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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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May 2023 Prompt
Let’s go!!!! I’m trying really hard this month to stay on top of my to do list. So far, things are going okay, not great, but better than the last two months. If you’re here for a prompt, look no further: “I wanted to believe him. I really did. But I had trusted him before,… Continue reading
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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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Ideas, ideas, ideas
Okay, so if you spend time working on creative projects, even if it’s just a craft project that takes time, you will undoubtably have been tempted to abandon the project and start on something new before you finish the first project. I admit that I do this with my own craft projects. I tend to… Continue reading
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Skills that Pay the Bills
(September 2022’s short story of the month. Better late than never!) As a young girl, she learned how to juggle fruit: apples, oranges, sometimes pears. There was little risk, little drama, and people smiled politely and then moved on. But they started paying attention when she started juggling knives and saws. She didn’t notice when… Continue reading
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August 2022 Prompt
August is doing that thing, again… flying by! I don’t know what I’ve been doing this month, but it isn’t anything productive. I’m okay with it though. Sometimes it’s good to just be happy. This month I’ve been roller skating twice! It’s so much fun. I love skating! But at my age, when I fall… Continue reading
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July’s Prompt
July is trying to get away from me, like so many of the months earlier this year. I’m not letting it happen. Focus. Focus. Focus. I am avoiding distractions and checking my to-do lists several times a day —- it seems to be helping. If you are here for the short story of the month… Continue reading
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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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September 2021’s Prompt
It’s September! I love this month! And I’m working very hard to get the draft of my third novel sent to my editor by the end of this month! (Wish me luck!) If you’re here for this month’s short story prompt: After my father’s stroke, he started crying all the time. He cried about everything:… Continue reading
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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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