Into the Fire!

Have you ever noticed how facinating a fire is? Not in a pyromaniac-I-can't-live-without-it way, but in the skittering flashes of color that are gone almost before your brain can register them, cool campfire way.

I could tell you a long and probably not-super-interesting-to-anyone-but-the-Inkers story about how we sat around the fire pit last night and sacrificed our stress to the karma gods, BUT instead I want to talk about the fire and not us.

I started to think of ways that we use the word fire. It is a simple non-profane four letter word that can convey emotions from hatred to passion and destruction to rebirth. Such a versatile little word and often so unexchangeable.

Here are some phrases that came to mind:
"We didn't start the ...."
"My hearts on ...."
"Someone yelled .... and cleared the building."
"My soul's on ...."
"He had a .... in his belly."
Now try to use a substitute like combustion or inferno, or flame. They just seem wrong.
Sometimes a thing just is what it is...Fire and as simple as it seems it really is the word that works best.
Hit us with some of your campfire stories...I know you've got some.

Calling ALL Writers

I'm going to go out on a limb here and just put the challenge out there. Since The Scarlet Tart introduced the idea of a writing challenge, we have been discussing it. Now all the contributors here at Inking Cap have taken the plunge. We are writing. How much are we writing? How can you participate? Good questions.

Under fear of persecution I cannot divulge the first answer because we are doing a blind contest. YEP. No one is telling what their word counts are until the end of each week. At which time we will email them to our group and the winner of the week will be crowned. So stay tuned to find out which Inker is the Grand Inker of the Week. A title that has much prestige and power.

That brings us to question two. How can you participate? It's easy. There are two simple steps ready.

Step 1 Pull up a chair.





Step 2 Write.












If you would like to share your totals for the week on Friday with us, we would love to see them. OR just check in and tell us how you are doing with the awe inspiring difficult steps 1 and 2.
The challenge started Monday, July 6 and will go for four weeks ending on Friday, July 31. Good luck.

A thought for you to ponder as you begin.
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working," Pablo Picasso.