Hello! Welcome to the new Blog Battle! If you haven’t already, check out the slightly altered rules and twice monthly story posting (there’s a calendar with all the dates on the rules page). We’ll call the next few months a testing phase to see if the new changes are worthy of our writing goals, if not we’ll readjust to fit what’s best for the battle.
Battle 61’s “Surfer” Winner is You Can’t Spell Mediterranean Without Maine by Andy D.
! Don’t forget to add the battle winner badge to your story!
Now, for Battle 62 “Photograph” Stories!
Post your story by 11:59 PM PST on Tuesday, June 7th. I add them here throughout the day.
RULES for VOTING: Anyone can vote as long as you’ve read ALL the stories by 11:59 PM PST of the Monday before the next battle day. Vote for your TOP 3 favorites. Winner announced on the next Tuesday’s #BlogBattle entries post!
Action/Thriller/Suspense:
- Clicked by Heena Rathore P. (horror)
Comedy/Humor:
Inspirational/Contemporary:
Drama/Romance:
- Broken by Tess K.
- Seeing Words by Rachael Ritchey
- Summer Plans by Teherah W.
- Fading by Sarah Brentyn
- Instant Shot by Candice Coates
- The Truth Will Set You Free by Carrie Ann
Science Fiction/Fantasy:
- The Photograph by Helen Jones
- The Plan: Part A by Phoenix Grey
- Man in the Moon by E. Rawls
Mystery/Crime:
- Untitled by Nicholas Hughes (Noir- sorry Nick, didn’t know where to stick it!)
Western:
- Naked Sky by Cathleen Townsend
Non-Fiction:
PS If I’m missing your story, just leave me a comment to let me know!
Read all the stories & PLEASE VOTE for your top THREE favorites (not all for the same, though!).
Tuesday, June 21st Theme Will Be: Hero
Rules:
- 1500 words max (effective May 2016)
- fictional tale (or true if you really want)
- PG (no more than PG-13) Content – let’s keep this family friendly!
- Your story must contain the word(s) from the theme and/or be centered around the theme in a way that shows it is clearly related.
- State the Genre of your story at the top/bottom of your post.
- Post your stories on the 2nd & 4th Tuesday of the month, by 11:59 PM PST
- Go for the entertainment value!
- Put a link back to your #BlogBattle Short Story in the comments section, and/or include a link to a battle post (not a page) in your own blog post (it creates a “ping-back” which will alert me and our friends to your #BlogBattle post).
- Use the hashtag #BlogBattle when tweeting your story.
- Let us know if you have a Facebook author/writer page so we can LIKE it to stay connected.
- Have fun!
You have until the Monday prior to the Next Story Tuesday to read the submitted stories & vote for your top three. Please consider the expert use of the theme word when choosing.
BlogBattle 
Pingback: Instant Shot: #Blogbattle Week 62 Photogragh – I came for the soup…
Pingback: Fading | Lemon Shark Reef
Pingback: Man In Moon #MadnesSolver | Rawls E. Fantasy
Pingback: Missing #MadnesSolver | Rawls E. Fantasy
Rachael, I must be losing it. I saw the list for current prompt and didn’t realize I hadn’t added a title, which is BROKEN. Please and thanks? Mwah. ❤ ;-P
LikeLiked by 1 person
If it makes you feel any better, I lost mine a wile ago.
Sure! I’ll be sure to fix it as soon as I can. 😀
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you. Apologies for the extra work. ❤ ❤
LikeLiked by 1 person
No problem. It took all of a minute to change. 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
XX
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hey there, here’s mine: http://cathleentownsend.com/2016/06/08/naked-sky/. Probably western is the best fit. Thanks so much.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Fantastic! Thanks, Cathleen. 😀
LikeLike
Here’s mine http://wp.me/pgklb-12p Drama
LikeLiked by 1 person
Perfect! 😀
LikeLiked by 1 person
Not sure if the pingback worked… Well, if it didn’t, here’s mine. Love the new blog. ❤
https://sarahbrentynflash.wordpress.com/2016/06/07/fading/
LikeLiked by 1 person
Rachael, the link to your story isn’t working. (At least for me…) ?
LikeLiked by 1 person
Oh! I’ll check it. Thanks for the heads up! 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Here is my story! A contemporary romance! https://icameforthesoup.com/2016/06/07/instant-shot-blogbattle-week-62-photogragh/comment-page-1/#comment-5141
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hi Rachael!
I wrote a story, but it’s a bit longer than 1500 words (not hugely, but just a bit). So I’m not sure if you want to include it or not, but here is the link just in case:
https://journeytoambeth.com/2016/06/07/blogbattle-photograph/
Hope you’re well! x
LikeLiked by 1 person
I’ll include it for sure! It makes up for my super short one this week. haha 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ha ha – thanks Rachael, much appreciated. Will try and make the next one a bit shorter 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
It’s funny, I was doing pretty good with 1000, but as soon as we upped the word count I can’t stay within it. Haha
LikeLiked by 1 person
I wonder if it’s because words take on a life of their own after about 1200 – the story just starts to run away? It’s a good challenge for me to stay inside the total, and I promise I will do better next time 😀
LikeLiked by 1 person
haha That’s probably true. I like the added challenge of limiting myself since I have a tendency to ramble on sometimes. It’s good practice. 😀
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, I can be a bit of a rambler too. It’s definitely good practice 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
You’re fab, Helen. 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Aw, thanks Rachael, so are you 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hi Rachael,
I’m back after my not-so-short-break! And here’s my entry for this week: https://heenarathorep.com/2016/06/07/clicked-blogbattle/
Have a great day!
LikeLiked by 1 person
perfect! Glad you are back, Heena! 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks! :)
LikeLiked by 1 person
Pingback: Clicked – #Blogbattle – Heena Rathore P.