#WEPFF - In Too Deep February Challenge Winners

How many times can you use the words outstanding, amazing, or inspiring to describe the entries for another WEP challenge? Apparently, dozens, and each time they fit. This month was no exception.

In Too Deep could have meant anything. A wrong decision with no way out. Or a literal fight with deep water. Or whatever so many clever minds made it.

Pat Garcia – always engaging, reminded us of the true meaning of the vow 'till death do us part.' Carrie Golden – reminded us that life is just too short! Christopher Scott introduced us to nanopunk and told a gripping tale of self-sacrifice. Toi Thomas – reminded us to be careful what we wish for especially at the moment of death. Keith’s Ramblings – beautifully presented, every journey, even for a princess takes trust and sacrifice.

L G Keltner – wrote a cautionary, yet superbly subtle tale - don’t mess with the God of Love! Hilary – wrote eloquently of conquering your greatest fear. Pat Hatt – delivered a gut retching close-up of pure evil. Kalpanaa – reminded us that the journey to happiness is seldom an easy one. DG Hudson – clarified the price of revenge which raised so many questions in readers. RasmaRaisters – showed us that what the heart wants, the heart wants.

Sally – in a combination of prose and poetry, reminded us that even when you’re not looking for love, it can land right in your lap. Adura – a poem that showed with true love there are no barriers. Nidhi – wrote a poem, redolent with emotion, about an unbelievable crime and hope. Deborah Drucker – pointed out that no one is too busy for love. Desk 49 – wrote poetically of love, forget expectations – just fall… J Lenni Dorner – shared a delightful tale about the meaning of Karma.

Roland Yeomans – reminds us that beauty is only skin deep unless you find the mists. Dolorah – Lunatic Walks Into A Bar – investigating murder is a daunting task. Bernadette Braganza – saw humor in a few words of playscript that lifted the heart. Elizabeth Otten – reminded us the journey to love is varied and usually offers many challenges.

And now to the announcements:

THE WINNER OF THE

2018 WEP FEBRUARY CHALLENGE

IN TOO DEEP

is

L. G. Keltner

Congratulations Laura!

Cupid’s assistant describes him as a vindictive twerp, the proof - unrequited love in "Contemptible Cupid".

Please, accept the winner’s badge and display on your blog with a link to your story "Contemptible Cupid".

An Amazon Gift Card of $10 will be winging your way shortly.

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THE RUNNER UP OF THE

2018 WEP FEBRUARY CHALLENGE

IS

nidhi

Her poem "Precious Jewel" describes an innocent child, horrific real-life tragedy, and leaves us all searching for answers.

Congratulations nidhi!

Please accept the Runner Up Badge

And display on your blog with a link to
"Precious Jewel"

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THE ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD FOR THE

2018 WEP FEBRUARY CHALLENGE GOES TO

Toi Thomas

“Anybody, Save Me” is a clear warning that one should be careful what they wish for, especially at the moment of death. We loved your exploration into the new waters of genderless writing.

Congratulations Toi!

Please accept the Encouragement Award.

And display on your blog with a link to
"Anybody, Save Me"

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CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS

And a gentle reminder: if you post especially early, please advise us somewhere--an email, a comment on the current WEP post, a comment on one of the team's blogposts--otherwise we may not pick it up on our blogroll. Please make sure you put WEP in your title.

And if you find you can't comment on a post, due to blogspot or WP difficulties, advise one of the team or leave a comment on the WEP current post. Try to set up your comment system so it's easy to comment!

Thanks, everyone, for joining us in FEBRUARY. We appreciate each and every one of you. Our next Challenge will be in April – The Road Less Traveled…

On the Challenges Page you’ll find the prompt schedule for the year.

Be sure to return to read the winner’s guest post!

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Your Hosts…

Denise – Renée – Nilanjana – Olga

WEP-HALLOWEEN DARK PLACES CHALLENGE WINNERS!

_AMAZING!

_HORRIFYING!

_{THOUGHT PROVOKING!}

 _{along with}

_{SUPERIOR WRITING!}

 

_{We could go on and on. The stories, poetry, and images presented for the 2017 WEP Halloween – Dark Places Challenge are beyond description.}

_{From the talented L. G. Keltner, who describes in explicit detail the fear we all have regarding strangers, but especially when it comes to our children in her tale  A Dark Man in a Dark Room. Then one of our veterans, Pat Garcia, brought the emotion with her story of a survivor haunted by horrific nightmares in A Dark Night of the Soul. Newcomer Carrie Anne Golden – hit a cord in all of us (bitches) with her ode to the darkness within in Black Heart.}

_{Positive thinker Hilary Melton-Butcher brought us to Dark Places through images and poetry that highlight the violent sacrifice of martyrdom.  And horror queen Laura Clipson’s tale of Darkness details the caution we all need to take when love is too good to be true.}

_{But folks there are more, many, many more so please go HERE to find the dark delights our writers are sharing with you this Halloween!} 

_{But we are all here to find out who took us to the darkest of places, and to that end I'm proud to announce the winners!}

The Winner of the

2017 WEP Halloween Challenge

Dark Places

is

Elephant’s Child

Prestwich is a small town . . .

Congratulations, Sue!

The build-up was perfection, the fiend unexpected, and the horror subtle.

 With everything in its place and a place for everything, disobedience will not be tolerated!

Please, accept the winner’s badge and display on your blog with a link to Prestwich.

An Amazon Gift Card of $10 will be winging your way shortly.

The Runner-Up of the

2017 WEP Halloween Challenge

Dark Places

is

DB McNicol

The Taxi Ride . . .

Congratulations Donna!

 I read The Taxi Ride as a cautionary tale. We’re so used to judging humanity on its differences – beware the freak within!

 Please accept the Runner-Up Badge

And display on your blog with a link to

The Taxi Ride.

The Encouragement Award for the

2017 WEP Halloween Challenge

Dark Places

goes to

Julie Flanders

The Apartment . . .

Congratulations, Julie.

In The Apartment, a young boy has the power to decode the past, but a locked closet won’t let the details out. Chilling!

Please accept the badge and display it on your blog with a link to
The Apartment.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS

Thanks, everyone, for joining us for Halloween. We love each and every entry.

But soon it will be time to prepare for the next challenge !

DECEMBER

& 

THE END IS THE BEGINNING!

 

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#WEPFF WRITE…EDIT…PUBLISH… BRIDGES WINNER DEBORAH DRUCKER ON BECOMING A WRITER

We are thrilled to have Deborah Drucker, the winner of the WEP June Challenge - BRIDGES - 

here to discuss her writing journey. Her winning piece is titled

THE FINAL TRANSITION.

Congratulations, Deborah!

Have I become a writer?

I definitely did not always aspire to be or think of myself as a writer. I have spent most of my life being other things.

Going through a recent life transition, I started to read what others were writing about. I felt like I was crossing over into unknown territory and needed some guides. One of the websites I found was open to submissions to post on their site. I submitted a post and was published. Another well known writer accepted a guest post from me.

Jeune femme lisant dans un jardin by Henri Lebasque via Wikimedia

This was very exciting.

Would this be the new direction?

I started my own blog. Visions of being an overnight success swirled through my head. You would think it would be nothing but up from then on. It has taken longer than I expected. I do have a following but haven't gone viral yet. :D  I decided to blog about what interests me and feel strongly about.  Gathering a blog following is very time consuming and takes away from other interests. I need a lot of open space to reflect and down time to write.

I discovered I could write Flash Fiction and was encouraged when some of the pieces were well received by other writers. It was a challenge to write a story in 100 words or so. I learned that it is possible and it has shown me how you can trim your writing down to the bone. Some of my stories are completely imaginary while others have some basis in issues I care about.

I went through several of my flash fiction stories with a 100-word limit and picked this one which is kind of fun. I wrote this for the Friday Fictioneers hosted by Rachel Wisoff-Fields.

This image provided by Connie Gayer was the prompt. My story was inspired by a piece in the LA Times about the mudslides after the rain:

Copyright Connie Gayer

Disturb At Your Own Risk

The wild fires had prepared the site, El Nino rains brought the mudslides, and the hillsides gave up some of their secrets. Two skulls and a femur were found by some mountain hikers. The police said they would open their missing persons' files.

The call came in to the Sheriff’s Station on a quiet Sunday morning.

Another hiker had spotted something. The deputy dispatched to the scene called it in, I think this is a job for Animal Control. Yeah, it looks like a tentacle. Wait a minute, it’s moving!  The dispatcher heard a muffled scream and then nothing.

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 I feel that now I am moving into another phase of my development as a writer and wanting to progress into longer pieces. I need more of a challenge than writing short Flash Fiction and blogging. Who knows if this will lead to anything, but I would like to find out.

I want to be brave, and I want to enjoy writing. I have come to realize that you can write about anything, even small everyday things. The secret for me is that the topic has to inspire me.

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Thank you, Deborah, loved the post.

What about you, readers and writers, 

does the topic have to inspire you?

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And don't forget AUGUST is the
REUNIONS CHALLENGE

To help you with some ideas:

Families separated by a multitude of reasons-- ill feelings, separation at birth, kidnapping -- many reasons for such, or a holiday reunion lends itself to a fantasy reunion that can be heartbreaking for its reality.

Happy Writing!

YOUR WEP TEAM!

#WEPFF Write…Edit…Publish – BRIDGES Winners for June 2017

            This prompt brought a varied selection of entries but each one was a pleasant surprise and a joy to read. Thank you to all the participants for tackling the challenge and making it one of the most inspiring for the year. I know, we say that after every challenge, but it’s the truth, each challenge brings a new inspiration, a new discovery, and sometimes a whole new direction to my own writing. I hope you achieve the same dynamic with your writing.

THE WINNER

WEP BRIDGES 2017 CHALLENGE

IS

DEBORAH DRUCKER

FOR

THE FINAL TRANSITION

Congratulations Deborah

In The Final Transition, Sarah discovers that a bridge could be a gateway to a new existence.

Deborah, please, accept the winner’s badge and display on your blog with a link to

The Final Transition!

An Amazon Gift Card of $10 will be winging your way shortly.

THE RUNNER UP

WEP BRIDGES 2017 CHALLENGE

IS

PAT GARCIA

FOR

THE BRIDGE OF HOPE

Congratulations Pat!

In The Bridge of Hope, a woman chooses not to cross a bridge of callousness instead she reclaims her soul.

Pat, please accept the Runner Up Badge

And display on your blog with a link to
The Bridge of Hope!

THE ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD

WEP BRIDGES 2017 CHALLENGE

GOES TO

MICHAEL DI GESU

FOR

INVISIBLE BRIDGES

Congratulations, Michael.

Invisible Bridges reminds us all that the journey is ever changing and faith is a huge factor.

Michael, please accept the badge and display it on your blog with a link to
Invisible Bridges.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS!

Picking only three is near impossible when so many of the entries were magnificent left us with a list of honorable mentions!

Delorah’s - Aaron

LG Keltner’s – The Bridge to Home

J Lenni Dorner’s – Double Poem

Olga Godim’s – Golden Fish

and on and on!

Thank you, everyone, for an amazing challenge!

And thanks again to Nilanjana for the excellent prompt and Olga Godim for the prompt badge and the winners' badges. 

Now let's start that muse working on the

August Challenge!

REUNIONS

Families separated by a multitude of reasons-- ill feelings, separation at birth, kidnapping -- many reasons for such, or a holiday reunion lends itself to a fantasy reunion that can be heartbreaking for its reality.

Happy Writing!

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The #WEPFF BRIDGES Challenge Winners announced. @DeniseCCovey & @YolandaRenee http://writeeditpublishnow.blogspot.com/2017/06/wepff-writeeditpublish-bridges-winners.html

Celebrate with Deborah Drucker first place winner #WEPFF BRIDGES June Challenge @DeniseCCovey & @YolandaRenee http://writeeditpublishnow.blogspot.com/2017/06/wepff-writeeditpublish-bridges-winners.html

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From Denise, Yolanda, Olga and Nilanjana!

See you again soon!!