Author birthday
We celebrate the author birthday of Virginia Hamilton on March 12. Winner of the National Book Award and many others,…
writing prompt
Style faux pas! Whatever your fashion sense, write about a style faux pas. Contemporary or historical? Clothing? Dialogue? Interior decor?…
A Writer’s Playground
My experience: Most writing advice is editing advice. In my experience, it’s rarely helpful in writing a novel-first-draft. If you…
Writing prompt
Consider our recent vocabulary word in all its historical glory. Use this writing prompt to create a character, or write…
writing prompt
What you forgot at the grocery store. This writing prompt asks for not just an item, but an opportunity to…
writing prompt
When you laughed so hard you were rolling on the floor. Use this writing prompt to recall a funny moment…
Write-in
We will be writing at the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library every last Saturday of the month for 2026. So this month,…
Book Review-THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB
Title: The Thursday Murder Club Author: Richard Osman Date of Publication: 2021 Publisher: Penguin Books INTRODUCTION: The set-up is a…
writing prompt
Do you favor clever puns? prefer Victorian romance? hope for declarations of admiration? wish for sincerity? adore childish humor? or…