Today Angel Martinez takes her chances at the wheel. Make up a new word you really wish would catch on. What is it and what does it mean? Snorgle (v.) – to half choke upon, half snort a laugh during those occasions where a person is unable to prevent the laugh but also feels …
Keelan Ellis spins the wheel today! If you were on a cruise ship for a week, what would you spend your time doing? I have been on a cruise for a week, and most of my time was spent trying to find a moment to myself. If I could manage it, I would spend …
David C Dawson spins the wheel today. Say you met your all-time favorite celebrity, would you play it cool? Or would you utterly humiliate yourself? I’m totally star struck! I’ve never been able to play it cool. Last year, I sang with the London Gay Men’s Chorus at the GQ Men of the Year …
Aidee Ladnier spins the wheel today! One of your characters has a guilty favorite TV show. Tell us about it. One of the villains in a story I collaborated on, LAWRENCE FRIGHTENGALE CHECKS IN, used to watch an old 1960’s sitcom called The Family Carr. In it a Hollywood couple made their home in …
It’s T.J. Nichols’s turn at the wheel! Write a story—no more than 100 words–based on this prompt: When the levee failed…. When the levee failed there was nothing to stop the red diablo from invading. As the sea rushed through the gap it brought them in on a tide of angers. The diablo had …
It’s Rebecca Buchanan’s turn today! If you could be any other living person for a single day, who would you be? Ooohhhh. That’s a toss up between Cleopatra VII and Hypatia of Alexandria. If I could be Cleopatra, I would make sure that Egypt did not fall to Rome. If I could be Hypatia, I …
Today Morgan Elektra takes a spin! If you could choose anyone on the planet to narrate an audio version of your latest book, who would it be? ME: James Marsters. Aside from the fact that I loved him as Spike in Buffy, but his reading of the Harry Dresden books is amazing. Plus, …
It’s Ava Haydn’s turn today! One of your characters has an allergy that’s proved problematic. Tell us about it. In “The Timpanist and the Stagehand,” Christoph, an American now playing in the Oilton Philharmonic Orchestra up north in Alberta, Canada, has had a lifelong allergy to Girl Scout Thin Mint Cookies. (No, not explicitly …
It’s Meghan Maslow’s turn at the wheel! What are you wearing right now? At the moment, I’m freezing my butt off! So, I’m in a pair of jeans, a sweater, a jacket, and a big fuzzy pair of slippers. All I need is a scarf and mittens and I’m ready for winter. I really wanted …
It’s Dale Cameron Lowry’s turn at the wheel today. What is your superpower? Your Kryptonite? My superpower is being able to take any song and make it bawdy. My kryptonite is an interruption in my sleep schedule—that and colds. Both trigger migraines, so they’re almost literally kryptonite. 2. A tourist lands in your town. …