Alphabetaphilia for February 18 with a Quill for Q

Dear readers and writers,

For February 18, we have a quill to inspire us to write an alliterative sentence with five quality Q words and post it on the comments.  Have you ever tried to use a quill to write?  I haven't, but I have used one to play an autoharp.  It's a challenge.  Goose feathers are made for the convenience of geese, not people, that's for sure!

In any case, enjoy writing a sentence with five Q words today, and please post it under comments.

cheers,
Laura

C is for corn on February 3 in Alphabetaphilia

Hi readers and writers,

It's the third day of Alphabetaphilia.  I'm hoping interest will pick up and we'll get more comments as we go on.  If you come by, you can either do five c-words and a sentence using them just today, or you pick and choose among former letters, or even decide to do as much of the month as you can manage.  It's easy and fun, especially if you let yourself write a wild sentence, saying something you wouldn't normally write.

So, today, here's our stimulation photo prompt: corn.  In the film "Food, Inc," I saw that corn and soybeans are our biggest crops, and it's hard to find any food without some corn derivative as an ingredient.  Of course, corn alcohol is also a car fuel these days.  So, although I think of the warm, sweet crunch of the first corn roast of the summer, dipped in butter and salted, you can think of lots of other associations if you want. Actually, there's no need to use corn unless you want to.  Just find 5 words staring with C, use them in a sentence, post in comments.  There will be a slight delay due to moderation of comments.

cheers,

Laura

Alphabetaphilia coming soon!

Dear readers and writers,

Last year in February, I ran Alphabetaphilia for the first time.  I asked people each day in February to come up with a list of five words beginning with the same letter (A for February 1, B for February 2, etc) and write a sentence using those words, putting it in the Comments section under the daily photo prompt.  It was fun to read all the rare and grandiose words people came up with, and the sentences were crazy.  So I want to do it again.  WARNING:  on this WP site, I have to moderate the comments, so there will be a small delay before your posting appears.  Do not panic and repost six times.  Or, if you do, I will try to post it only once.

At the end of the month, I will work with another writer friend to select a sentence using each letter and produce a chapbook of the 2013 Alphabetaphilia project.  Soon, you will be able to download last year's pdf from this site so you can see what it looks like.  You may let me use your real name or use a WP alias account and have that alias receive author credit for any of your sentences we select for the chapbook.  Questions?  Comments?  Get your alliteration motors running!

cheers,
Laura