Writing Prompt – I Dare You 3
Time for a few photo dares again. Writing Prompt: I dare you to use any of the following in one of your works in progress: . What is your favorite way to prompt a new story or new scene? Photos: Blue...
View ArticleWriting Prompt – Dangerous Garden
“What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing; it also depends on what kind of a person you are.” ~ C. S. Lewis I was thinking about viewpoint the other day, trying to decide...
View ArticleWriting Prompt – Lost In The Dark
One of my characters is currently lost in a maze of tunnels without any light. He’s been plucky so far, but I’ve left him at an intersection of four tunnels and no clue which way to turn. And I was...
View ArticleWriting Prompt – If Looks Could …
Another duel for our writing prompt today. I love the intensity in this man’s face. Writing prompt: Write a 20 minute sprint of a scene leading up to this moment or starting with this moment. Who are...
View ArticleWriting Prompt – I Dare You 4
Time for a few photo dares again. Writing Prompt: I dare you to use any of the following in one of your works in progress: A Photos: Flamingo Crossing by Bill Davenport 1888 O Morgan by relajp Apple 2...
View ArticleInspiration – San Francisco 1906
I write mostly fantasy, not historical, but this streetcar trip along Market Street absolutely fascinated me. This is four days before the great earthquake. My grandpa Al was 6 years old. My grandpa...
View ArticleGroup Creativity Experiment 1: Litanie des Saints
Moriah Jovan, author of The Proviso and Stay, has issued a challenge to join in a Group Creativity Experiment in which she posts a song to spark our imagination and we all see what we can create. I...
View Article2011 NJRW Put Your Heart in a Book Conference
I’ll be attending this wonderful conference next month. It’s a great conference for learning, networking and socializing, with a wide variety of workshops and the opportunity to pitch to editors and...
View ArticleAre You Prompting Your Muse? By Mary Calesto
Somehow it isn’t as much fun to spend an hour on the treadmill than it is to sit at our computer and work on an exciting scene in our novel. Sure, sometimes it’s fun to go to the gym. Sometimes the eye...
View ArticleHow Do You Get From Here – To Published? by Lynne Marshall
I’m delighted to welcome fellow Wild Rose Press author Lynne Marshall as my guest here today! Don’t forget to comment and leave your email address for a chance to win in Lynn’s giveaway! Hi Babette!...
View ArticleHow to Overcome Writer’s Block By Writing – Guest Post by Christina Esdon,...
I don’t know about you, but I hate staring at a blank computer screen. Or a blank piece of paper. To me, it’s like a creative mind vortex, making my great ideas pour out my ears into a black hole. Last...
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