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May 26, 2024

May 2024 Writing Prompt

This month cannot be almost over! It’s nuts! My house is in a state of chaos right now, and my office (where I normally work on my writing projects) is all piled into the dining room. I have my computer set up so that I can reach it, but nothing else that I need. (Whoops!)… Continue reading

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April 20, 2024

April 2024 Prompt

I’m not sure where this month has gone. Somehow I’m behind on almost everything. Maybe it’s this time of year that does it. I don’t know. But, somehow it’s the 20th and I haven’t worked on my short story yet, so here is the prompt for this month: “A Story that takes place in one… Continue reading

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June 29, 2023

June 2023 Prompt

What is even happening??? I somehow lost track of May and June. I am soooooooooo behind. My family recently moved from near Seattle to near Kansas City, so that is taking up most of our time. I haven’t been writing, but I have removed all the wallpaper from my new house. VICTORY!! In addition to… Continue reading

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April 24, 2023

April 2023 Prompt

This month has been a crazy ride for me. In super exciting news, we bought a house! So excited to be moving and living in something that’s ours and not renting again. In not so super news, I’ve been sick for basically the entire month. At first I had flu like symptoms that lasted like… Continue reading

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October 30, 2022

Current Status…

How is every one this month? I hope you all are doing great. I am super busy. In exciting news, I have finished editing my fourth novel!!! Now, I am finalizing some other things (synopsis and query letter) before I start querying next week. I’m super excited and nervous! Wish me luck! In other news,… Continue reading

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March 25, 2022

State of the Novel Address 2022

My eyes have finally healed enough for me to work on writing again. The last two weeks I’ve been outlining a new novel. This is a new step for me. I don’t normally outline before I start writing. What I like to do is write and then make mini outlines of what I want the… Continue reading

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October 12, 2020

October’s Short Story Prompt

I swear September was yesterday… This month is flying by for me. It might have something to do with the fact that I spent all last week in pain and finally went to see a doctor yesterday. He thinks I hurt my rotator cuff. I was folding laundry and BAM, instant pain that has not… Continue reading

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November 30, 2019

Wounded

November 2019 Short Story of the Month Present Day Even after a long day at work, my mother’s hands worked tirelessly: chopping vegetables for dinner, stitching our clothes, whatever needed doing. I loved her hands and admired them. I wanted to be strong like her. But at the time, I couldn’t be. I would have,… Continue reading

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April 1, 2019

April’s Prompt

Here is this month’s short story prompt: The soldiers were tense, waiting for something to happen — like it was a matter of when, not if. For our part, we did our best to steer clear of them, avoiding the main square, where a group of protestors… If you want to write a story using… Continue reading

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December 31, 2018

Moving On

To end the year, a very short story! The music drifted out of the club like a vibrating pulse. I could feel it in my bones. The night was alive with possibility. I could even imagine myself finally moving out. I’d been planning it for so long. My parents probably wouldn’t even notice if I… Continue reading

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