Category Archives: WRITING CHALLENGES

HECK HATH NO FURY LIKE MS. MUFFET SCORNED

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

I invite you to read my submission for Susanna Leonard Hill’s March Madness Writing Contest The Challenge: Write a children’s story, in poetry or prose, maximum 400 words, that is a fractured fairy tale. Feel free to add a theme of spring, or mix … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, POEMS, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged blog, Cyclops, Donna Weidner, fractured fairy tale, humor, Little Miss Muffet, March Madness, poetry, Susanna Leonard Hill Writing Contest, writer | 32 Comments

OBJECT OF DESIRE

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

The night our relationship began was like any other August evening in the San Francisco Bay area. Foghorns droned. Seals arp-arped. A chill fog rolled over, under, and around the Golden Gate Bridge, spreading its misty fingers into the nooks … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, SHORT STORIES, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure, author, blog, Donna Weidner, DPchallenge, essay, murder, mystery, rolling pin, short story, Williams-Sonoma | 42 Comments

BREAKING SILENCE – A Pet Peeve Comes to Light

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

“Just let it out Margo!” my daughter urged. She started calling me Margo at a young age, whenever yelling “Mom! Mom! Mom!” didn’t get my attention. Clearly, she thought I had been keeping silent too long. An hour of heavy … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, FAMILY, HUMOR, VIEW FROM MY SOAP BOX, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure, author, blog, breaking the silence, Donna Weidner, DPchallenge, pet peeve, World Food Programme | 42 Comments

THE CLASH OF TWO CHALLENGES

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Liesl wielded the cumbersome wand over the ancient cauldron with the agility of a lumberjack felling a sapling. Dwarfed by the knotted rod’s size, it was obvious why the young girl’s name had been first shortened to little Elisabeth, then … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, SHORT STORIES, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure, author, baobab, blog, Donna Weidner, DPchallenge, humor, middle grade fiction, paranormal, potions and brews, snowy owl, WRITING CHALLENGE | 8 Comments

THE SWORD IN THE LAMP

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Today, the saber wielding mad scientist from my childhood dream of becoming a heroic do-gooder has been awakened from its decades long slumber in the depths of my sub-conscious mind by a lamp. Yes, a lamp. Not the genie in … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, CHILDHOOD, HUMOR, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure, author, blog, childhood memories, Donna Weidner, DPchallenge, Frankenstein, King Arthur, lamp, lava lamp, mad scientist, sword | 4 Comments

iMAGE

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

4:48 p.m. A bank of billowing clouds gaze upon their blushing reflections in the cold bay below. Their bulbous figures glide silently past Mount Tam, the sleeping Miwok princess, while a tempered salty breeze drifts eastward, caressing the upper branches of … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, SHORT STORIES, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure, blog, Donna Weidner, DPchallenge, iPhone photography, Miwok legend, Mount Tamalpais, sunset, WRITING CHALLENGE | 7 Comments

HALLOWE’EN HAUNT

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

T’is the eve before November first, The night vampires rise to quench their thirst. T’is the time men are shackled to walls and beds for fear the moonlight will burst their threads transforming them into

Posted in ADVENTURES, HOLIDAYS, HUMOR, POEMS, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure, ADVICE, All Hallows, author, blog, Donna Weidner, DPchallenge, ghosts, gouls, Halloween, holiday, humor, November, poem, poetry, vampires, WRITING CHALLENGE | 13 Comments

SUPER Duper short…

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

short story: Flying Soaring

Posted in ADVENTURES, SHORT STORIES, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure, Donna Weidner, short story, ten word short story, writer | 2 Comments

WHEN SH-NIKE HAPPENS…

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

…things can go incredibly wrong. You could end up needing stitches and a lot of body work in the small span of a mere forty-eight hours like I did. I blame it on hormones