Today’s prompt once again comes from the Inspiration for Writers Facebook page (I can’t help it; they put up a ton of fun stuff). Prompt: The villain frowned. “You’re… not going to try to stop me?” The hero rubbed their eyes and gave a long-suffering sigh. “Look, I’ve had one hell of a week, and […]
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Post 12: The Bumblebees Made Me Do It
Today’s prompt comes from the Inspiration for Writers Facebook Page. Prompt: She pinched the bridge of her nose and shut her eyes, as though she could block out the stupidity. *** The Bumblebees Made Me Do It She pinched the bridge of her nose and shut her eyes, as though she could block out the […]
Post 11: The Tallies
Today’s prompt comes from the newsletter I received from D.A. Reed, a fellow Michigan author. She has also been an instructor at Jonathan Rand’s (Michigan author of the American Chillers and Michigan Chillers series’) Author Quest camp for young writers. Am I sorry about making that plug? Absolutely not. Prompt: You work at a tattoo […]
Post 10: Missing the Sun
Prompt: Write a diary entry, dated 10 years in the future. July 23, 2030I miss the sun. It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost three years since I’ve felt its warmth on my face. After we were forced underground, no one’s been brave enough to go back up. They have sun-lamps here. We’re all […]
Post 9: A Way to Say “I Love You”
Today’s prompt comes from the Inspiration for Writers Facebook page. Prompt: She stifled a laugh. “He doesn’t say ‘I love you’ like a normal person. He expresses his affection through…other means.” *** “It’s so odd,” Leana said as she stirred her coffee. “All this time I thought I needed to hear him say those three […]
Post 8: Ordinary Art
Prompt: What is your favorite work of art? Why? I paused in front of the painting. It was the first one I’d noticed in this gallery that wasn’t an abstract or colors thrown haphazardly onto a canvas. This one felt… real. It was an oil painting of a shallow creek running through a forest. How […]
Post 7: Kitrean Beer
Prompt: Have you ever spoken up when you saw something happening that was wrong? “It’s not any of our business. Dancer, let’s just go. Please?” Pearl’s small hand clutched at his stained sleeve. “I have to do something,” Dancer growled. He stabbed at the seasoned potatoes still on his plate. They had grown cold while […]
Post 6: Hello, Stick-tight
Prompt: What is your favorite way to spend a lazy day? Rain pattered through the wide maple leaves before making it to the ground. Shelby inhaled deeply as the scent of damp trees and wet dirt drifted through the screens of the three season porch. Late spring had always been one of her favorite parts […]
Post 5: Now What?
Or: Changing My Mind. Again. The MMWG write-in at Cook’s Creamery and Confections was a success. It was just the thing I needed to get my butt back in writing mode. If you ever have a chance to go to a write-in, whether it be during NaNoWriMo or at any other time during the year, […]
Post 4: On the Move
No, I’m not moving, but I am going places. This weekend there is a write-in being hosted by the MMWG (Mid-Michigan Word Gatherers) and I am going. Last year, I went to a small writers conference they held and became absolutely smitten with the group as a whole. There was plenty of good advice and […]