Fahrenhot!

I invented a word! It's a really useful one, too. Often when eating dinner you want to say that your food is hot, and you need to specify whether you mean "temperature-hot" or "spicy-hot." Well, now there's a way to say "temperature-hot": Fahrenhot. (Fahrenheit and hot, obviously. I love portmanteaus.) 

Anyway, Fahrenhot. Use it.

I'm still working on a clever word for spicy-hot.

I Require A Ghost

Published again, yay! I have a short piece called "I Require A Ghost" published at punchnels.com (which is an awesome website you should probably read anyway).  This is the first time I've had nonfiction published.  Very exciting.

Check it out: www.punchnels.com/first-person/i-require-a-ghost/

Published Again!

I meant to post information on this weeks ago!

I have a short story, "The Dog," published on Fiction365.  Fiction365 publishes a new short story every day, and then archives them.  I really like all the ones I've read there, AND it's the first time I'm being paid for my writing!  Yay!

Check it out.  Select "February 7th 2012" on their little calendar.

Go Here: Fiction365.com


I also have a short story, "Ella Hart's Mother," published on Every Day Fiction.  Every Day Fiction operates the same as Fiction365, sending flash fiction each day and archiving it, but they also have the option to send the stories in an app to your phone or tablet, which is pretty neat.  You can also vote on and comment on stories.  The author of the highest rated story each month is interviewed on their site.

Check it out.  Look for "Ella Hart's Mother" by Elizabeth Holden in the "recent stories" sidebar, or search for it in their search box.

Go Here: everydayfiction.com

Ideas

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I keep a notebook in my purse that I use to write down all the ridiculous ideas I have, among other things. (Other things include stuff like the titles of books I want to read, drawings of expensive dresses I want but can't afford, haikus I've written about my softball team or Cadbury Creme Eggs, and encoded messages.)  I thought I'd share some of my ideas (which range from insane and impossible to just goofy) here from time to time.  A sampling:

• A tattoo of an accordion on a woman's stomach.  Why? Well, one concern with tattoos is that, depending on where you get them, that body part might not look as good as you age.  But think about this: the woman gets pregnant or fat, the accordion stretches out.  She gets stretch marks, the accordion looks 3D. It's perfect!  It's also just about the ugliest thing I can imagine, but that's not the point.
• Cinnabon Tower.  Build a narrow tower with a Cinnabon at the top.  Make it the right height so that by the time you get to the top, you've burned off all the calories in one of their giant cinnamon rolls.  
• Cup-holder bracelets.  Don't you hate when you go to a show or sporting event, and you want to clap but you can't because you're holding your drink? If you have a bracelet that can convert into a temporary cup holder, you can set your drink in there, free up your hand, and cheer away!

There's lots more.  

As a bonus, here's a haiku:

sweet milk chocolate shell

thick to guard precious contents

white and yellow creme

Published!

I had another short story published, in the October issue of Stirring: A Literary Collection.  Yay!  Check it out:
Stirring