Author birthday
America’s sweetheart poet, Emily Dickinson is also one my favorites. Emily Dickinson. Born 12/10/1830. Died 1886. Emily Dickinson is an…
Book review
IT’S A WONDERFUL WOOF, by Spencer Quinn. A Forge book, Tom Doherty Associates, 2021. Wow and woof! A Christmas-time cozy…
Holiday writing
We are so busy with the holidays! Baking and cooking. Cleaning and decorating the house. Buying and wrapping presents. Engaging…
Writing prompt
Writers need to know their community and nothing pushes the envelope like having a character who participates in a community…
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…
The Last Day of NaNoWriMo
National Novel Writing Month 2023 has had it’s ups and downs. Write-ins where others came and wrote! Yay! Write-ins where…
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.