What would you say about motherhood if given five minutes and a microphone? Listen to Your Mother wants to know. Listen to Your Mother Chicago is accepting essays from January 9-22. Listen to Your Mother shows in 38 other cities are now or will soon be seeking submissions for this year's shows. Click here and find … Continue reading Submit a story to Listen to Your Mother (even if you aren’t a mom)
Listing Beyond Forty
I didn't expect to post fiction or creative writing on every Friday for a year. If I had intended to do that I would have published the first post on January 3, 2014 (the first Friday of the year) instead of on January 10th (the second Friday), but I didn't expect the fiction posts to … Continue reading 4 things I learned from a year of Fiction Fridays
2014 was not a good year for uber list accomplishments. I only achieved 8 out of 20 goals, although I got partial credit for a few others. It wasn't that I didn't do anything in 2014. Some achievements like being in the cast of Listen to Your Mother were awesome but could not have been anticipated … Continue reading Uber list for 2015
I had a lot of fun with Listing Beyond Forty this year. I experimented with Fiction Fridays. I spent a second October Listing Toward Halloween. I wrote personal stories, satire, poetry, opinion, fiction, and, yes, there were some lists. I even wrote 20 two-sentence horror stories, inspired by a reddit thread that inspired a bunch … Continue reading 10 favorite posts from 2014
She woke up on December 26th, and it was Christmas Day. That is, it should have been December 26th when she woke up, but instead it was Christmas again. The exact same Christmas that she had lived the day before. A lot of people would be thrilled for Christmas Day to get stuck in a … Continue reading Groundhog Day 2: Christmas Again
Kim Z. Dale 