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O, literati, who has not entered an eating establishment and been fascinated with the table-side attentions of the person cheerfully awaiting our every request? Barbara Walker is poised to serve us a delectable bit of light fantasy, rife with romance and shamelessly titillating double entendre in her entry [...]
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A little touch of this, a pinch of that, and you have the makings of piquant mystery that’s especially delicious when you just know that someone is up to no good. Salvatore Buttaci submitted this 1500-word entry to our Waiting for Wisdom contest to educate us that not all diners–and not [...]
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O, literati! At long last, another post for our Waiting for Wisdom contest, this one from Terrie Leigh Relf, who brings us a 100-word entry from the dark side of the solar terminator. Please, kind readers, supply us with your constructive comments, and send in your entries before [...]
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Someone loves us. . .too much: we were hacked again. But thanks to the wonder of technology and the attentive response of our Web site guru, Morgan, we are up and running, happy and healthy. So use the site’s search field with impunity. If you look us up on Google, you [...]
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Ah, there you are! Come right in and grab a seat. Someone will be with you shortly.
Our current contest, Waiting for Wisdom invites each author to enter two flashes one hundred words each and two extended stories without word limit: www.awordwithyoupress.com/2012/03/06/announcing-a-nude-contest-waiting-for-wisdom/
Who knows when we will [...]
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Well literati!
The pleasures of life vary from palate to palate. One man’s tofu is another man’s purging device.
Our latest contest, Waiting for Wisdom invites each author to enter two flashes one hundred words each and two extended stories without word limit – take a look at the menu [...]
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Greetings literati, wherever you are.
Let’s not make a meal out of it…then again, let’s.
Our contest, Waiting for Wisdom invites each author to enter two flashes one hundred words each and two extended stories without word limit. Uncle Thorn has led the trail of breadcrumbs here:
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Literati!
I knew that eventually we would find a waitress not intent on homicide.
Our contest, Waiting for Wisdom invites each author to enter two flashes one hundred words each and two extended stories without word limit (there was some confusion about the limit, so I reworked the initial rules to [...]
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Good Morning from The Word in The ‘Side (Translation for those new to the site: Good morning from the towers that are A Word with You Press in sunny Oceanside, California, four blocks from the beach where our interns diligently edit their tans)
Our current [...]
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Michael Stang (right) attempts to impress AWwYP intern with his computer skills
Flacked of Fliction? You decide.
Literati! Our current contest gives you the option of using the scenario and the prompt for a 100 word (exactly!) flash fiction, or for a broader story. Waiting for Wisdom is [...]
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…Will that be for here, or to go?”
I saw that as a bumper sticker once…but it was not at a Rick Santorum rally.
Literati!
Still waiting for a story from a waiter or waitress that does not seethe with contempt for those who are served–and will still be waiting after [...]
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Greetings once more from The Word! Before trekking down to The Cup, two blocks from here and half way to the beach on this gorgeous morning, I thought I would post one more entry into our contest Waiting for Wisdom. (www.awordwithyoupress.com/2012/03/06/announcing-a-nude-contest-waiting-for-wisdom/) You can [...]
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Literati!
Good morning from the towers that are A Word with You Press in Oceanside (aka the ‘Side). There seems to be trend here in our contest entries: Dirty old men who like their eggs over sleazy! and how the waitresses must dispatch them (the men, not the eggs). Our contest [...]
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Hmmmnnn…He seems a bit testy here…
This is his entry into our latest contest(s) in which the same prompt can be used for a short story or essay of any length, and for a hundred word flash.
This one is a flash in the pan…pie pan. But don’t [...]
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Literati!
Terrie Leigh Relf has entered our contest Waiting for Wisdom, the first contest we’ve sponsored where one prompt (Check,please) can be used for two separate categories; one a 100 word flash, the other a fully fleshed (ooohhh….fully fleshed!) short story or essay, all about [...]
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Literati!
Sheeeee’s BAAAAACK!
That would be Claudia Barillas, aka Chuck, who was time traveling during the last contest and missed out altogether. She is making up for it with an entry in our twofer Waiting for Wisdom. The same prompt “Check, please” for both a short story or essay, or [...]
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…waiting for Godot, but with attitude! Waiting for Wisdom is our new contest…
in which you connect your story to a waiter or waitress, and somewhere the words must be found, “Cheek, please” (oops! That’s Check please). AND this contest is a twofer. Use the same prompt to write exactly [...]
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New deadline: April 15th.
oops!–I meant NEW!–(that’s the way the freudian slips)
Literati! Good Morning from the towers that are A Word with You Press (aka The Word) in Oceanside, California (aka The ‘Side)
I have served up several clues over the last week or so, including menu, dinner, tip, service, [...]
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Literati!
A technical glitch! I thought I had posted this earlier today, but can’t find it on the site.(arghh!!) So here we go again. This is Kyle Katz at her purrrfect best, with an entry into our contest Simon Says: 50 ways and 100 words to leave your lover!
Love [...]
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Oh, my little dear ones!
As promised daddy delivers. We have TWO entries that have breached the security of A Wierd with You Press. The first is an entry from our judge, Kyle Katz, who attached this missive:
HEAR YE! HEAR YE! As appointed Judge of this contest, I hereby exercise [...]
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