Tag: fun

• New Entry in the Julieism Dictionary: worricane

  Example: Don’t even mention marriage around Jane right now. She’s still reeling from the worricane she had last Valentine’s Day, when her fortune cookie told her she should learn to enjoy solitude. More Julieisms, definitions and mischief at Julie’s Online House of Awesome. If you like what you see, please Like Julie on Facebook as…

  Julie Israel

  21 August, 2013

  Humor, Miscellaneous, Personal, Writing

  definition, fun, Julieism, making up words, worricane, writers

• Doodle June 22

  Sometimes a writer needs to get away from the screen and get out the markers.

  Julie Israel

  22 June, 2013

  Art, Creative Projects, Miscellaneous, Writing

  doodle, fun, ice cream, Julieism, Portland, writers

• Let’s Talk Dialogue (Plus,Tell Me a Tune)

  Dialogue. The Big D. The Cheese Burrito. (Don’t ask me why I threw that last one in– just roll with it.) It’s a fundamental part of fiction: one of the best ways to show rather than tell (i.e., let your characters speak for themselves…literally), a great way to communicate information quickly, and an excellent pace-quickener,…

  Julie Israel

  7 June, 2013

  Books, Music, Reading, short story, Writing

  challenges in dialogue, dialogue, fiction, Forum Friday, fun, songs that tell stories, writers

• From the Julieism Dictionary: a “run off” sentence

  See the Julieism gallery for more definitions and mischief!

  Julie Israel

  2 June, 2013

  Art, Humor, Miscellaneous, Writing

  a “run off” sentence, fun, Julieism, The Julieism Dictionary, writers

• “One leg in”: The Julieism Dictionary’s First Entry

  After a wonderful reader kindly observed that I’ve a tendency to fashion new words, I began more closely monitoring my expression so as to catch such plays in action. The result? C’EST VRAI. I may not drop them at the rate a chocolate hen drops Cadburry eggs, but I drop ’em. Me being the creative…

  Julie Israel

  19 May, 2013

  Art, Creative Projects, Humor, Miscellaneous, Personal, Writing

  expression, fun, Julieisms, The Julieism Dictionary, vocabulary, writers

• How To Install New Fonts On Your Computer (And Why You Should)

  A couple weeks ago I was designing a pseudo press release and needed some new fonts to make it look more legitimate. Once I figured out how to download and install new fonts on my computer, which is surprisingly simple,  I was blown away by the copious quantities of typeface freely available online and promptly wandered…

  Julie Israel

  12 May, 2013

  Art, Books, Creative Projects, Humor, Inspiration, Miscellaneous

  computer skills, custom fonts, fonts, fun, how to install new fonts, Photoshop, typeface

• Variation On “You’re Trapped on an Island…”

  Bad news: they just announced a meteor the size of Donald Trump’s ego is hurtling towards a fire-y (get it? “You’re Fired”?) orange collision with earth. Good news: you’ve got a seat on a shuttle out. Let’s blow this popsicle stand! Bad news: space is limited. You don’t even get a full suitcase. You probably…

  Julie Israel

  10 May, 2013

  Books, Humor, Miscellaneous, Writing

  fiction, Forum Friday, fun, random, writers

• Write The Next Line! – Bad Similes

  —–The Resulting Poem from Today’s Round: Bad Similes— His eyes were like slick oil spills, oozing dark desire like a goth chick’s emoticons. He smelled much like the acrimonious sins of fathers waking beneath the apathy of mankind. And when he spoke, his voice was like the song of a cicada in a sweet Georgia…

  Julie Israel

  28 April, 2013

  Humor, Miscellaneous, Poetry, Writing

  bad simile, fun, liquid topaz eyes, napomo, national poetry month, poems, poets, Twilight, write the next line, writers

• Write The Next Line! – using the word “part”

  —–The Resulting Poem from today’s round—– The hours erased the stars and day peeled apart from night a dawning appeared from the aftermath of apartheid. The fleeting memory of times shared, now a part of me erased save ghosts and their imparting, which leave my thoughts defaced. Woo hoo! Great work Joel and Jennifer, and…

  Julie Israel

  27 April, 2013

  Creative Projects, Poetry, Writing

  fun, napomo, national poetry month, poems, poets, write the next line, writers

• Write The Next Line! – Linked Freeverse III

  —–The Resulting Poem from Friday’s Round of Linked Freeverse—- Awaking to the owl and the moon An inflatable monk slit his throat – the air poured out and soon was a lifeless coat. Tony Espino, you’re a star! Thanks for contributing not just today but all week. Give it up lads, and check out this…

  Julie Israel

  26 April, 2013

  Creative Projects, Poetry, Writing

  fun, linked freeverse, napomo, national poetry month, poems, poets, write the next line, writers