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May-June Participants

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

If this is your first time here, please be aware that comments from first-time posters are held in queue until they’re approved by a live person.
This post will be updated throughout the month of June.
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Option One: Seven Things
There is a special place in hell for women who do not [...]

May-June Project

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Welcome to the May-June project for CafeWriting. Submissions for this project will be accepted until June 30th..
Because this is so late, I’ve provided double quotations to help inspire you, and two pictures that can be taken singly or together. In the United States, May finds us celebrating Mothers’ Day, and June brings Fathers’ Day, while [...]

April Participants

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
– Hamlet Act 1, scene v
Welcome to the April Project at Café Writing, and many apologies for being late. As you may not know, April is the month in which we celebrate the birthday of the Bard himself, William Shakespeare. (His [...]

April Project

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
– Hamlet Act 1, scene v
Welcome to the April Project at Café Writing, and many apologies for being late. As you may not know, April is the month in which we celebrate the birthday of the Bard himself, William Shakespeare. (His [...]

March Participants (All)

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Option One: Fiction
To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.
- George Santayana
Write a flash-fic, scene, or short story about a happier state of mind.

Miss Knit Brow, by Medhini
Journey, by One More Believer
Salt, by Melissa A. Bartell

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March Participants (March 12-23)

Monday, March 24th, 2008

Trying something new this month. Instead of one continuously updated participants post, I’ll be doing one every week - ten days. THE PROJECT WILL REMAIN OPEN TIL MARCH 31st. This just makes it easier for y’all to see who’s written what - I hope.
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Option One: Fiction
To be interested in the [...]

March Particpants (March 1st - 11th)

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Trying something new this month. Instead of one continuously updated participants post, I’ll be doing one every week - ten days.
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Option One: Fiction
To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.
- George Santayana
Write a flash-fic, scene, [...]

March Project

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Welcome to March. Where I live, winter is giving way to spring, and we’ve had really odd weather, with warm sunny days followed by cold snowy ones. Wash, rinse, repeat. To me, March has always seemed like as good a time as any to embrace change, so our theme for this month is Change. You’re [...]

February Particpants

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Option One: Timed Writing
When love is not madness, it is not love.
~Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Love or Madness, by Melody
bodies lay still upon the bed, by Rose
Succumb, by Sara
Endless Possibilities, by Gautami
Special Kind of Love, by Steve
Lucidity in Love, by J.C.
Love And/Or Madness in Hamlet, by Catherine
Rare Phenomenon, by Anu

Option Two: Seven Things
Love is a [...]

February Project

Friday, February 1st, 2008

In the Northern Hemisphere, February is the month of hearts and flowers, groundhogs, candles, and hope for the coming spring. In other parts of the world, of course, it comes with different meanings and traditions. Rather than making the theme for this month specific to Valentine’s Day, then, it will be a celebration of [...]