Hello! Welcome to the new Blog Battle, a weekly writing prompt competition! If you haven’t already, check out the slightly altered rules.
Battle 64’s “Flavour” Winner is ________ I DON’T have a clue! The stories all tied on votes, but I’ll read them this week (I’m very bad and haven’t read them!) and will make a final vote to break the tie. The winner for Flavor will be announced later this week. 🙂 Don’t forget to add the battle winner badge to your story!
Action/Thriller/Suspense:
- The Devil’s Bath by David Williamson
Comedy/Humor:
- It’s Not Really About the Bathtub by Rachael Ritchey
Inspirational/Contemporary:
- Of Bathtub Memoirs by Beaton M.
Drama/Romance:
- The Life of Vivian Buchanan by Carrie Ann
Science Fiction/Fantasy:
- New Challenges by Phoenix Grey
- Tool Thief by Cathleen Townsend
Mystery/Crime:
Western:
Non-Fiction:
- The Previous Owners by Lauren Gunter
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!).
Next week’s word chosen from the list by utilizing random.org: Indigenous
Have fun with that! 🙂
This week: Only ONE VOTE. Vote for your favorite.
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 story on Tuesday by 11:59 PM PST (you have a week to write it)
- 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 next Monday at midnight to read the submitted stories & vote for your top three. Please consider the expert use of the theme word when choosing.
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Hi, when is the ‘Indigenous’ due? Love the choice of the word. Might as well start my season 2 of the Lt. Mazula… Or Ebony River’s diary?
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Love it! 😀 indigenous is nexy Tues! Went back to weekly. 🙂
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I see awesome! I suspect I may show up :)))
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I hope so and welcome back! 😀
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Good to be back!
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Hey, Grace–this page didn’t come up when I checked yesterday. I do have an entry–Tool Thief, which is a fantasy–https://cathleentownsend.com/2016/07/19/tool-thief/. Thanks. 🙂
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Thanks for letting me know! I’ll add it right away. 🙂
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Been away too long!! Here’s mine Drama/Romance http://wp.me/pgklb-13D
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So Glad You’re Back! 🙂
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Reblogged this on Fiction by Rachael Ritchey and commented:
This week’s Battle stories: Bathtub. 🙂
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Good times. Here’s more of Grant and Teagan, in “The Devil’s Bath.”
https://sonworshiper.wordpress.com/2016/07/27/the-devils-bath/
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Good to see you sir over here! I’ve been gone for way too long 🙂
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