seanessay.com My week has been productive, but not blog-wise, because I’ve been on holiday, then working on a piece for my “Creative Nonfiction” class. Derek Sivers e-mailed me from New Zealand to ask about the class, but it was too hard for me to describe without oversimplifying and thereby misleading. So I sent him an […]
Flower Child Angrily Told to Go Take a Hike
seanessay.com from Free Fall Friday No, I’m not nostalgic for the sixties. OK, for some of the fashions, maybe, but mostly it was a big hoax. Someone came across a girl by some park bleachers, perfectly looking like a hippie in a buckskin jacket, headband and so forth, a girl with a clear complexion. Turned […]
I Remember the Plane Touched Down
seanessay.com Down the rabbit hole: Third person, first person, and an essay. Prompt- the plane touched down and every one began breathing normally. Everyone had felt the jolt when something was hit, some had heard a crump, a few claimed to have seen something careening past the windows. This was a strange time to have […]
Doggie In A Box
seanessay.com Falling down the rabbit hole, we write as we fall, not knowing where our words or ourselves will end up… Today’s Free Fall Friday pieces are four: two lighter, then two heavier. prompt- I love you to death, …and/or a photo of a dog in a box “How much is that doggie in the […]
Cultural Appropriation Is Such Fun
seanessay.com Falling down the rabbit hole, writing as I go, with my Free Fall Friday peers. prompt- What have you got on your shoulder honey? My wife and I parted ways in Chinatown. No, I don’t meant that tensions in our marriage had finally reached a boiling point, I mean we each wanted to buy […]
Hoverboards in New London
seanessay.com Leaping from a prompt, falling down, down a rabbit hole, while writing to see what happens… at Free Fall Fridays. prompt- Thinking box “You are thinking,” he said ponderously “inside the box.” We were in the boardroom and BJ Edison, the CEO, was addressing all his senior and middle executives. I traced a box […]