My parents lived there in 1972.
Thanks for sharing!
Fabulous! ❤️
Oh, Claudia, this one hurts.
"Now, if you turn left at the stoplight where we accidentally caused a traffic accident with an out-of-town truck and a school bus, you'll find the street where all our rejections live."
A little humor, new on @theprideroars.bsky.social. #amwriting
This one bites.
'We hacked at that plant and its suckers for months before it was finally dead, same way we keep trying to cut out the malignant parts of our childhood.'
'Welcome to Failuretown' by @sugarpigblog.bsky.social in @theprideroars.bsky.social
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"This here is the town square, with our lovely statue of the Nine Muses crying. Clio's missing arm was a genuine accident"
A must-read from Megan Hanlon in The Prde Roars today @sugarpigblog.bsky.social
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Both were sent through Query Tracker. No clue how I managed that.
I accidentally queried the same agent twice, and she on-purpose declined me twice, so I've got that going for me.
The good old days
What a last line.