It’s time for another blog post generated by an online writing prompt. This picture and prompt popped up on Facebook. My writing reflex was triggered. I hope you like it. Mila’s apartment was located right in the center of the lacrimal caruncle. Specifically, it was in the left lacrimal caruncle of eight-year-old Toby Felix. Toby […]
My response to another writing prompt found online. I encourage anyone learning to write, and anyone who wants to be a better writer, to take the time to respond to challenges like this one. They are great exercise. I see you staring at me. “Who’s the freaky old man with the bulging eyes?” Go ahead.
Someone asked this question online. I replied with what you see below. How did I become an author? That’s a great question; however, I don’t think it’s the right one. I think the right question is, “How did you discover you are a writer?” I’ll assume that’s the correct approach and tell you my story
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Here’s another response to a writing prompt found online. I hope you like it. They say the camera never lies, but it does. You can’t trust pictures. People edit, enhance, crop, and otherwise manipulate photography all the time, so the camera can lie all it wants with complete impunity. Portals? Portals are a different thing
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This was a prompt I ran across on Facebook a while back. I hope you enjoy it. Anthony planted his left foot firmly into the packed soil in front of the imposing door, placing his right shoulder against the wood, anticipating the effort he was sure would be required to pass into the alchemist’s laboratory.
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The following is a small piece I wrote in an attempt to give birth to a character for one of my books. I do this kind of thing from time to time to assist with character development. I call pieces like this “mini-stories.” They generally are used to try to flesh out a character I
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I wrote this little story in response to an online prompt. The prompt said that you are an adult dragon who comes upon a human toddler who has been abandoned in the forest. Write about what happens next. Here’s what spilled out of me. ========================= I really wish they would stop doing this. They’ve been
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