Here we go again with our weekly collection of prompts from my daily Tumblr blog. Enjoy and write a lot, will you please? It would make me happy. #357 Use the words umbrella, metal and sunlight in a sentence. Now use that sentence as a prompt. #358 He couldn’t understand a word she said. […]
We are coming up on a year of writing prompts–isn't it amazing what a passing fancy of an idea can produce if you set your mind to it? Plans are afoot to compile the entire year of them into a book–that's a little project for August, before I take off for Europe. But in the […]
It's another Five Things on Friday post. Admit it, you woke up this morning just dying to hop on over here and read the latest one. Well, here it is. What I'm Reading: Still working on a couple of books from last week, including Leaving Time. Don't tell them, but its due today at the […]
Here are the prompts for the week from my Tumblr blog. Have at it! #343 When the party ended… #344 He walked and walked and walked until he couldn’t walk anymore because…. #345 A nun, a cowboy and a CEO dressed in a fancy suit walked into a bar. You write the rest. #346 What […]
So there you are. You've cleared your schedule and made time to write. The kids are farmed out, the dog is asleep, your partner is happily watching something stupid on TV. You open a file, place your hands on your keyboard, and ….. nothing happens. You don't know what to write. And when you don't […]
Happy Fourth of July to those of you in the United States! I hope you have all the freedom as a writer that you desire. Here is the latest collection of prompts from my Tumblr blog. Have a wonderful day and be careful whatever you do! (It is so hot here and has been for […]
My outdoor writing space It is hot here in Portland, mid to upper 90s all last week and more of the same this week, with temps predicted to reach into the 100s by the weekend. We usually get some hot hot weather during the summer, but this is very early for a heat wave and […]
Ah, yes, better late than never. It is Saturday, albeit nearly time for Happy Hour in my neck of the woods, and here is my latest collection of writing prompts for you. I've not been dallying around, I've been teaching all day–a fine group of local students who showed up despite forecasted temperatures of 102 […]
It's Saturday, and you know what that means, don't you? Darn right, it's time for prompts. Here's my weekly round-up of them for you, compiled from my Tumblr blog. And don't forget I wrote a blog post about prompt writing this week, which you can read here. #323 Country or city? Which is your […]
The prompt box I've been writing again–this morning, 2,000 words in an hour, words that came easily and almost effortlessly. This, after noodling around, trying to decide which novel idea to pick up next. (I've got four of them churning around in my brain.) I'm also a tad bit distracted, because my agent is […]
