Daily writing promptWhat does it mean to be a kid at heart?View all responses Courbevoie, France, 2024 As a child, I came to love reading books because I could visualize the action in my head. Then, I would dream about a world very different from the harshness of my childhood. I dreamed of having two... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptWhat’s something most people don’t know about you?View all responses Having a blog, I think I have told it all, but maybe not everything. One thing I rarely discuss is my love of word puzzles: Syllacrostics, Codewords, and Brick by Brick. I do enjoy crossword puzzles, but I prefer puzzles that require me... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptDo lazy days make you feel rested or unproductive?View all responses I had to stop believing that idle hands are the devil's playground. When I found myself just sitting and doing nothing, I felt so guilty. We were raised to find something to do or make up work, so my home was spotless,... Continue Reading →
My sister would have been 76 today. She was two years older than me, but she seemed more like a mother to me than a sibling. Whenever we lived in an aunt’s house because our parents weren’t able to care for us or didn’t want to, JoAnn was given responsibility for me. You can imagine... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptWhat principles define how you live?View all responses Growing up in a country with a history of segregation means that I learned early that, as a black person, I wasn't seen in the same light as my white peers. In the seventh grade, the black children received the white children's old school, while... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptWhat have you been putting off doing? Why?View all responses Just yesterday, as I once again spoke of some of the worst moments of my life when I knew that the Lord God was with me, someone suggested I needed to write a book about my life. I have been told the same... Continue Reading →
Edwin’s critique of Marla’s poem left her so mad! Remembering that some people cannot appreciate subtlety, rather than murdering a friend, she opted for a double-chocolate cupcake to comfort her. After all, poetry can be like the roll of the dice: sometimes people get it and other times they don’t. Fictional story written for... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptWhat's something you would attempt if you were guaranteed not to fail.View all responses I would attempt skydiving or wingsuit flying. What it must feel like to feel you are one with the wind! To soar like birds, and to fly and see the beauty of the world below. It would be such... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptWhat was the hardest personal goal you've set for yourself?View all responses I had a phobia of driving. I had been in a wreck as a child that left a massive bump on my forehead and rendered me afraid of other cars on the streets. It was easier to take the bus, as... Continue Reading →
He realized that she had seen him, and he couldn’t let her get away. He couldn't chance losing her love again. Jonathan had loved Leslie in high school. Neighbors all through school, when she had told him of her love, as much as he adored her, he was more focused on his future as a... Continue Reading →
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