“The best-laid plans sometimes get up and walk away on their own.” ~ me
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As with Stream of Consciousness Saturday (SoCS), if you see a pingback from someone else in my comment section, click and have a read. It’s bound to be short and sweet.
Unlike SoCS, this is not a prompt so there’s no need to stick to the same “theme.”
The rules that I’ve made for myself (but don’t always follow) for “One-Liner Wednesday” are:
1. Make it one sentence.
2. Try to make it either funny or inspirational.
3. Use our unique tag #1linerWeds.
4. Add our lovely badge to your post for extra exposure!
Pretty frost on my dirty window with extra remnants in the dust.
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As with Stream of Consciousness Saturday (SoCS), if you see a pingback from someone else in my comment section, click and have a read. It’s bound to be short and sweet.
Unlike SoCS, this is not a prompt so there’s no need to stick to the same “theme.”
The rules that I’ve made for myself (but don’t always follow) for “One-Liner Wednesday” are:
1. Make it one sentence.
2. Try to make it either funny or inspirational.
3. Use our unique tag #1linerWeds.
4. Add our lovely badge to your post for extra exposure!
If you would like to participate in this prompt, feel free to use the “One-Liner Wednesday” title in your post, and if you do, you can ping back here to help your blog get more exposure. To execute a pingback, just copy the URL in the address bar on this post, and paste it somewhere in the body of your post. Your link will show up in the comments below. Please ensure that the One-Liner Wednesday you’re pinging back to is this week’s! Otherwise, no one will likely see it but me.
NOTE: Pingbacks only work from WordPress sites. If you’re self-hosted or are participating from another host, please leave a link to your post in the comments below.
As with Stream of Consciousness Saturday (SoCS), if you see a pingback from someone else in my comment section, click and have a read. It’s bound to be short and sweet.
Unlike SoCS, this is not a prompt so there’s no need to stick to the same “theme.”
The rules that I’ve made for myself (but don’t always follow) for “One-Liner Wednesday” are:
1. Make it one sentence.
2. Try to make it either funny or inspirational.
3. Use our unique tag #1linerWeds.
4. Add our lovely badge to your post for extra exposure!
It’s official—I’m having my 3rd-best year of all time already … and I’m not happy about it.
Photo: Screenshot of my “Insights” stats for 2026 with 2025 for comparison. My realistic month of January last year had 6.9K views on my blog. This year the bots exploded the number to 59K.
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As with Stream of Consciousness Saturday (SoCS), if you see a pingback from someone else in my comment section, click and have a read. It’s bound to be short and sweet.
Unlike SoCS, this is not a prompt so there’s no need to stick to the same “theme.”
The rules that I’ve made for myself (but don’t always follow) for “One-Liner Wednesday” are:
1. Make it one sentence.
2. Try to make it either funny or inspirational.
3. Use our unique tag #1linerWeds.
4. Add our lovely badge to your post for extra exposure!
This post is part of Just Jot it January and my weekly prompt, Stream of Consciousness Saturday. Find the prompt and see how you can join in here.
Sometimes I want to just write something and make it public.
Get my brainwaves out into the world in the form of words.
SoCS is great for that because I don’t have to think too much. You get what you get.
I wish I could just do that with books. I’d certainly get them written a lot faster that way.
I’ve thought about starting a pen name with which I can just write whatever comes into my head and put it out in the world without editing it. Because as an editor, I can’t allow myself to just do that … I’d ruin my reputation. I need to be perfect, after all.
Or at least strive for perfection.
Alas, I don’t have the energy to do such things AND write my edited books in my own name.
But I still have SoCS.
It scratches the itch when I need it scratched.
This satisfied post is part of Just Jot it January and SoCS! Want to join in? Just click here to getto the prompt and drop your link. It’s fun!
This post is part of Just Jot it January, and the prompt word, “cinnamon,” is brought to us by Tessa K. Check out her blog here!
I’ve never understood it.
Why anyone would complain when they realize just from the smell that there’s a Cinnabon in the vicinity.
It’s the best aroma in the world, isn’t it?
Well, isn’t it?
If you say no, you’re unfortunately wrong.
Sorry.
(heehee)
This aromatic (can’t you smell it now?) post is part of Just Jot it January! Want to join in? Just click here to get to the prompt and drop your link in the comments. It’s fun!
This post is part of Just Jot it January, and the prompt word, “prompt,” is brought to us by Cheryl. Check out her blog here!
“Prompt.” What a prompt word that is, eh?
I went back to look at some of my old prompts and posts from so long ago. SO long ago; I started Stream of Consciousness Saturday in March 2013, and One-Liner Wednesday as a prompt on June 25th, 2014. With help from some friends, most of whom aren’t around any more, we haven’t missed a single week for either of them. (Thanks, Dan and Helen!)
Here’s where I started One-Liner Wednesday. You’ll find some familiar names in the comments!
I’m so grateful still for everyone who visits my blog and who responds to my prompts. Thank you!
This fond reminiscing post is part of Just Jot it January! Want to join in? Just click here to get to the prompt and drop your link in the comments. It’s fun!
Photo: My patio table on my deck with about 28 inches of snow on top of it
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Here are the simple JusJoJan Rules:
1. Just Jot It January starts January 1st, but it’s never too late to join in! Here, we run on the honour system; the “jot it” part of JusJoJan means that anything you jot down, anywhere (it doesn’t have to be a post, it can even be a grocery list), counts as a “jot.” If it makes it to your blog that day, great! If it waits a week to get from a sticky note to your screen, no problem!
2. I’ll post prompts at 2am my time (GMT -5). The prompt will be the word in quotation marks in the title of my 2am post. You don’t have to follow the prompt every day, but that will be where you leave your link for others to see. You’ll get a prompt for every day except Wednesday, when the prompt is simply my One-Liner Wednesday and on Saturday, when your prompt will be the Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS, which will appear at about 9:30am Friday. Each prompt post will include the rules.
2 a) The rules that I’ve made for myself (but don’t always follow) for “One-Liner Wednesday” are:
1. Make it one sentence.
2. Try to make it either funny or inspirational.
3. Use our unique tag #1linerWeds.
4. Add our lovely badge to your post for extra exposure!
5. Have fun!
Badge by Laura @ riddlefromthemiddle.com
3. Please ping back or link to the daily prompt. To ping back, just copy the URL from the daily prompt post, and paste it anywhere in your post. Check to make sure your link shows up where you want it to, and go back occasionally to see other bloggers’ entries – the more you visit others, the more they’ll visit you! Note: A) The newest pingbacks will be at the top of the comments section. B) Ping backs only work if you’re blogging on WordPress. Everyone else must paste a link manually.
4. Tag your post JusJoJan26 and/or #JusJoJan26.
5. Write anything! Any length will do! It can even be a photo or a drawing – you’re going to title it, right? There’s your jot!
6. The prompts will appear every day that’s neither a Wednesday nor a Saturday–Saturday’s JusJoJan prompt will be Stream of Consciousness Saturday. You’ll find the list of prompts below as they come in, which means I’ll be updating this post. Remember, you don’t have to use the prompts. Please write whatever inspires you. NOTE: If your post is NSFW, do not ping back. Please leave your link in the comments with a warning.
7. If you’d like to, use the JusJoJan badge so that others can find your post more easily.
This post is part of Just Jot it January, and the prompt word, “labyrinth,” is brought to us by Cale. Check out her blog here!
There might have been a time in my life when I was all for figuring out which way to go. Give me a labyrinth—give me a challenge, is what I might have said.
But now?
I just want to be able to see the road ahead. I want to know what to expect.
Yeah, twists and turns can be fun. Heck, I put them in my stories for my characters to wade through as often as I can. But that’s where I get to live vicariously through them.
Real life, though?
I ain’t got time for surprises.
This insightful post is part of Just Jot it January! Want to join in? Just click here to get to the prompt and drop your link in the comments. It’s fun!
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