Category Archives: WRITING CHALLENGES

enVISIONing A WORK-IN-PROGRESS

Posted on June 30, 2021 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Every writer has their own modus operandi when they begin a new project. Since my artistic abilities are rather lacking, I like to create a vision board. I browse magazines, scavenge for items in nature, snap photos, rifle through old … Continue reading →

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CONFESSION OF A LATE IN LIFE WRITER

Posted on February 24, 2021 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Have you ever felt like a unicorn? The odd-one-out? The rarity in the herd? In the children’s book writer’s world, I have. Unlike many of my contemporaries, I didn’t spend lazy summer days, dark, stormy nights, and every other waking … Continue reading →

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ALIEN THOUGHT FOR A FOGGY DAY

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Despite all of the previous hoaxes, he was sure the latest video of a UFO hovering over the park was the real thing. Waking up to a low-pitched hum and suspended in viscous gel the shade of mouldering bread instead … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, VIGNETTE, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure, alien invasion, D. G. Lambo, D. G. Lambo-Weidner, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, The Call of the Pen, Write Now Prompt | 12 Comments

CHOOSE A BOOK-TURN TO CHAPTER EIGHT-BEGIN WITH LINE EIGHT

Posted on August 14, 2020 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

She just couldn’t figure out what that something was. Had it risen from the cooling embers when she turned and reached for her fleece? Besides the chill that launched goosebumps up her back, spread them across her neck, and down … Continue reading →

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THE CASE OF THE PURLOINED PICKLE

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Alice Wetherby-Pimms had a peculiar penchant for pickles. Be they sweet, sour, or dill, the child was mad about brined cucumbers. Chips, chunks, cubes, finely chopped relishes, halves, slices, spears, sticks and whole, no matter their shape, Alice craved them … Continue reading →

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#95

Posted on January 10, 2019 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Until I was six, I thought Uncle Sally’s name was Who-Gives-A-Sh*t. Everyone called him that – the neighbors, the few friends he had, his business associates, the family – even his mother, my Nana. She’d hoped the label wouldda’ forced her caro … Continue reading →

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DRAWING A BLANK

Posted on November 28, 2018 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

This Page This Blank Page This Spotless, Blank, White Page Why is it so terrifying? So intimidating? So daunting?

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, POEMS, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure, D.G.Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, inspiration, Jack London, muse, poetry, synapse, Writer's block, writing advice, writing advice Jack London | 10 Comments

FOOD FOR ‘HERE AND NOW’ THOUGHT

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Ichiro snores. The fog horn blows. My feet are cold and the fragrance of lilies on the kitchen counter drifts into the living room where I stare at the precarious position of my teacup on the edge of the coffee table while pondering this run on sentence the … Continue reading →

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TASTE OF INDIA – Jammin’ on the Streets

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Car horns honk. Motorbikes beep. Tuk-tuks toot. The wave of sound winds down as the steel herd halts for a red signal, then builds again when the traffic light turns green and the swarm surges forward. The pack pushes through the streets of Delhi … Continue reading →

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KALAALLIT NUNAAT – Sound of Silence

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Nature will do it every time – fill me with a sense of awe that is jaw-dropping. And she did not disappoint as our helicopter rushed over the spare landscape toward Ittoqqortoormiit. In summer, the remote village in East Greenland hugs the rocky shore of … Continue reading →