Sharry Miller

Crocheted Coral Urchins

Sitting home nursing the flu, it seemed like a good time to finally do something with a bit of the piles of stuff I brought home from Hawaii. I decided my brain was up to turning coral rocks into crocheted urchins. Now I wish I'd brought home more coral! Read more →

Visual Dare - Alone?

I can't keep up anymore! Between writing for both Lillie's Five Sentence Fiction and Angela's Visual Dare challenges every week, I can't keep track of what scenes I've written for whom and how they might or might not relate. I like the idea of keeping a running story going between prompts, but today, it's just too much to handle. And so, an independent scene for this week's Visual Dare prompt, Alone? I started writing a... Read more →

Reading Alaskans

Over the past few months, I have been trying to make a point of reading more books by Alaskan authors. I've been doing this partly to support Alaskan authors, and partly out of curiosity to see what they're writing. It's all part of my plan to educate myself as a writer without actually producing anything myself. Wait, no, that's not the way it's supposed to work.... Anyway, I've read a number of wonderful books by... Read more →

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Snow Dyeing

Rowan and I made our first attempt at snow dyeing last weekend. It was less than successful. What is snow dyeing, you ask? It's a method of randomly applying color to fabric using snow. Crystal clear, right? I first read about this technique a few years ago in Quilting Arts magazine, but I couldn't be bothered to find the article, so I went by memory. Okay, okay, here's what we did. First I tore a... Read more →

Five Sentence Fiction - Abandoned

Woo hoo! It was a banner day - I was able to sit outside in the sunshine to draft my contribution to this week's Five Sentence Fiction challenge. Granted, it was only 34 degrees, but still, woo hoo! I am in Alaska, after all. Anyway, Lillie McFerrin gave us "abandoned" to work with this week, and I was reminded of old pickup trucks I've seen abandoned to nature. Don't forget to go to Lillie's blog... Read more →

Visual Dare - Listening

A number of us who write regularly in response to the Visual Dare prompts Angela at Anonymous Legacy posts weekly have somehow taken it upon ourselves to try to link our scenes from week to week. Unfortunately, this week’s prompt did not inspire me to continue my story of the past couple of weeks about the unnamed girl who finds a mysterious hidden staircase (links at the bottom of this post). Instead, I was reminded... Read more →

Spell of the Sea

I have been deriving creative inspiration from the sea lately. Jacques spoke the truth in this quote I've chosen for this week's quote journal page. Related articles Growth Read more →

Five Sentence Fiction - Cherish

Hmm...it didn't appear that my attempts to write like Hemingway last week were greatly appreciated. I received far fewer comments than normal on that post, but I do appreciate the kind words from those of you who did comment. I can't say that writing in such a spare, terse manner is for me. This week, Lillie McFerrin posted a new Five Sentence Fiction prompt: cherish. As always, please visit her blog and follow the linkies... Read more →

Visual Dare - Secret

Angela at Anonymous Legacy suggested that this week's Visual Dare prompt was a natural follow-up to last week's, so I decided to go with that and am continuing my story. If you haven't read last week's, please do so you can see where my nameless heroine started. (I tell you, trying to tell a story 150 words at a time is really hard.) Be sure to go to Angela's blog, too, and follow the linkies... Read more →