Exploring the Places No One is Talking About
If you have been following along for a while you know that at club have been working on writing concisely. This prompt is called a Hint, a story written in just 25 words. I have been working on shortening one particular story over time. Telling a story in 25 words is difficult. A lot of
This past week’s prompt was Epic Poetry. I will preface this by saying: no, we did not have time to write a full Epic. It was more looking at the elements: magic, a hero, a vast setting, etc. I did not start a new piece for this prompt; instead I worked on a poem I
This is the book that I picked up in Amsterdam. It’s a novella, I read it on the fight from Amsterdam to Heathrow. This book does fit my rules for regional literature as it was written by Dutch author. Synopsis: Kayleigh needs money. That’s why she takes a job as a content moderator for a
Keltin and I don’t normally read the same types of books but every once in a while we trade books. I don’t typically read thrillers but Keltin wasn’t wrong in suggesting this one for me. For him I suggested The Secret History by Donna Tartt. On that note, we know that we did good in
I’ve spent a lot of time in the car over the past few weeks on the way to visit family for the holidays. In addition to reading and napping, this is how I have entertained myself. There might also have been a couple of hours disagreeing with the hosts of the Life on Books podcast
This week for writing group we gave each other a line from a song. This lyric started our poem. No, it did not have to be the first line of a song. I was given a line from Me and the Devil by Soap&Skin. I did not know the song title until after writing the
The prompt this week was monster as symbols. I went with one of my favorites, of course: the werewolf. Honesty, I’m not sure why I love them so much. I think it has to do with this idea of a monster inside but I also like the more modern notions that when the person shifts
The prompt for this story is what would happen if mythical creatures were real in this day and age. What would people do? How would the creatures act? Creatures such dragons, mermaids, giants, unicorns, and so on. The stories produced by this prompt were fantastic. My story is based off what is jokingly called the
The prompt from this week’s writing group was historical fiction set a 1,000 or more years into the future. Mine is based off of a mocumentary style historical fiction that someone in the future mistakes for actually history and then runs with making it even more ridiculous. This was a lot of fun to write.
The writing prompt for this story was an unsolved mystery. We all drew mysteries from a hat and I got the Flannan Lighthouse Mystery. Here is the short blurb: In 1900, thre lighthouse keepers disappeared from their post at the Flannan Island Lighthouse. The ship sent to relieve the men could tell something was very
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