Writer’s Workshop: Inside the Mind of Romeo
by Jenners • 04/18/2012 • Romeo and Juliet, Writers Workshop • 60 Comments
A Writer's Workshop post that looks inside the mind of Romeo the Pup.
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Writer’s Workshop: A Day In the Life of the Sentence Family
by Jenners • 03/29/2012 • Silliness, Writers Workshop • 41 Comments
Writer's Workshop time again! This time out, I'm writing an imaginary scene between the four different types of sentences.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: Hobbies I’ve Tried (And Quit)
by Jenners • 03/01/2012 • Confessions, Lessons Learned, Writers Workshop • 52 Comments
Writer's Workshop post on the many hobbies I've tried and quit.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: If You Give A Mom A ….
by Jenners • 02/08/2012 • Silliness, Writers Workshop • 45 Comments
Writer's Workshop time! This week, I'm writing a post in the style of the "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie" books.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: Letter To Santa Claus
by Jenners • 12/07/2011 • BB/The Little One, Writers Workshop • 79 Comments
I write an open letter to Santa Clause covering a few critical issues.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: Five Things
by Jenners • 11/30/2011 • Lists, Writers Workshop • 92 Comments
What do sushi, books, yaks and chocolate have to do with each other? Well, read this post and find out.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: My Seven Wonders
by Jenners • 11/17/2011 • Lists, Writers Workshop • 77 Comments
Musings on some of the wonders I've seen in my lifetime.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: A Day In the Life of Romeo
by Jenners • 11/03/2011 • Romeo and Juliet, Writers Workshop • 78 Comments
What is Romeo the Puppy's days like? Why don't I let him tell you.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: Never, Ever EVER Ask Your Spouse…
by Jenners • 10/13/2011 • Mr. Jenners, Silliness, Writers Workshop • 67 Comments
Writer's Workshop time! This week, I'm writing a list of 10 things you should NEVER ask your spouse.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: You Be The Judge
by Jenners • 10/06/2011 • Mr. Jenners, Romeo and Juliet, Writers Workshop • 82 Comments
There is a dispute at the Jenners household and we need your help in settling it. Vote now!
Read more →If I Was A Hoarder…
by Jenners • 09/08/2011 • Confessions, Mr. Jenners, Writers Workshop • 82 Comments
If I was a hoarder, what would I hoard? You get ONE guess. I'm sure you'll get it right. Read on to get the answer.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: How To Get My Look
by Jenners • 06/08/2011 • My Take On..., Writers Workshop • 82 Comments
My handy guide to dressing like me. Only read if you are ready to take some chances with your fashion!
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: Six Word Memoirs
by Jenners • 06/01/2011 • Writers Workshop • 51 Comments
For this week's Writer's Workshop, I'm writing six word memoirs about various times in my life.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: Cute Quirks Become Aggravating Annoyances
by Jenners • 05/11/2011 • Mr. Jenners, Writers Workshop • 72 Comments
A Writer's Workshop post in which I share some things about Mr. Jenners that I used to find charming but now ... not so much.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: Grown-Up Moments And The Little One’s Possible Futures
by Jenners • 04/13/2011 • BB/The Little One, My Take On..., Writers Workshop • 77 Comments
In this edition of Writer's Workshop, I discuss the moments that made me feel like a grown-up ... and imagined what the future might hold for the Little One.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: My 15 Minutes
by Jenners • 04/06/2011 • Confessions, My Childhood, Writers Workshop • 72 Comments
With tongue firmly in cheek, I document my 15 minutes of fame for a Writer's Workshop entry.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: Tweet, Tweet, Tweet
by Jenners • 03/30/2011 • Randomosity, Silliness, Writers Workshop • 62 Comments
My latest contribution to Writer's Workshop about my favorite tweets.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: Old Journal + Poetry = Mucho Laughs
by Jenners • 03/24/2011 • Confessions, My Take On..., Silliness, Writers Workshop • 70 Comments
A contribution for Writer's Workshop that involves me digging out my old journals and sharing some really bad poetry I wrote in my younger years. Complete with present-day self commentary!
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: Things My Mother Taught Me
by Jenners • 03/16/2011 • My Childhood, Writers Workshop • 93 Comments
Things my mother taught me ... and I rejoin Twitter at Mr. Jenners urging.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: This Time Last Year
by Jenners • 03/02/2011 • My Take On..., Silliness, Writers Workshop • 72 Comments
I compare what I was blogging about this time last year ... and somehow get caught up in writing about Peeps!
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: A “Memorable” Vacation
by Jenners • 02/17/2011 • Travels, Writers Workshop • 96 Comments
In this Writer's Workshop post, I write about a memorable vacation.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: Ideas for A Good Year
by Jenners • 01/12/2011 • Writers Workshop • 67 Comments
Some of my New Year's Resolutions. I guarantee I will do less than 5% of them.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: Open Letter to Celebrity
by Jenners • 11/18/2010 • Writers Workshop • 82 Comments
I write an open letter to a celebrity whose name begins with T and ends with G. (You'll never ever guess so don't even try.)
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: Walking On the Moon
by Jenners • 10/27/2010 • Writers Workshop • 69 Comments
What event in all of history would I be a part of? Find out in this Writer's Workshop post.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: Babysitting Confessions
by Jenners • 10/13/2010 • Confessions, Writers Workshop • 83 Comments
Reasons I seemed liked the perfect babysitter ... until you hear about my dark side.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: Jobs I Don’t Want
by Jenners • 10/06/2010 • My Take On..., Writers Workshop • 89 Comments
Jobs I'd never want to have in my life.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: 10 Reasons I’m Glad It’s Fall
by Jenners • 09/30/2010 • Writers Workshop • 87 Comments
My 10 favorite things about the fall season.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: Freedom
by Jenners • 09/09/2010 • My Take On..., Writers Workshop • 28 Comments
Writer's Workshop asks me what freedom means. I answer.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: Dear Robert Pattinson
by Jenners • 09/01/2010 • Writers Workshop • 26 Comments
A Writer's Workshop prompt asks me to write a letter to a celebrity. I choose Robert Pattinson.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: Childhood Obsessions (Plus A Teeny Tiny Bonus Story)
by Jenners • 08/18/2010 • My Childhood, Writers Workshop • 24 Comments
A Writer's Workshop post about things I was obsessed about as a child.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: An Ill-Advised Canoe Trip
by Jenners • 08/11/2010 • Lessons Learned, My Childhood, Travels, Writers Workshop • 29 Comments
For Writer's Workshop, I'm remembering an ill-advised canoe trip I once took. It was bad. Very bad.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: Some Long Drives
by Jenners • 08/04/2010 • Love and Loss, Travels, Writers Workshop • 30 Comments
A write about some long drives for Writer's Workshop.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: A Movie I’m Regretting
by Jenners • 07/22/2010 • BB/The Little One, Writers Workshop • 43 Comments
I respond to a Writer's Workshop prompt about a movie I'm regretting.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: In Which I Become A Blowhard
by Jenners • 07/15/2010 • Writers Workshop • 28 Comments
A Writer's Workshop prompt asks me to comment on headlines at the Today Show web site. So I do.
Read more →The Soundtrack of My Life
by Jenners • 07/12/2010 • BB/The Little One, Life, Mr. Jenners, Writers Workshop • 29 Comments
A Writer's Workshop post in which I talk about the soundtrack for my life.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: It’s Almost Like Looking In A Mirror
by Jenners • 06/23/2010 • BB/The Little One, Writers Workshop • 27 Comments
A Writer's Workshop post about how the Little One reminds me of myself.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: The Boss from Hell
by Jenners • 06/16/2010 • Life, Writers Workshop • 35 Comments
A Writer's Workshop post about my Bosses From Hell.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: My Summer Plans
by Jenners • 06/09/2010 • Life, Writers Workshop • 43 Comments
A Writer's Workshop post about my summertime plans.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: Have You Ever…
by Jenners • 06/02/2010 • Life, Writers Workshop • 40 Comments
A Writer's Workshop post in which I answer a series of questions Have You Ever...
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: Lost In Translation
by Jenners • 05/26/2010 • Confessions, Life, Writers Workshop • 35 Comments
It’s Writer’s Workshop time again!Join the fun over at Mama’s Losin’ It This week, I’m choosing prompt 1: Describe a time when you had difficulty communicating with someone who speaks a different language than you. (inspired by Jen from Hamster Central) This prompt jumped out at me … but I’m taking it in a...
Read more →Writers’ Workshop: The Chapters of My Life
by Jenners • 05/20/2010 • Life, Writers Workshop • 32 Comments
It’s Writer’s Workshop time again!Join the fun over at Mama’s Losin’ It This week, I’m choosing prompt 4: What ‘chapters of your life’ would there be? Make a list of your life’s chapters. Choose one. Write five possible opening sentences to that chapter. Then write five possible ending sentences to that chapter. (inspired by...
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: The Book Blurb for "Chocoholic"
by Jenners • 05/12/2010 • Writers Workshop • 51 Comments
It’s Writer’s Workshop time again!Join the fun over at Mama’s Losin’ It This week, I’m choosing prompt 5: imagine your life is now a book. In 100 words, write the blurb for it. (It’s what people will read on the back cover.) Chocoholic: One Woman’s Lifelong Struggle with The Brown Devil In this riveting...
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: Open Letter to New Moms
by Jenners • 05/05/2010 • BB/The Little One, Writers Workshop • 25 Comments
Time for Writer’s Workshop again! This week I’m choosing Prompt 1: Open letter to new moms. And by “new moms,” I mean brand-new, first baby moms in the first few weeks of their motherhood. Dear New Mom, So now you know, huh? All the daydreams you had when you were pregnant of your adorable...
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: My Blogging Regrets
by Jenners • 04/29/2010 • Blogging, Life, Writers Workshop • 28 Comments
Time for Writer’s Workshop again! This week I’m choosing Prompt 3: List five things you would do different if you started blogging today. And believe me when I tell you that this is a subject I’ve actually thought about more often than I should. So let’s step into The Way Back machine and see...
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: Some Rules Are MADE To Be Broken
by Jenners • 04/22/2010 • Writers Workshop • 38 Comments
Time for Writer’s Workshop again! This week I’m choosing Prompt 5: List 10 rules you’ve unlearned (meaning 10 things you thought were expected of you or were the “right way” of doing things, but that you now ignore). Never eat raw cookie dough because you’ll get salmonella. Pish posh. If this was true, I...
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: No One Ever Asked Me…
by Jenners • 03/24/2010 • Writers Workshop • 27 Comments
Time for Writer’s Workshop again! This week I’m choosing Prompt 5: Why didn’t they ask you? Write a list of 5 or 10 sentences that begin with the words “No one ever asked me,” then write about one in detail or use them in a poem or use several in a personal description of...
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: One Day To Live Over
by Jenners • 03/18/2010 • Love and Loss, Writers Workshop • 45 Comments
Time for Writer’s Workshop again! This week I’m choosing Prompt 1: If you had to relive a day in your life what day would it be? As soon as I saw this prompt, I immediately thought “August 21, 2009.” In all respects, August 21, 2009 was an ordinary day. In fact, the specifics of...
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: I’m Easy to Fool
by Jenners • 03/04/2010 • Life, Writers Workshop • 29 Comments
Time for Writer’s Workshop again! This week I’m choosing Prompt 5: Who blind-sided you? Write about a time someone caught you totally off guard. (writingfix.com). First of all, you should know that I am extremely easy to fool. Gullible is my middle name. (And if you believe that, you’re even worse than me.) I’m...
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: 10 Reasons Mr. Jenners Is Deluded
by Jenners • 02/25/2010 • Mr. Jenners, Writers Workshop • 21 Comments
Time for Writer’s Workshop again! I didn’t do this last week because of the 2010 Haircut Fiasco. But I’m back, and this week I’m choosing Prompt 1: 10 Reasons why you’re better off without him….or her….or it. Mr. Jenners is always going on about his life would be so much better without me and...
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: An Interview with George Clooney
by Jenners • 02/10/2010 • Writers Workshop • 27 Comments
Time for Writer’s Workshop again! Somehow I got out of the groove of doing this. Time to jump back in with a prompt that was like catnip to me. This week I’m choosing: 1.) Write a mock interview with a celeb of your choosing. Take advantage of having the power to make it go...
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: How Not To Be Bored
by Jenners • 01/21/2010 • Writers Workshop • 36 Comments
Time for Writer’s Workshop again! This week, I choosing Prompt 3: Write a list of 10 things that can be done to stave off boredom. (inspired by Lourie from CA Girl) I’m going to assume the very worst case situation: trapped in the back seat of a car on a long trip with no...
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: Change, Change, Change
by Jenners • 01/07/2010 • Writers Workshop • 0 Comments
Write, read, comment, and participatein Writer’s Workshop at Mama’s Losin‘ It This week, I’m choosing: Describe what you would change about yourself if you could. What would I change about myself? Let’s review from head to toe. Hair: Longer, blonder. Eyes: Bluer Lashes: Longer, darker Nose: Thinner Skin: Smoother Teeth: Whiter Arms: Thinner Boobs:...
Read more →Punish Me Like Jesus
by Jenners • 11/12/2009 • Life, Writers Workshop • 32 Comments
Thursday = Mama Kat’s Writer’s WorkshopParticipate, read, comment! This week, I’m choosing Prompt 1: Describe the best/most creative punishment you have ever given your children or received yourself. (inspired via Twitter by Maya from Musings Of A Marfan Mom) I’m pretty sure my mother will deny ever inflicting this punishment if she happens to...
Read more →The Most Frightening Halloween Craft EVER!
by Jenners • 10/28/2009 • Lessons Learned, Writers Workshop • 28 Comments
Thursday = Mama Kat’s Writer’s WorkshopParticipate, read, comment! This week, I misread the prompts and had it in my head that there was one about the most frightening Halloween craft you ever did. Well, looking at the prompts again, I realized that there wasn’t really a prompt about this but there were two prompts...
Read more →Playground Do’s and Don’ts
by Jenners • 10/21/2009 • Lessons Learned, Writers Workshop • 36 Comments
Thursday = Mama Kat’s Writer’s WorkshopParticipate, read, comment! This week, I decided to go with Prompt 1: create a list of playground do’s and don’ts. I’m writing a list from the point of view of a mother and a child. Mother Playground Do’s and Don’ts DO wear a shlubby outfit (sweats, Crocs, t-shirt), no...
Read more →Guess What My Name Is Based On These Numbers: 8675309
by Jenners • 10/14/2009 • Life, Writers Workshop • 30 Comments
Thursday = Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop Participate, read, comment! This week, I’m choosing Prompt 3: How did you parents choose your name? What does it mean? What would you change your name to if you could?A Cautionary Tale The story of my name should be a cautionary tale for all women about to give...
Read more →What A Crock(pot)
by Jenners • 10/07/2009 • Writers Workshop • 33 Comments
Thursday = Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop Participate, read, comment! So even though I avoid cooking and recipe posts like the plague, this week I’m choosing Prompt #1: What’s cooking in YOUR crockpot? The short answer: Dust and cobwebs. The long answer: I’m not a big crockpotter. However, for about a week every year (usually...
Read more →Conversations Between Bob and Erma
by Jenners • 10/01/2009 • Writers Workshop • 21 Comments
Thursday = Mama Kat’s Writer’s WorkshopParticipate, read, comment! I was going to skip Writer’s Workshop this week because I got busy (watching TV), but then I felt a bit guilty: “Writers write. They write even when they don’t feel like it.” (Don’t you love that I’m viewing myself as a writer now? Yeah…me and...
Read more →What’s Not To Love About Fall?
by Jenners • 09/16/2009 • Life, Writers Workshop • 32 Comments
Thursday = Mama Kat’s Writer’s WorkshopParticipate, read, comment! This week, I chose Prompt 3 — Your Fall Favorites. Unlike some people, I love fall. Not only was I born in the fall, it has one of my all-time favorite holidays — Halloween. (Be sure to check back for my upcoming Halloween post where I’ll...
Read more →Fun With Science … The Jenners Way
by Jenners • 08/19/2009 • BB/The Little One, Writers Workshop • 38 Comments
Thursday = Mama Kat’s Writer’s WorkshopParticipate, read, comment! This week, I chose Prompt 4: Hi, my name is ______ and I am a _______. (inspired by Emmy from Emmy Mom One Day At A Time.)Hi, my names is Jenners and I am a super fun science camp director! Ever since the Little One’s summer...
Read more →I’m Afraid…and Sick with PVS
by Jenners • 08/05/2009 • Writers Workshop • 40 Comments
Thursday = Mama Kat’s Writer’s WorkshopParticipate, read, comment! 1. What’s ailing you? Diagnose yourself with a syndrome. I think I’ve come down with PVS — Pre-Vacation Sickness. It never fails … we have a mini-vacation planned (we leave on Friday), and today I’ve come down with a terrible cold. My head aches. My body...
Read more →Tiny Cars, Transformers, God … and Extra Special Bonus Content!
by Jenners • 07/22/2009 • BB/The Little One, Guest Posts, Writers Workshop • 33 Comments
Thursday = Mama Kat’s Writer’s WorkshopParticipate, read, comment! Well, if I’m only going to be posting once a week until September (subject to change due to whim or inspiration), I might as well make it count! So I’m choosing two of the five prompts for this week’s Writer’s Workshop — and at the end...
Read more →Bushy Eyebrows, Nerdiness and Reading: Getting to Know Grandpa
by Jenners • 07/15/2009 • Life, Writers Workshop • 29 Comments
Thursday = Mama Kat’s Writer’s WorkshopParticipate, read, comment! This week I’m choosing prompt 3: Tell us about Grandpa. Rather than tell you about my grandpa, I’d like to take this opportunity to tell the Little One about his grandpa (my dad — for those of you who are a little shaky on your genealogy)....
Read more →Paranoia, The Destroyer
by Jenners • 07/09/2009 • Writers Workshop • 34 Comments
Thursday = Mama Kat’s Writer’s WorkshopParticipate, read, comment! I was going to do a different prompt but then the Little One had a nightmare so I was forced to sit in his room until he fell asleep and now I’m too tired to come up with my usual witty and erudite contribution so I’m...
Read more →Incredibly Short Books
by Jenners • 07/01/2009 • Writers Workshop • 40 Comments
Thursday = Mama Kat’s Writer’s WorkshopParticipate, read, comment! So this week’s prompt were a no-brainer for me … Prompt #2 was like catnip! Prompt 2. Write five “Incredibly Short Books”. Some examples: “Chemical Contraception Choices for Catholic Couples”“Teenage U.S. Presidents”“The Book of Female Popes”“The 2008 Book of General Motors Profits” Dan says, “The point...
Read more →Interview with the Little One
by Jenners • 06/25/2009 • BB/The Little One, Writers Workshop • 37 Comments
Thursday = Mama Kat’s Writer’s WorkshopParticipate, read, comment! So before I start on this week’s Writer’s Workshop, I just want to take a moment to recognize myself for inspiring a prompt! Yes!!!!! I can’t even tell you how excited I was when I saw that my little help wanted ad inspired a prompt. I...
Read more →Writer’s Workshop Prompt Extravaganza
by Jenners • 06/17/2009 • Writers Workshop • 27 Comments
Thursday = Mama Kat’s Writer’s WorkshopParticipate, read, comment! This week, all the Writer’s Workshop prompts were screaming “Pick me, Jenners! Pick me!” So I did … but I swear I did them short and sweet. I actually don’t have much time for blogging tonight as Mr. Jenners is out buying Guitar Hero RIGHT NOW...
Read more →Dear God
by Jenners • 06/10/2009 • Writers Workshop • 38 Comments
Thursday = Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop Participate, read, comment! This week I’m choosing prompt 4, which asks me to write a letter. That’s it! No more direction or suggestions. The possibilities are endless. As usual, when faced with limitless choices, I’m flummoxed. (Isn’t that a great word?) But then Mr. Jenners said “write a...
Read more →My 45-Word Obituary
by Jenners • 06/04/2009 • Writers Workshop • 46 Comments
Thursday = Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop Participate, read, comment! This week I’m choosing prompt 5, which basically asks you to sum your life in 45 words — inspired by a man who wrote his own obituary. This prompt cracked me up because, earlier in the week, I was thinking that my epitaph should be:...
Read more →Should I Apologize To Mr. Jenners?
by Jenners • 05/27/2009 • Mr. Jenners, Writers Workshop • 30 Comments
Thursday = Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop Participate, read, comment! This week I’m choosing: 4.) Describe in what ways you expect too much from your significant other. Do they deserve an apology? Possibly Unreasonable Things I Expect Of Mr. Jenners I expect him to come home from work after a 12- or 14-hour day and...
Read more →Vacation vs. Trip: Which One Am I Taking?
by Jenners • 05/07/2009 • Writers Workshop • 34 Comments
Thursday = Mama Kat’s Writer’s WorkshopParticipate, read, comment! This week, I’m choosing: 5.) Time for a trip? Where are you headed this summer?…Or where would you go if you COULD. Well, yes, Mama Kat, it is time for a trip. I’ll be leaving for South Dakota with the Little One on Saturday for a...
Read more →Blogging Burnout
by Jenners • 04/29/2009 • Blogging, Writers Workshop • 45 Comments
Thursday = Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop Participate, read, comment! This week I’m choosing: 4.) Have you thought about shutting down your blog? Why haven’t you and what would cause you to make that decision final? In the past few weeks, it seems there has been a bit of a malaise around Blogland (or at...
Read more →Goldilocks and the Three Bloggers
by Jenners • 04/16/2009 • Blogging Tips, Writers Workshop • 91 Comments
Thursday = Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop Participate, read, comment! This week I’m choosing: 4.) Share some blogging advice. Once upon a time, a lovely young girl named Goldilocks was playing happily on the Internet while her little baby slept peacefully nearby. (Yes, she had a baby. She had struggled to put the baby to...
Read more →My Role in the Household
by Jenners • 04/09/2009 • Life, Writers Workshop • 22 Comments
Thursday = Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop Participate, read, comment! This week I’m choosing: 2.) What is your role in the household? I will state upfront that this little essay is not going to be shown or approved by Mr. Jenners prior to me hitting the Publish Post button. He is still banned from my...
Read more →Bad Pick-Up Lines — Blogger Edition
by Jenners • 03/26/2009 • Writers Workshop • 44 Comments
Thursday = Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop Participate, read, comment! This week I’m choosing: 5. Your friend tells you he can pick up any girl at the bar, no matter what he says. You bet him $100 he can’t. Create the world’s worst pick up line and send your friend off into the crowd. What...
Read more →What I Can Do In Three Minutes
by Jenners • 03/19/2009 • Writers Workshop • 38 Comments
Thursday = Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop. Go and participate. Go to read. Just go already. This week, I’m choosing Prompt 2, which involves writing about 10 things I can do in three minutes. Can you figure out which one of the 10 is a total lie? Run a mile. Plunge my family into financial...
Read more →What I Couldn’t Do A Year Ago
by Jenners • 03/11/2009 • Confessions, Life, Writers Workshop • 36 Comments
Although I’m kind of obligated to spend some time with my husband due to his 40th birthday, I managed to squeeze in some time to pull off a post for Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop. The fifth prompt just spoke to me … and I knew I had to do it. 5.) What happened in...
Read more →Camping Adventures
by Jenners • 03/05/2009 • Life, Writers Workshop • 32 Comments
Time for another Writer’s Workshop hosted by Mama Kat. Part of the fun of doing these workshops is visiting all the other posts and seeing how differently everyone handles the same prompts. I suspect this week will be quite a mixed bag as there were lots of attractive prompts to choose from. However, due...
Read more →ABC Poem
by Jenners • 02/26/2009 • Writers Workshop • 43 Comments
Another Thursday, another Writer’s Workshop hosted by Mama Kat. I must admit, I very much look forward to doing these each week. You just never know what the prompts might be and what might come flying out of your brain. In fact, I was SHOCKED that this week I ended up doing the prompt...
Read more →Overachieving Pithiness in the Writer’s Workshop
by Jenners • 02/19/2009 • Writers Workshop • 36 Comments
Well, it is Thursday so it must be Writer’s Workshop time over at MamaKat’s. I’m going to do all five prompts (the overachieving part) but do them very short and to-the-point (the pithiness part). This week the prompts were as follows.Prompt 1: If you were starring on American Idol TONIGHT and HAD to sing,...
Read more →Five Recent Favorite Things
by Jenners • 02/12/2009 • Writers Workshop • 44 Comments
“Come on over and check out the other Writer’s Workshop posts!“ Time for Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop again, hosted by the talented, funny and very pretty MamaKat. Once again, I’m taking the easy way out and going with the list prompt. And Friday I’ll be doing a list. So I pretty much listed things...
Read more →10 Things On My Mind This Week
by Jenners • 02/05/2009 • Life, Writers Workshop • 23 Comments
Well, I’ve taken a few weeks off so I’m happy to jump back into Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop. I always enjoy doing this and visiting the other posts as everyone takes such a different approach to the same prompts. If you don’t participate already, you should think about doing it. It is fun! This...
Read more →Loved One Describing You In Six Words
by Jenners • 01/08/2009 • Life, Writers Workshop • 46 Comments
For this week’s Writer’s Workshop at MamaKat’s blog, I am choosing: 2. Ask a loved one to use 6 descriptive words to describe you and report your findings. How well do they know you?I decided to ask both my husband and the Little One. Let’s see how it went, shall we? The Husband’s Response...
Read more →2008 Top 10 List
by Jenners • 12/31/2008 • Writers Workshop • 18 Comments
Well, I wasn’t going to do MamaKat’s Writer’s Workshop this week but then I saw this prompt: 4.) Close out 2008 with your own TOP 10 list! and knew that I had to do it. I love year-end round-up things so it was too good to pass up (even though this is my second...
Read more →Favorite Winter Memory
by Jenners • 12/18/2008 • Life, Writers Workshop • 20 Comments
It is time for another Writers Workshop over at MamaKat’s totally excellent and fun blog. I love these workshops and visiting all the posts because everyone takes such a different approach to the same prompts. This time, I’m choosing the prompt: 2. Describe a favorite winter memory. Before I start, I want to direct...
Read more →Reality TV – The Best Show For Me
by Jenners • 12/04/2008 • Writers Workshop • 22 Comments
It is time for another Writers Workshop over at MamaKat’s totally excellent and fun blog. This time, I’m choosing the prompt: If you had to star in a reality TV show, which one would it be and why? Well, before I begin, it is quickly going to become obvious that I am a reality...
Read more →What Bothered Me This Week
by Jenners • 11/20/2008 • Writers Workshop • 13 Comments
A Writer's Workshop post about something that bothered me this week.
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