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100 Words on Nervous

January 17th, 2010 | Category: 100 Words

100 Word ChallengeAnother week has slipped by, sucked into the vortex of “past”.  This past week for me was heavy, in a good way, like moving a box of beloved books and then reveling in that sore muscle haze while blowing the dust off the bindings, and rediscovering cherished stories and philosophical truths.

This week also brought a handful, or two, of new readers and writers, and it’s been delightful to read all of your 100 word stories on NERVOUS.  My pick of the week is Slouchy.  I just loved this short little piece of fiction:

She waited in the wardrobe, the spot her oldest brother favored. The air smelled musty. Her grandmother’s coats brushed against her cheeks and made her nose itch. She grew impatient. Really, this game had lasted far too long. She moved to let herself out and frowned to find no handle on the inside of the wardrobe. Why would there be? She banged on the wood, shouted for her sister, for anyone, but heard only silence, thick and oppressive. Clutching at coat hems, she slumped down and inhaled mightily, as if through scent she might summon their owner, and her release.

In other words:

That wraps up last week’s challenge, and going through that reminds me that it would be helpful to me if you all gave a title to your pieces so I don’t have to make one up.  Sometimes that’s awfully fun, but sometimes I’m rushed.

This week’s challenge (for details on how to play, go here), comes from a book I picked up off someone’s shelf to pass some time, The Saturday Morning Murder: A Psychoanalytic Case (Michael Ohayon Mysteries, No. 1) by Batay Gur.  The word is:

Breakfast

Write 100 words on it, post to your blog, and leave a comment here so we can find you.  Challenge closes on Saturday-ish.  Happy writing!

With love,

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  2. lceel January 18th, 2010 12:40 am

    Oh goody. Breakfast. My favorite meal.

  3. christine January 18th, 2010 1:29 am

    i am very late to the game, but thought i’d play just for fun. here is my post on “nervous” called “The Beach.”

    http://grownupsarelikethat.blogspot.com/2010/01/beach.html

  4. Michael January 18th, 2010 2:03 am

    http://innocentsaccidentshints.blogspot.com/2010/01/100-words-on-breakfast.html

    Call it: “Breakfast Fail”.

  5. Tara R. January 18th, 2010 7:23 pm

    Joining in for the first time. Here is my submission for ‘Breakfast.’

    http://ifmomsaysok.wordpress.com/2010/01/18/its-only-breakfast/

  6. Tom Mazur January 18th, 2010 7:37 pm

    As much as I don’t like to use the word boring, I would think that by some standards and opinions I would be considered a bore. Every day I wake up un-alarmingly at 6am, I walk the dogs and when I get home I feed them, and then I pan fry some pork sausage patties on an iron skillet. Once the patties are fried I place them on a paper towel, rinse the pan, glob on some butter and fry up a couple of eggs over easy. It’s a habit of mine that I don’t think I could break fast.

  7. VelvetVerbosity January 18th, 2010 7:42 pm

    @Tom, hehehe. That was clever.

  8. It’s only breakfast « If Mom Says OK January 18th, 2010 8:03 pm

    […] It’s only breakfast 2010 January 18 tags: 100 Word Challenge, breakfast, Velvet Verbosity by Tara R. The 100 Word Challenge is a weekly writing prompt hosted by Velvet Verbosity. The idea is to take a single word, either through proses or verse, and tell a story in only 100 word.. no more, no less. The word this week is ‘Breakfast.” […]

  9. Karin January 19th, 2010 5:39 am

    I’m writing along for the first time and what a great word to start with! Off I go…

  10. selkie January 19th, 2010 12:17 pm

    love this exercise! i’ll be hanging around for a while. hope you don’t mind :)

  11. Titanium January 19th, 2010 5:17 pm

    Here’s my contribution for the week, Feast or Famine.

  12. Susan January 19th, 2010 5:33 pm

    What fun! I’m a newbie, and here’s my entry on Breakfast. It’s called “Stark Light of Day”.

    http://lifeinbalancesortof.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/100-word-challenge/

  13. Scetches January 20th, 2010 12:42 am

    I had so much fun writing this. My Entry for breakfast is called, “Last Night” http://bit.ly/6Aw0f3

  14. Patti January 20th, 2010 9:00 am

    My offering for Breakfast, called “Conversation Over the Toast,” is posted.

  15. lceel January 21st, 2010 2:47 pm

    Let’s see if I can get this link right the first time. This time.

    My effort at “Breakfast” is here.

  16. Christy January 21st, 2010 8:17 pm

    Ok, I happened across this page, so I am going to try and write about “Breakfast”. (This will be a good challenge for me, because writing is something I would love to do, but writing isn’t my thing. But I am going to try. So here I go. (Plus I am new to this whole blogging thing.) Plus I am not sure how to post my blog address to anything, so someone can come read my page???? maybe someone could help me here.

    Confused in Blogville

  17. Velvet Verbosity January 21st, 2010 11:13 pm

    Hi Christy, glad you found us and would like to give it a go. When you comment, there are three fields to add your name, your email address, and your website. Be sure to put your website address in that last field so we can find your blog. You can also cut and paste the url of the post into a comment here.

  18. AuroraLee January 22nd, 2010 3:09 am

    Here’s my entry:

    “Breakfast”
    http://aurora-lee.ca/Travel/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=169:breakfast&catid=53:challenges

    (the prompts are always the titles for my pieces)

    I wasn’t going to enter this week, but had a sudden flash of inspiration. :)

  19. Rhoni Renee January 22nd, 2010 3:35 am

    Here’s one of my sporadic entries!

    http://notlivinginvain.com/2010/01/21/100-word-challenge-breakfast/

  20. Texan Mama January 22nd, 2010 6:24 am

    Hi! New challenger here. LouCeeL encouraged me to give it a try. Hope it’s okay.

  21. slouchy January 22nd, 2010 5:33 pm

    I played:

    http://www.slouchingmom.com/2010/01/scrambled-not-fried.html

  22. A Vapid Blonde January 24th, 2010 4:13 am

    I came here via Heather @ Cool Zebras. And before I read anything I wrote a post in 100 words. It has nothing to do with Breakfast…but I will post it this week and if its okay I would like to link back here…let me know!

  23. VelvetVerbosity January 24th, 2010 6:27 am

    Vapid Blonde - A OK by me. Let us know the link.

  24. A Vapid Blonde January 24th, 2010 1:56 pm

    Thanks…I will.

  25. lceel January 25th, 2010 1:01 am

    My friend Texan Mama’s post for ‘Breakfast’ is here. I hope.

  26. voncookie January 25th, 2010 3:41 am

    Here’s my post titled \Yankee Doodle Grapefruit\

    http://onetoughvoncookie.com/?p=2209

    Thanks, VV, for the reminder!

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