writing
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Prompts this week: A DogwalkerDiscovers a relative everyone thought was deadFootprintsin a City Photographs and Memories Pt. 1- A Time Academy Story I had been out on the street for only fifteen minutes and my arms were already starting to ache. People passing me on the sidewalk would nod and smile; one or two made…
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(Just as an aside, when I was in 7th grade, I bowled in a junior bowling league every Saturday morning. Absolutely nothing to do with the post below, but the ten pins made me a bit nostalgic.) As a new member of the Ninja Writers, I have been getting emails from Shaunta Grimes about writing,…
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This week’s prompts:A pryromaniacGoes to a reunionA Special Song Strike Anywhere She’s late. I glanced at my watch and then looked out the window. No firetrucks were hurrying by, so it’s good, right? First meetings with new parolees were usually a bit tense anyway, and to have someone that I’ve known since elementary school on…
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The third story of the month, but this one took the longest, because I could not for the life of me figure out the ending. Still not a fan, but done is better than perfect. This did not have a prompt, I just wondered what it would be like to go to a disorganized planner…
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Genre: FantasyCharacter: A needleworkerSubject: A Discovery It Saves Nine {Synopsis: Leda inherited her grandmother’s thimble, a small token with big possibilities.} Leda Morris wondered what it would be like to be rich. Not a millionaire, but rich enough to wear one of the dresses in her “to be altered” pile. Rich enough for Christmas Cocktail…
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I learned the secret of writing this weekend. Chuck Palahnuik blew my mind away this weekend. He managed to diagnose a huge writing issue that I have with one blog entry. Magic, huh? And I didn’t even get to it on my own. I was attending a zoom lecture by Shaunta Grimes and it was…
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Sins of the Fathers All Jacob wanted was to replace his totaled car. And his father’s laptop was going to make that happen. Growing up, Jacob had never considered ketchup an art supply. His mother would not sit in a fast-food restaurant, open packets of ketchup and Chick Fil A sauce and allow him to…
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I had a lot of big goals in 2021 2,021 hours of creative work Write 52 short stories Read 100 books “regular blog posts” (whatever that meant) Follow the Ray Bradbury reading plan (1 poem, 1 short story, and 1 essay each day for three years.) So, how did I do? Creative Hours did not…
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I am revisiting the humble timer cubes this week. I thought that they would be great for word sprints during National Novel Writing Month and other challenges like that. But as I have not been making any progress on my writing goals, I have decided to make my daily writing goal more attainable. So this…
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No, I obviously not an essayist. Tried that hat on and it did not fit. Margaret Atwood says that fiction writing is problem solving, and I love problem solving. I also love James Michener’s novels, which seems to indicate that I like problems that take a while to solve. Hence, short stories and essays are…
