My story will be about the travels of the Olympic Torch.
I've written the intro - which is always the hardest part for me.
Craig Armstrong - Let's Go Out Tonight
I've plenty of reasons for my failings without looking more up.
I'll remember the blog one though.
Not that I have a blog.
oops.
Do you know when to use compared with rather than compared to?
I do. My friend Google told me.
The heading on the Authors #Views page is all messed up.
I think we should get badges for reporting errors.
I've scored 3 now.
Shattered Glass
She's black and she's proud, she's elegant and strong, her personality is a warm embrace and her mind is as sharp as a blade.
She is Chloe and I'm proud too because I can call this wonderful woman my friend.
There are no limits for Chloe, despite there being more than one glass ceiling above her head.
But to her mind glass is glass, it can be seen through and shattered if she strikes the right blow.
"So, why should I give you such an important job?" the MD asked her.
"Because you know I can do it... and do it well," Chloe told him.
"Hmm," thought the MD, already hearing bitter voices claiming positive discrimination.
He heard another voice though, one which called out from the CV on his desk.
Those qualifications and glowing testimonials didn't just speak the truth, they screamed it.
So he looked again at the CV made flesh, at the impressive young woman sat before him.
"Welcome to the firm, Chloe," he told her.
And not for the first time, all my dear Chloe could hear was the sound of shattering glass.
187 words
steffanie xxx
Keep passing... I like checking out these obscure sites you keep finding.
Although I still haven't actually entered anything on one yet.
Below is what I would have entered if I had a blog.
Had to be <200 words remember.
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They have some interesting story prompts:
Slut shaming. Contraception. Body dysmorphia. Ladette culture. Impossible Disney princesses. The glass ceiling for women in everything from banking to comedy. Acid attacks in S Asia.
Slut shaming? Not sure about that one.
I went for the glass ceiling prompt. Shame I didn't notice the blog rule at first.
Never mind. It was a fun exercise and 200 words was tight.
Another Lifetime
He was so desirable.
"Maybe we should..." he suggested.
I showed him the ring on my finger.
"I'm sorry," I said.
"Another lifetime then?"
"You bet." I promised him.
steffanie xxx
29 words. The original version has 110 but it does go on a bit.
No problem.
Shame the deadline is so close, because I already have an unwritten story for this brief.
Here's the basic plot.
I go to Ghana, the homeland of my black girlfriend Chloe.
I'm a blonde white girl. I'm in a lesbian relationship with an Ashanti girl. If discovered, our relationship would be condemned - possibly violently.
I'm threatened on the street and Chloe becomes like a lioness in defending me.
I've used the lioness thing as an analogy for Chloe plenty of times before. For the competition, I suppose Chloe should actually become a lioness - not sure how to do that bit, but it could be fun.
PS There's nothing like being rescued from danger to turn a girl on... so you can guess the ending.
PPS Chloe would change back before the ending of course !!!!!!!!!!! Be weird otherwise.
I've three stories going on.
The follow up to Bedtime which atm exists only in my head.
But it's pretty much all worked out and I'm looking forward to writing about The Twins again.
The next story I won't say anything about as it's going into a competition first.
I'll just say it's almost finished and I expect to post a slightly adapted version on storiesspace sometime in July.
(I'm sure you'll get my drift there)
+ I've another little Flash Fiction story to write about something very ordinary that happened only this week.
It's very sweet and it won't take me too long.
So with those three I'll complete the collection of stories I planned on posting on storiesspace when I first joined.
But I've no plans on stopping of course...
Ribbit 
