1 Nov 2012

The End

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Here’s the third post  to end my term AND this guest fiction challenge. Thank you, Everyone.  Thank you! Pt 1. – The Beginning  Pt 2. – The Middle Pt 3. – The End (this one)   Hahn /Spokane/ Insurance A fire you had to put out this week? Relationship issues Where do you go for peace? […]

1 Nov 2012

The Middle

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This is the second of three posts where unsuspecting guests help to build a short story. Pt 1. – The Beginning  Pt 2. – The Middle (this one) Pt 3. – The End Michael /South Carolina/ Retired Medical Researcher A fire you had to put out this week? Let’s see… a lot had to be […]

25 Oct 2012

The Beginning

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This is the first of three posts where I wrangle an unsuspecting Pfister guest into a short story project. Pt 1. – The Beginning (this one) Pt 2. – The Middle Pt 3. – The End Today, I asked for random details to shape the beginning of a story. Jeff / Milwaukee/ Writer & Producer […]

23 Oct 2012

Nights Like This

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You have reached your bewitching hour.  While most people will unwind inside the cushioned margins of prime time, you won’t shrug away the day until it’s ready to expire. You are not governed by office hours or bedtimes. You will review and research and design and sort and package and analyze and schmooze until your […]

12 Oct 2012

Rock Star

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“Let me tell you a story about the Colorado River…” The speaker is only a few minutes into her keynote address. From my seat at the back of the grand ballroom, I can barely see her diminutive frame on the dais. I’m sitting on a stray banquet chair between two elaborate exhibits for water purifiers […]

2 Oct 2012

Can You See Me Now?

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Maggie Janssen is the Senior Vice President of Global Communications for one of the largest and most respected non-profit organizations in the world. Well, not yet. I found Maggie stationed at a skirted table outside of the Imperial Ballroom.  At the entrance behind her, a diagram has been pinned to the partition beginning a maze […]