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Writing Prompts

Aha! thought I was going to set up a writing prompt for you, didnja?

Well, no, sorry. I mean, maybe, at the end, for the comments ….we’ll see.

There are a lot of places you find writing prompts. Writing groups use them to stimulate writers at their meetings. Workshops often include them. Now I find that some of my social media ‘starts me off’ with an (unwelcome) writing prompt. I actually don’t use them much myself— not because I don’t think they have value; I just don’t have time to devot...

It’s Here…the Final Chapter

“Bennett and Kingsleigh”

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The 10th and final installment of the story of Bennett and Kingsleigh’s friendship will post on my substack today, August 17, at 6 p.m.

Thank you for hanging in there with me as the story posted. I hope you enjoyed reading it.

Please comment with your thoughts, and watch for more stories under |Time for a Story| in “Do You Know Where YOUR Story Is?”

Coming up TODAY…

The next-to-final installment of “Bennett and Kingsleigh” will post today, August 13, at 6:00 pm. You won’t want to miss this episode!

And if you haven’t read the others, you can find them at “Do You Know Where YOUR Story Is?”

The final installment will post Saturday, August 17, 2024.

ps: A new post on writing prompts will be published shortly. It may not be what you expect!

Coming UP: Installment #8 on “Do You Know Where YOUR Story Is?”

The story of “Bennett and Kingsleigh” is nearing an end– sort of.

The next installment will post tomorrow, August 10, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. There are 2 more installments after that.

I hope you’re enjoying the read, and if you haven’t begun, all the previous story installments are available at “Do You Know Where YOUR Story Is?”

It’ll be there tomorrow!

The 7th installment of “Bennett and Kingsleigh” will post tomorrow, Tuesday, August 6 at 6 pm EDT on my substack at “Do You Know Where YOUR Story Is?”

Hop on over and enjoy!

And let me know what you think.

6th installment coming up.

The next installment of “Bennett and Kingsleigh” will post on Saturday, August 3, 2024 at 6:00 p.m..

Look out! There’s trouble coming!

Grab a cookie and sit back and enjoy the story…

OOOOPS! It’s BIG…

…a big apology to my readers.

You were supposed to get a notification for each of the installments of “Bennett and Kingsleigh”. On review, I missed at least one, and maybe two.

So…. the previous post to this one heralds the arrival of Installment #5 of the story, today, the 30th, at 6:00 pm. We’re at the midway point. That is the correct installment number. Luckily, from the homepage of “Do You Know Where YOUR Story Is?”, you can reach all of the installments– Just check the sequence of ...

5th Installment coming up on “Do You Know Where YOUR Story Is?”

Coming up on Tuesday July 30 at 6:00 pm.–the 5th installment of “Bennett and Kingsleigh”. I hope you’re enjoying this story.

Sometimes the younger you are, the better you understand love.

Now, what do you do when you think you’ve made a good decision, but some important people don’t agree? How do you handle that?

And how much of a mess does it make?

Keep reading “Bennett and Kingsleigh”! Visit “Do You Know Where YOUR Story Is?”

Coming Up on Saturday…

It’s time for the Installment #4 of “Bennett and Kingsleigh”

How do you let someone know they are important to you?

Enjoy the read! And thanks for stopping by.

New Segment on my Substack! – Installment 2 of Bennett and Kingsleigh

Having posted two of my stories online via “Do You Know Where YOUR Story Is?” I decided to set up a way to show where some of my stories have been. |Time for a Story| posts will appear on the substack periodically. If the story is a standalone, it will appear in its entirety. Installments of stories will appear on Tuesday and Saturday evenings every week until the story is finished. I may post previously published stories, or brand new material. We’ll just have to see what turns up.

Instal...