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Friday Flash Weekly Writing Prompt

this week's prompt: Create a character with personality traits of someone you love, but the physical characteristics of someone you don't care for. ~from Writer's Digest's "A 12-Day Plan of Simple Writing Exercises" Here's the deal: Friday Flash is a weekly writing exercise shared by thousands of writers worldwide. For me, it has become an [...]

12 Simple Writing Exercises from Writer's Digest

Over the holidays, I came across this 12-Day Plan of Simple Writing Exercises from Writers Digest, inspired by the 12 Days of Christmas. The exercises are great for working the writing muscle, but rather than dedicate 12 days of my Holiday Tour to the exercises, I'm going to use them as inspiration for blog posts in the [...]

Happy New Year!

Wishing you a fun, safe, and happy New Year's Eve from Wisconsin :)

Friday Flash | 2011 Prompts and Stories

My debut flash fiction stories. Thanks to the #FridayFlash community for the motivation. December 16 Prompt: A story from your favorite place to spend the holidays Story:The Right Fit December 9 Prompt: What was your most enlightening moment while traveling or on vacation? I think I've made it. Story:I Think I've Made It December 2 Prompt: [...]

Top 5 | Goals for 2012

2011 was the first year of my life for which I made a list of New Year's resolutions, and looking back on the list and on my year is very telling of the kind of year I've had. Reflecting on what I hoped to achieve in a year and what I actually achieved reveals how [...]

Friday Flash Weekly Writing Prompt

this week's prompt: Your most vulnerable moment from last New Year's Eve. Here's the deal: Friday Flash is a weekly writing exercise shared by thousands of writers worldwide. For me, it has become an invaluable routine that strengthens my story writing skills, so I've created this weekly prompt to encourage you to join in. December's Theme: [...]

A Simple Holiday Gift for Every Artist You Know

Share a link. One of the most valuable things you can offer to any emerging artist is publicity. And, it's free for you. Share a link on your blog or social networks to their website, blog, book, course, album, etc. Include their Twitter handle or tag them on Facebook to ensure your followers know how [...]

Outline Your Writing Business Plan for 2012

This has been a really exciting month for my writing career. Besides a few mildly-promising developments, the most exciting has been the learning process. I have quickly begun to see a direction for my writing, so the month has been filled with brainstorming for the year to come. It's quite nice, incidentally, that we have [...]

Friday Flash Weekly Writing Prompt

this week's prompt: Describe an experience you've had with a holiday you're unfamiliar with. Here's the deal: Friday Flash is a weekly writing exercise shared by thousands of writers worldwide. For me, it has become an invaluable routine that strengthens my story writing skills, so I've created this weekly prompt to encourage you to join in. [...]

This Week in Words | Home for the Holidays

  Update Merry Christmas! Well, it's Christmas in central Wisconsin this weekend, as my family has so many people and families to work with that we just celebrate a week early and leave December 24th and 25th to the rest of them.   Back in Wisconsin, we are letting out huge sighs of relief. The [...]