December 2011 Blog Chain

orion_mk3 · 11-22-2011, 11:01 PM

Starting Date: Friday, December 2, 2011
Open to all forum members, even after it starts!

This month's prompt:
Home for the Holidays (not associated with the real Holiday).

This one is broad: write about a holiday memory. It can be fiction or non-fiction, and the choice of holiday is yours (fictional holidays are okay too). Perhaps you can invent an annoying relative. Maybe you knew someone who got an actual lump of coal in their stocking. Or there's always the tale of Nilatir, Sword-Hero of Evinrude, and the Feast of Sam'x.

Instructions:
Simply post your blog's URL in this thread to join. Each post should be less than 1000 words if possible. Read and comment on other participants' posts if you possibly can--they'll be doing the same for you!

I'll let you know in this thread when it's your turn. Once your turn comes up, you have two days to complete your post. When you are finished, please add a link to your post on the thread. If you signed up but find yourself unable to participate or need to be moved around in the schedule, please PM me or post in the thread. If you fail to post on your blog and on the thread within two days, I'll bump you down to the end of the line on the third day; you'll get a second chance at the end of the month.

Please include a list of all participants' blogs in your blog post, and keep in mind we're not starting until the second Thursday of the month to give people time to sign up.

Participants and posts:
orion_mk3 - http://nonexistentbooks.wordpress.com (link to this month's post)
Ralph Pines - http://ralfast.wordpress.com/ (link to this month's post)
pyrosama - http://matrix-hole.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
AbielleRose - http://stainedglassinthenight.wordpress.com/ (link to this month's post)
writingismypassion - http://charityfaye.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
Domoviye - http://lets-get-happy.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
Areteus - http://lurkingmusings.wordpress.com/ (link to this month's post)
Alynza - http://www.alynzasmith.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
SuzanneSeese - http://www.viewofsue.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
robeiae - http://thepondsofhappenstance.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
MamaStrong - http://inamamasworld.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
kimberlycreates - http://www.kimberlycreates.com/ (link to this month's post)
darnzen - http://writelydone.com/blogs/darnzen (link to this month's post)
LilGreenBookworm - http://themayhemofwritingsahm-style.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
AuburnAssassin - http://clairegillian.com/ (link to this month's post)
Cath - http://blog.cathsmith.com/ (link to this month's post)
Diana Rajchel - http://blog.dianarajchel.com/ (link to this month's post)
SinisterCola - http://acgatesblog.wordpress.com/ (link to this month's post)

Archive of Past Blog Chains

Ralph Pines · 11-22-2011, 11:08 PM

Sign me up:

http://ralfast.wordpress.com

pyrosama · 11-23-2011, 01:24 AM

I'm in, of course!

Cath · 11-23-2011, 04:01 AM

Me too!

Http://blog.cathsmith.com

Eva Lefoy · 11-23-2011, 07:08 AM

Can it be in the form of a poem? A limerick perhaps?

orion_mk3 · 11-23-2011, 07:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jarrah Dale

Can it be in the form of a poem? A limerick perhaps?

Why not? I'd prefer a rhymed Alexandrine written in Archaic Greek in the boustrophedon style, but a limerick is good too.

AbielleRose · 11-23-2011, 07:53 AM

Count me in.

writingismypassion · 11-23-2011, 06:04 PM

I'm in! http://charityfaye.blogspot.com

Domoviye · 11-25-2011, 06:31 PM

I'm in.
http://lets-get-happy.blogspot.com/

AuburnAssassin · 11-26-2011, 07:20 PM

I'm in.

http://clairegillian.com/

areteus · 11-26-2011, 07:51 PM

I'd like to be involved in this...

http://lurkingmusings.wordpress.com/

orion_mk3 · 11-27-2011, 11:30 PM

Hey guys, it turns out that my travel plans this American Thanksgiving did not include stable internet access. I promise I'll get the thread cleaned up and new participants added when I get home tonight or tomorrow morning.

Diana_Rajchel · 11-28-2011, 01:17 AM

I'll give it a shot. Please add me!

Alynza · 11-28-2011, 04:28 AM

Sign me up. Hopefully I won't have to back out later. Is it really time for December already? Where did Thanksgiving go and why is there a tree in my living room?

http://www.alynzasmith.blogspot.com/

SuzanneSeese · 11-28-2011, 06:48 PM

There appears to be enough people ahead of me that I can safely jump into this one. I just started my rough draft so I should have time to sufficiently obsess over it.

I'm in!

http://www.viewofsue.blogspot.com/

robeiae · 11-29-2011, 05:39 AM

I'll jump back in, provided there will be cupcakes...

SinisterCola · 11-30-2011, 03:41 AM

Argh late to the list, but add me!

SuzanneSeese · 11-30-2011, 07:50 PM

Quote:

I'll jump back in, provided there will be cupcakes...

Will there be cupcakes?

MamaStrong · 11-30-2011, 07:56 PM

I'd love to try this

http://inamamasworld.blogspot.com/

orion_mk3 · 11-30-2011, 09:44 PM

kimberlycreates · 12-01-2011, 11:04 PM

This looks fun -- count me in please! My blog is www.kimberlycreates.com. Thanks!

orion_mk3 · 12-02-2011, 11:32 PM

My post is live!

Perennial runner-up Ralph Pines gets to bring a fresh scent to the holidays next.

Ralph Pines · 12-03-2011, 01:38 AM

I wrote a piece of short fiction:

One for the memories

orion_mk3 · 12-03-2011, 02:36 AM

pyrosama is next to light the Yule Log.

pyrosama · 12-04-2011, 12:34 AM

Mine's up! T'was the Night Before Upgrades

11-22-2011, 11:01 PM	#1
orion_mk3 Ne Cede Malis Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mississippi Posts: 1,164	December 2011 Blog Chain Starting Date: Friday, December 2, 2011 Open to all forum members, even after it starts! This month's prompt: Home for the Holidays (not associated with the real Holiday). This one is broad: write about a holiday memory. It can be fiction or non-fiction, and the choice of holiday is yours (fictional holidays are okay too). Perhaps you can invent an annoying relative. Maybe you knew someone who got an actual lump of coal in their stocking. Or there's always the tale of Nilatir, Sword-Hero of Evinrude, and the Feast of Sam'x. Instructions: Simply post your blog's URL in this thread to join. Each post should be less than 1000 words if possible. Read and comment on other participants' posts if you possibly can--they'll be doing the same for you! I'll let you know in this thread when it's your turn. Once your turn comes up, you have two days to complete your post. When you are finished, please add a link to your post on the thread. If you signed up but find yourself unable to participate or need to be moved around in the schedule, please PM me or post in the thread. If you fail to post on your blog and on the thread within two days, I'll bump you down to the end of the line on the third day; you'll get a second chance at the end of the month. Please include a list of all participants' blogs in your blog post, and keep in mind we're not starting until the second Thursday of the month to give people time to sign up. Participants and posts: orion_mk3 - http://nonexistentbooks.wordpress.com (link to this month's post) Ralph Pines - http://ralfast.wordpress.com/ (link to this month's post) pyrosama - http://matrix-hole.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post) AbielleRose - http://stainedglassinthenight.wordpress.com/ (link to this month's post) writingismypassion - http://charityfaye.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post) Domoviye - http://lets-get-happy.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post) Areteus - http://lurkingmusings.wordpress.com/ (link to this month's post) Alynza - http://www.alynzasmith.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post) SuzanneSeese - http://www.viewofsue.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post) robeiae - http://thepondsofhappenstance.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post) MamaStrong - http://inamamasworld.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post) kimberlycreates - http://www.kimberlycreates.com/ (link to this month's post) darnzen - http://writelydone.com/blogs/darnzen (link to this month's post) LilGreenBookworm - http://themayhemofwritingsahm-style.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post) AuburnAssassin - http://clairegillian.com/ (link to this month's post) Cath - http://blog.cathsmith.com/ (link to this month's post) Diana Rajchel - http://blog.dianarajchel.com/ (link to this month's post) SinisterCola - http://acgatesblog.wordpress.com/ (link to this month's post) Archive of Past Blog Chains Last edited by orion_mk3; 12-20-2011 at 05:35 AM.

11-23-2011, 01:24 AM	#3
pyrosama Pyrosama Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Tallahassee Posts: 520	I'm in, of course! __________________ Are We There Yet? Facebook and Twitter

11-23-2011, 04:01 AM	#4
Cath English Rose AW Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Here. Somewhere. Probably. Posts: 7,177	Me too! Http://blog.cathsmith.com __________________ Cath www.cathsmith.com "Many and various, strange and multitudinous are the friends that befriend me in this world, yet I never found one false or that did not surpass me in some virtue." Wilfred Owen in a letter home.

11-23-2011, 07:53 AM	#7
AbielleRose Proud Geek Owner Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Fargo, ND Posts: 6,247	Count me in. __________________ Stained Glass in the Night Blog / Twitter Among the Stars in Sci Fi/Fantasy SYW

11-23-2011, 06:04 PM	#8
writingismypassion ~Charity~ Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Podunk, Illinois Posts: 915	I'm in! http://charityfaye.blogspot.com __________________ Shards of Glass ~ Revising based on beta feedback. Rekindle ~ Working Title ~ 8,695 words. ON HOLD. THIS IS LIFE (My Blog) The Olive Branch (A Devotional Blog) And I Tweet.

11-23-2011, 07:08 AM	#5
Eva Lefoy practical experience, FTW Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: WASHINGTON STATE! WOO HOO! Posts: 141	Can it be in the form of a poem? A limerick perhaps?

11-25-2011, 06:31 PM	#9
Domoviye Busy, busy, busy Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Nanjing Posts: 333	I'm in. http://lets-get-happy.blogspot.com/ __________________ My Blogs: Living and Working in China: Dealing with Chinese business, society and culture. Let's Get Happy A motivational and self-help blog.

11-26-2011, 07:20 PM	#10
AuburnAssassin Darkly Romantic Curmudgeon Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pacific NW USA Posts: 2,496	I'm in. http://clairegillian.com/ __________________ Claire Purely Relative (The P.U.R.E. #1.5) coming April 30th! My Published Stand-Alone Works: The P.U.R.E. by Claire Gillian All's Fair in Love and War by Lila Shaw Vixen and the Pea by Lila Shaw Soul of the Succubus by Lila Shaw Prometheus Unstitched by Lila Shaw Succubus Games by Lila Shaw Succubus Steam by Lila Shaw My Website Primary Blog

11-26-2011, 07:51 PM	#11
areteus practical experience, FTW Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 2,515	I'd like to be involved in this... http://lurkingmusings.wordpress.com/ __________________ Transitions http://www.amazon.co.uk/Transitions-...tt_at_ep_dpt_2 'Gods of the Sea' Part of the Pirates and Swashbucklers anthology: http://pulpempire.com/mag/ My blog: http://lurkingmusings.wordpress.com/ I helped write this: http://www.realmfw.com/

11-27-2011, 11:30 PM	#12
orion_mk3 Ne Cede Malis Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mississippi Posts: 1,164	Hey guys, it turns out that my travel plans this American Thanksgiving did not include stable internet access. I promise I'll get the thread cleaned up and new participants added when I get home tonight or tomorrow morning. __________________ Excerpts from Nonexistent Books - my literary blog and daily writing exercise all rolled up into one! Short sections of books that don't (and perhaps shouldn't) exist. Like what you see? Purchase a print or ebook version!

11-28-2011, 01:17 AM	#13
Diana_Rajchel Ask me about social networking Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 490	I'll give it a shot. Please add me! __________________ ________________ Coming Soon: Divorcing a Real Witch Moon Books, 2013 The Day Job http://fatchic.net Stuff I do http://blog.dianarajchel.com

11-28-2011, 04:28 AM	#14
Alynza practical experience, FTW Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 177	Sign me up. Hopefully I won't have to back out later. Is it really time for December already? Where did Thanksgiving go and why is there a tree in my living room? http://www.alynzasmith.blogspot.com/ __________________ Find me in the Twitter Slush Pile Or browse my little blog The Write Journey "It's never too late to be what you might have been." ~ George Eliot

11-28-2011, 06:48 PM	#15
SuzanneSeese Comfortably numb by rejections Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Kookamongaville Posts: 375	There appears to be enough people ahead of me that I can safely jump into this one. I just started my rough draft so I should have time to sufficiently obsess over it. I'm in! http://www.viewofsue.blogspot.com/ __________________ Suzanne Seese Writer's Blog: View of Sue Humor Blog: Farvel Cargo "Take car. Go to Mum's. Kill Phil - "Sorry." - grab Liz, go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for all of this to blow over. How's that for a slice of fried gold?" -Simon Pegg, Shaun of the Dead "You must never hesitate." - Sean Connery, The Rock

11-29-2011, 05:39 AM	#16
robeiae Pyongyang-bred heartthrob... P&CE Ombudsman/Arbiter/Thingamajobbie Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Just north of the Maginot line Posts: 33,349	I'll jump back in, provided there will be cupcakes... __________________ I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. --Thomas Hobbes Ponds of Happenstance--blogging Sailor on the Ponds--tweeting No more motes: 3D-printing the return of self-provisioning

11-30-2011, 03:41 AM	#17
SinisterCola The Caffeine Junkie Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: A city of evil. Posts: 1,784	Argh late to the list, but add me! __________________ Thanks to Kelly for the avatar! The Blog - Served on the rocks. http://acgatesblog.wordpress.com/ NaNoWriMo

11-30-2011, 07:56 PM	#19
MamaStrong practical experience, FTW Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: La Mesa, CA Posts: 241	I'd love to try this http://inamamasworld.blogspot.com/ __________________ Help me with the fight against blood cancers. Blog included!

11-30-2011, 09:44 PM	#20
orion_mk3 Ne Cede Malis Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mississippi Posts: 1,164	__________________ Excerpts from Nonexistent Books - my literary blog and daily writing exercise all rolled up into one! Short sections of books that don't (and perhaps shouldn't) exist. Like what you see? Purchase a print or ebook version!

12-01-2011, 11:04 PM	#21
kimberlycreates insert witty title here Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: southern wisconsin Posts: 93	This looks fun -- count me in please! My blog is www.kimberlycreates.com. Thanks! __________________ kimberlycreates writing \| editing \| coaching visit me at kimberlycreates.com and #writingstreak! let's connect! facebook \| twitter \| linkedin

12-02-2011, 11:32 PM	#22
orion_mk3 Ne Cede Malis Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mississippi Posts: 1,164	My post is live! Perennial runner-up Ralph Pines gets to bring a fresh scent to the holidays next. __________________ Excerpts from Nonexistent Books - my literary blog and daily writing exercise all rolled up into one! Short sections of books that don't (and perhaps shouldn't) exist. Like what you see? Purchase a print or ebook version! Last edited by orion_mk3; 12-03-2011 at 01:04 AM.

12-03-2011, 02:36 AM	#24
orion_mk3 Ne Cede Malis Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mississippi Posts: 1,164	pyrosama is next to light the Yule Log. __________________ Excerpts from Nonexistent Books - my literary blog and daily writing exercise all rolled up into one! Short sections of books that don't (and perhaps shouldn't) exist. Like what you see? Purchase a print or ebook version!

12-04-2011, 12:34 AM	#25
pyrosama Pyrosama Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Tallahassee Posts: 520	Mine's up! T'was the Night Before Upgrades __________________ Are We There Yet? Facebook and Twitter

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