Still Working on My Novel

Current status: editing and drafting novel #6!

  • July’s Prompt

       I am traveling in a car right now and I just realized July is almost over. And… I have yet to post a prompt for the month. And… I don’t have any excuses. I have been just enjoying my summer vacation and writing has not been on my mind.  The prompt for this month… Continue reading

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  • A Brief History of the Psittacines

    Once terraforming tech was developed and improved on, everyone assumed the entire surface of Mars would be re-scaped and colonized. In reality, the harsh Mars environment was too overwhelming for the best tech. In the end, only about 2% of Mars was terraformed. Of the people who helped terraform, many remained behind to join the… Continue reading

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  • June’s Prompt

    Let’s start by addressing what should have been posted in May, but didn’t get finished till yesterday. Read my May story if you get the chance: “Return to the Island.” Also, my friend Jennifer Clark has been writing with the prompts each month. Read her May story too! “What She Doesn’t Say.” The May Prompt… Continue reading

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  • Return to the Island (My May Story — Very Late)

    Seamus left the island the minute he turned 18. He took the first ferry he could get and left for the mainland. When his mother called to see how his life was going, she always mentioned how things were changing. When he’d lived there, the island had a population of around 440. Forty people and… Continue reading

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  • May’s Prompt

    The May Prompt is a 72 hour story challenge. My prompt this month comes from Rory’s Story Cubes. These sets of cubes have pictures on each side and you can use them to play a game. However, I am using them to create a prompt. I took 3 cubes from each box (each set has… Continue reading

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  • The Bloodstone (My April Story — Very Late — Sorry)

    “All you have to do is concentrate. Visualize the wick of the candle bursting into fire.” I really was trying and concentrating, but at the same time, I was also thinking how I didn’t belong here. “Trainee Ella, are you concentrating?” Mage Orvan was standing over me glaring. I rolled my eyes and received a… Continue reading

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  • April Prompt… Better Late Than Never

    So… this month I forgot to post the prompt. It has been crazy. Ever since spring break, I have had multiple tests every week at school, plus I started volunteering at the SPCA. I feel like I’m running at full speed most of the time, and I just crash on the weekends to sleep. However,… Continue reading

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  • G.U.S.

    This story was inspired by a painting created by Biz Boston, my sister. It hangs in my home office. I see it every day, and I often make up stories for how this gorilla ended up with a flower sitting on a bench. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ When I arrived at the zoo, the zookeeper thought the delivery… Continue reading

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  • March Prompt

    Last month’s prompt was just three words: Arthurian, Invention, and Priest. What I came up with was the story Sir Gawain and the Priest. The story that evolved was an epistolary short story. This is my first attempt to write a story entirely in letter form. I really enjoyed the outcome. I feel like I… Continue reading

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  • Sir Gawain and the Priest

    Sir Gawain,                                                                 You do not know me, but I am writing to request a favor. You do not know me so I cannot hope that you will grant a request of a total stranger, but I require your aid. It is a matter of life and death. Before I ask my favor, I would… Continue reading

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