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Friday, January 1st, 2016 Happy New Year! It’s been a while since I’ve added any writing prompts to these pages, and I hope to get back to doing them weekly as I’ve done in year’s past. I hope today’s is as thought-provoking for you as it was for me. Since it’s the holiday season, my mind has been […] Friday, December 27th, 2013 It’s that time of year where you’re hitting party after party and seeing friends and family you might not have seen for years–or at least about a year. You know them: the folks you wouldn’t associate with otherwise. Seeing them turns an otherwise delightful party into a so-so affair. (Or maybe, a total bust.) […] Friday, December 20th, 2013 I rarely explore prompts categorized as “personal essay.” I include them in a lot of suggested prompts, but they aren’t often the focus of my blog since I generally talk about fiction. But personal experiences bolster fiction. It’s these experiences that allow authors to write what they “know.” They lend realism to an otherwise imaginative […] Friday, December 13th, 2013 I’ve been traveling. Last week it was a convention and this past week it was out of state for a friend’s book launch. Since I don’t know whether I’m coming or going, I figured we’d do a little “best of” the writing prompts this week. In honor of Friday the 13th, you could revisit […] Friday, December 6th, 2013 Are you buying gifts for the holidays? I am. (I’ve got about half my gifts bought and wrapped already–though I’m a bit behind this year. It makes me crazy to be this behind.) I plan to do a bunch of online ordering in order to save time and effort. And internet shopping […] Friday, November 22nd, 2013 I’m sitting in the doctor’s office as I type this. When I walked in, there were only there were only three people in the office. And now, forty minutes later…I’m still sitting in the waiting room, and there’s not a seat to be had. Seriously. Standing room only. The funny part: the expression on […] Friday, November 8th, 2013 The Husband of Awesome™ and I closed up the garden last weekend. We wrapped up the delicate figs with blankets, hoping to baby them over until the spring. We gave the lawn a last once over, hoping it won’t need to be cut again this year. I hacked about a bazillion volunteer Rose of Sharon […] Friday, November 1st, 2013 Reuben Sandwich. Photo by Ernesto Andrade. November 3 is National Sandwich Day! Yay for sandwiches! I love a good ‘wet’ sandwich: soft, fresh bread, good cuts of meat–and for cold sandwiches–heavy on the pickles and hots. My favorite hot sandwich is a Reuben: corned beef and Swiss cheese on rye with lots of […] Friday, October 25th, 2013 Halloween is coming! It’s my favorite holiday of the entire year. My candy’s bought, my house is decorated, and I’m chomping at the bit looking for activities to extend it a little. Tonight, the Husband of Awesome™ and I will be handing out candy at the local elementary school and watching their costume […] |
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