For Starters

No doubt about it--the thing was dead, and no thanks to her.


(For Starters is a series of posts to the blog which provide writers with a first line for a new story. Take this line and go with it...)

What excuse do I have?

None.

Now that the holidays are over I decide to take a look at my last blog onto to find out that I haven't posted since October 8. Now I wish I could say that I've been soooo busy working on my novel, but that isn't the case. Grading stacks and stacks of student essays is more like it.

But now that the new year is here, I can start anew, and here is my resolution: I will post without going three months in between.

Hopefully the prompts I've given you have been keeping you writing in the interim. So here goes... enjoy. And send along some feedback about the blog. I'd love to hear what you think. Suggestions for improvements or different writing ideas are always welcomed.