Author birthday
Rainer Maria Rilke. Born 12/4/1875. Died 12/29/1926. Austrian poet, famous for “letters to a Young Poet.” Also, “The Notebooks of…
Writing prompt
A writing prompt to challenge your observation skills. Be sure to thread in your imagination.
Vocabulary
This vocabulary word is just the name of a well-known flower and one with a history going back millenia. Plus…
Author birthday
George Eliot. Born 11/22/1819. Died 12/22/1880. Her birth name was Mary Ann Evans, but she wrote and published under a…
Writing prompt
We write for our senses, and this prompt delves into the opposite-sensory deprivation. A real writing challenge.
Vocabulary
A vocabulary word with oomph! As we write our novels and other projects during NaNoWriMo, it helps to have sensory…
Writing prompt
Day or night? Rainy, snowy, dry? Highway or byway? Solo driver or passengers? Old or young? Trains, buses, caustic substances?…
Author birthday
Robert Louis Stevenson. Born 11/13/1859. Died 1894. Scottish author (novelist and poet) who gave us classics like TREASUER ISLAND, THE…
Vocabulary
A vocabulary word that helps evoke the season and whets your appetite. Use it in your NaNoWrimo project!
Writing prompt
Choose your perspective (hostess, guest, servant, neighbor, crasher, entertainer, something else?) and enjoy crafting a response to this writing prompt.