The weather’s been on a rollercoaster ride but spring will soon be here which is a great time for evaluating how you’re doing with your writing goals. I haven’t achieved as many as I’d hope to during this first three months but there’s plenty of time for catching up. How about you? Are…
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Monday Writing Prompts-Open for Business
This week’s prompt is all about launching a new business. Your character decides to open a store. What does it sell and what happens on opening day? Have fun and happy writing.
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Wasted Morning
Welcome to March and 60 degree weather is on the horizon. I’m sure there are some of you who live in warm climates, thinking, geez, that’s cold, but believe me, here in the frozen tundra (as I call it), that’s a heatwave especially for early March. Have you ever had a wasted morning? Not wasted on…
Monday Writing Prompt-Car Buying- Part One
I thought we’d try something new for this writing prompt. In fact, it’s a two part prompt. The first prompt is all about your character buying a car. Is it a new one, an old one, their first car? It’s up to you. Next week’s prompt will be a continuation of this story so stay…
Monday Writing Prompts-Love is in the Air
Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day so you’ve probably guessed this week’s prompt is all about romance. Your character is about to propose (and yes, it could be a male or female). In the world of writing nothing can be smooth sailing. Something goes wrong and what that something is, should be your story’s focus. Have fun,…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Slowly Catching Up
This week has all been about trying to catch up with items on my to do list. I finally got an older story revamped and back on sale. I even created the cover for it and here it is- And another cover I created was that for a short book I wrote about…
Monday Writing Prompts-Five Phrases
This week’s prompt focuses on five phrases that you have to squeeze into your story at least once. They are- Gummy bears. Every day of the week. What’s that noise? Smiling as we walked. Looks like rain. Have fun and happy writing.
Monday Writing Prompts-Blue Monday
Did you know that today is rumored to be the most depressing day of the year? Maybe it’s the after Christmas let down or the dark nights, whatever it is, it’s a great idea for a story. So for the prompt I’m giving you the title of Blue Monday. What happens and how does your…
Monday Writing Prompts-Snow
Snow and freezing cold temperatures are making the news around the world. For this prompt, your character sets out to clear the driveway and path to their house but they find something buried in the snow. What that is and how the character reacts to it should be the focus of your story. Have…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-First One in 2017
Happy New Year to you, hope it’s a good one for everyone with lots of stories written and much success. I’m slowly getting back into the swing of things. I had a lazy two weeks during the holidays and had to force myself to get back on track. A new workshop began on Tuesday…