The calendar flipped to 2015 last week so there were a bunch of articles posted online about the movie Back to the Future II. For this writing prompt your character leaps 15 years ahead to 2030. It could be a planned leap or maybe they wake up to find themselves in the future. What’s going…
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Friday Ramblings From An Author-First of the Year
Welcome to 2015. With so many holidays and days off I’ve lost track of what day it is. Tomorrow I kick off the New Year teaching a webinar then on Monday two workshops are supposed to begin but they might be pushed back another week in hopes that more people will register. If you know…
Monday Writing Prompts-Resolutions
The last prompt of the year and as you can guess it’s all about resolutions. Your character makes one. He or she hasn’t been successful in the past at keeping one but this year’s going to be different. What is their resolution and what extremes do they go to in order to keep it? Have…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Last Ramble of the Year
Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Seems like it was over before it begun and now the countdown to the New Year begins. I’ve been trying to take some time off, watching shows on Netflix and holiday movies but I must confess I’m one of those writers who doesn’t feel right if go a day…
Monday Writing Prompts-Gifts
As you can guess this writing prompt has a Christmas theme. Your main character finds a gift under the tree. There’s no name on it, no one owns up to putting it there. When the character unwraps it what do they find? Have fun, happy writing and a Merry Christmas to all.
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Six Days left Till Christmas
I’ve been saying that the whole year’s flown by but for some reason December’s gone by without me even noticing. At this time of year, and with nothing I can do outside, I spend time going through my old files and piles of notebooks. I’ve always kept a file of old clippings from newspapers and…
Monday Writing Prompts-Lines
We’ve all waited in line for something. This time of the year the wait time seems to get longer. The character of your story is in line but grows inpatient and decides to head off to some other part of the building or store. What do they stumble upon? Have fun and happy writing.
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Another Release Day
Hard to believe that in two week’s time Christmas with be over and in three, it’s a brand new year. Have you thought about your writing goals for the year? I’m still working on mine. One thing I know is I’ll get back to some mystery writing and finish the two stories I started, well,…
Ventures in Self Publishing
If you’ve been a regular follower of my Friday Ramblings you know that this year I wrote a cookbook and have just self-published it. I won’t say it was easy work but it’s satisfying knowing that you have total control over your book, and yes you take both the accolades and blame if something’s not…
Monday Writing Prompts-Googled
I always say writing ideas come from things happening around you. Today someone told me they did a Google search on me to see what type of books I write. For this short story your character gets bored at work and decides to Google one of their co-workers. What do they find? Lots of possibilities…