It’s Six Sentence Story Thursday Link Up!

Welcome to GirlieOnTheEdge and another edition of Six Sentence Stories!
So here’s the scoop: in an effort to engage in optimal time management, I began to write this post on Monday evening. Writing, persisting in typing words I liked and thought you might enjoy however… I never found those words as my eyes began to get very heavy until sleep stealthily swept in threatening to take me. So, here I sit. Today, Wednesday. At my desk at work, looking out my office window on a blue sky day. Yes, today, tonight, is when the doors open to Six Sentence Stories and the Six Sentence Café and Bistro! We hope you’ll join us this week and share your creative selves by way of 6 and precisely 6 sentences. Genre is your choice. A poet at heart? Please, share with us your 6 sentences of poetry. Enjoy engaging in a bit of soc? By all means! Six Six Sentence Stories, a community of writers enjoying the art of writing. Read you soon?

Rules of the hop:
Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.
Use the current week’s prompt word.
Link the URL to your post via the blue “Click here to enter” button below.
Link is live Wednesday 6:00 PM, ends way late Saturday night!
Spread the word and put in a good one to your fellow writers  😀

PROMPT WORD:  STRIKE

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Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt!

Welcome to GirlieOnTheEdge and Sunday’s prompt word reveal for Six Sentence Stories!
We continue this week with another writer suggested prompt word, courtesy of D. Avery of ShiftnShake. It is the 3rd of 4 suggestions made at the Wednesday night link post a few weeks ago. Thank you. Participation is good. It encourages the feeling of “being a part of” which even the most solitary among us surely enjoys. This week, as I’ve done since March 15, 2018, I invite writers everywhere to participate in the blog hop known as Six Sentence Stories. The challenge? To use the word given today and write precisely 6 sentences. Of what? You tell us – a story, guide us on a journey through poetry, submerge us in the next installment of your serial. Then, return to the ‘Edge beginning Wednesday and link its URL. If you’ve never written a Six Sentence Story, you should. And if you have written a Six Sentence Story, well write another! You’ll find, after a while, it gets easier while the challenge grows. Cryptic, I know. If you’re a longtime Sixarian you know of what I speak. If you’re not, well, why not write a Six; see for yourself what happens when you begin writing Six Sentence Stories. And hey, don’t be shy about hanging out at the Six Sentence Café and Bistro. You never know who you’ll run into. Today. It’s yours. Participate.

Rules of the hop:
Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.
Use the current week’s prompt word.
Link up at Wednesday’s post. Link goes live at 6:00 pm through Saturday late…
Spread the word and put in a good one to your fellow writers 😀

PROMPT WORD:  STRIKE

“As a writer, you try to listen to what others aren’t saying…and write about the silence.”
– N. R. Hart

Which way to Everywhere? It’s a 6.

Lenny, your “mama said”, and sure ’nuff, ain’t it so but I got me a mama too; this is what she said, honey, the world’s a scary place, got to keep a steady pace…

when hills turn into mountains, burn ’em straight on down; when streams turn into oceans, ride the waves, stay in motion…

the world’s as wide as you make it, horizons farther than your eye alone can see; don’t let anyone tell you different, “be who you want to be“…

watch for walls, you’ll build them, that I know is certain, but one day you’ll find “those who see behind the curtain“…

emotions may roil like hot burning lava, volcanic eruption threatening to blow; channel them wisely yet let them flow…

don’t allow fear to whisper too loudly, routine to rule the day; all this I tell you, knowing well “you hear only half of what I say“…

It’s Six Sentence Story Thursday Link Up!

Welcome to GirlieOnTheEdge and another edition of Six Sentence Stories!
“The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men..” Thank you (not for the first time!) Mr. Burns. Such is my lament as I write this at 5 o’ too close to when the doors open tonight for Six Sentence Stories. While my intention was to write this last night, clearly that did not happen, yet as I sit this moment in my office at work, looking out my window, rain falling lightly, it is not an unpleasant experience. Storms rolled through the area intermittently today with obligatory lightning strikes and thunder, and luckily I had a front row seat. Speaking of thunder and front row seats…the doors open soon for entrance to the blog hop, Six Sentence Stories. If you didn’t catch last Sunday’s post, the prompt word is shown below. Use this word in a story (your choice of genre), a piece of poetry, a spot of “soc” or the next scene in your serial story, write it in exactly 6 sentences and link its URL in the box below. After that, well, after that, anything can happen!

Rules of the hop:
Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.
Use the current week’s prompt word.
Link the URL to your post via the blue “Click here to enter” button below.
Link is live Wednesday 6:00 PM, ends way late Saturday night!
Spread the word and put in a good one to your fellow writers  😀

PROMPT WORD:  ERUPTION

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Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt!

Welcome to GirlieOnTheEdge and Sunday’s prompt word reveal for Six Sentence Stories!
The prompt word for this week’s upcoming hop, comes courtesy of Spira. When the call went out in the June 8, 2022 post, for prompt word suggestions, I was delighted to receive a response from several of our Sixarians. Thank you all. About this morning – I was up early for a Sunday. ‘Course the clock now shows 8:00 am. I’m wondering what the heck I’ve been doing for 2 hours. Wait…coffee? Did someone say “coffee”? Why yes, it is time to partake of the second dose, cup (does anyone drink coffee in the old style little coffee cups anymore??), giant mug of the go-go juice. I know there are many tea drinkers among us, and some who may not partake of any hot morning beverage. Difficult to imagine yet, I have on rare occasion, contemplated the “what if” scenario of my never having become a coffee person. Hold on a minute….is there a Six Sentence Story in that thought?, lol Orson Scott Card was right when he said we all walk past “a thousand story ideas everyday.” As we move forward into another week, we have opportunity to take one of those thousands of ideas and write a Six Sentence Story using the prompt word below. Please join us again, in writing 6 and only 6 sentences of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, science fiction, historical fiction or the next scene in your serial. If you’re new to this exceptional community of writers, I encourage you to try your hand at writing a Six Sentence Story. You’ll find it an extraordinary experience.

Rules of the hop:
Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.
Use the current week’s prompt word.
Link up at Wednesday’s post. Link goes live at 6:00 pm through Saturday late…
Spread the word and put in a good one to your fellow writers 😀

PROMPT WORD:  ERUPTION

“The danger that keeps me just a little frightened with every book I write, however, is that I’ll overreach myself once too often and try to write a story that I’m just plain not talented or skillful enough to write. That’s the dilemma every storyteller faces. It is painful to fail. But it is far sadder when a storyteller stops wanting to try.” – Orson Scott Card

Reciprocity. It’s a 6.

Body slick with perspiration, the woman awoke disoriented to time and place; her eyelids struggled against invisible locks; heavy panting the only sound in the world. Arms reaching blindly into the inkspot dark of the bedroom; 45 degrees in one direction, then 45 degrees in the other, orientation the reward – she was in her bed.

(The panting -) she knew who but could not see him; inching across the king-size bed, she again reached out, this time for the edge of the bed, where she knew she would find the source of the panting; muscular body beneath a thick coat of black fur, he’d be standing by her, guardian and protector.

It must have been a bad storm that brought down the power lines; funny she’d heard no thunder, no rain, yet torrents of rain still pelted the window panes, an avalanche of liquid pebbles pounded the roof; she had never seen the sky so fiercely dark or awakened to a room this (so) devoid of light. The canine was where he knew he belonged, his duty and desire to always be at the woman’s side, hers was the life that mattered – without her, his would no longer hold meaning.

The woman had finally inched her way over to the far side of the king-size mattress and this time confidently extended arm and hand; finding her companion and guardian, she gently stroked his head and his panting eased, they both would be alright….

It’s Six Sentence Story Thursday Link Up!

Welcome to GirlieOnTheEdge and another edition of Six Sentence Stories!
We meet up once again for another round of storytelling. Who needs a library when there’s all these Sixes?! Damn, I love it! You, authors of the world, thank you. I am still making the rounds and enjoying every one of your stories. Six Sentence Stories for me is like a favorite weekly TV show you can’t miss – which I wouldn’t, lol, but I hope you all feel the same. Heck, many of you were writing for the Six long before I took over the microphone. And that, is very impressive. So it is time once again to take up pen, break out the keyboard and write a poem, a story, a scene, a fleeting stream o’consciousness in….precisely 6 sentences and link it here via that blue box below. Feeling overly prolific? By all means write a second Six or three and link each as you complete them. As long as you utilize the prompt word, there is no limit to the number of Sixes you can link. Please join our community of mad writers, blogging fiends and purveyors of Six Sentences. Doors open at 6:00 pm EDT. We’ll leave the light on.

Rules of the hop:
Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.
Use the current week’s prompt word.
Link the URL to your post via the blue “Click here to enter” button below.
Link is live Wednesday 6:00 PM, ends way late Saturday night!
Spread the word and put in a good one to your fellow writers  😀

PROMPT WORD:  STROKE

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https://fresh.inlinkz.com/js/widget/load.js?id=a8b40ada7693d64e5923“I have found that a story leaves a deeper impression when it is impossible to tell which side the author is on.” – Leo Tolstoy

Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt!

Welcome to GirlieOnTheEdge and Sunday’s prompt word reveal for Six Sentence Stories!
First things first. Thank you, Abbie for this week’s prompt word. And thank you Spira, D. Avery, and Staarlz for your suggestions. We are all for writer participation here at the Six, but then you guys already know that. I won’t go on and on about it too much…(yes, there’s a “but” coming, lol) but truly, I appreciate and enjoy the conversations across our blogs. A few of you have asked how I choose the quote for each post. Often, I go in search of, and if I like it, either use it that day or copy it into a word doc to use at a later date. Today’s quote was one already saved and from the looks of it, sometime in 2021. It’s been that long since I’ve used a quote from Mr. Kurosawa. I can’t tell you why, but something about this one resonated. On a level, for me, I feel worth investigating. However it manifests for you, may you find inspiration. Perhaps inspiration for a Six Sentence Story. It’s what we do here. Dream and create stories written in exactly 6 sentences. Please join us this week and share a story, some poetry, the next installment of your serial or even a memoir-ette in 6 sentences. We hope to see all of you back here again in a few days. Enjoy your week. Read, if just a little. Write, just a little bit more. Today. It’s yours. Enjoy.

Rules of the hop:
Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.
Use the current week’s prompt word.
Link up at Wednesday’s post. Link goes live at 6:00 pm through Saturday late…
Spread the word and put in a good one to your fellow writers 😀

PROMPT WORD:  STROKE

“Man is a genius when he is dreaming.”― Akira Kurosawa

Starry Night. It’s a 6.

The Bistro was at full capacity just as it pretty much has been since the Gatekeeper’s miraculous resurrection except on this particular evening, Mimi and her spatula-slinging henchman Tom decided to celebrate his return.

Roger’s band was on the compact stage and for a small group did a decent job keeping the individual conversations, dancing feet and the subtle percussion of clinking bottles and glasses from dominating the space, at least it did for everywhere except the half-dark hallway that started at the far end of the bar and continued past the Manager’s Office.

“While everyone’s out there enjoying themselves, I’m sitting at this desk working more hours than it should take – how the hell does this happen… and you guys – Jimi, Johnny, hell any of you staring down from these walls, what the hell, you can’t materialize, pull up the wing backs by the fireplace and keep the Bartender company while she does the books?!”

Denise smiled to herself as she set the ledgers aside and after stretching her stiffening legs, pushed the leather chair away from the desk all the while hearing in her mind Ford, the Café’s resident “Fixer”, in lecture mode about the key to efficiently getting through copious amounts of paperwork being organization; she looked around the office and the sense of wonder that never seemed to leave, humbled, as she knew there was so much more to this place.

Sitting made the Bartender restless and she knew she’d reached her limit of sedentary – she needed movement, needed the outdoors, fresh air, she needed something out there. Denise closed the door to the office, caught sight of Nick on his way out the door, took note of what he was holding and thanked her lucky stars she’d have an evening outside the Bistro; she called over “got a spare helmet?”

It’s Six Sentence Story Thursday Link Up!

Welcome to GirlieOnTheEdge and another edition of Six Sentence Stories!
It’s been a little while now since I’ve invited you to offer up a prompt word. Shall we formerly announce this as writers’ choice prompt word for next week’s Six Sentence Stories? If you have a word you’re fond or would have liked to have seen used here at the hop, please leave your suggestion in the comments box. We shall put it on the List. It’s preferable it not be one we’ve used however, if it is, well we’ll go it again! Which is what we’re doing at this very moment. If you’ve been listening, you’ve heard the soft hum of printing presses running since Sunday; some of us are ready for print. The rest of us will be along in good time. Sometimes a story has to simmer, other times we have to wait until characters “come home”. Not to worry. We’ve got a little over 3 days to write a story in precisely 6 sentences. No excuse not to hang out here at Six Sentence Stories. If you enjoy an eclectic assortment of writing then this is the place you want to be. Pull up a chair, have yourself a read and a write.

Rules of the hop:
Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.
Use the current week’s prompt word.
Link the URL to your post via the blue “Click here to enter” button below.
Link is live Wednesday 6:00 PM, ends way late Saturday night!
Spread the word and put in a good one to your fellow writers  😀

PROMPT WORD:  KEY

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“All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald