Who Is The Woman In The Picture?
It’s 1941. Probably late spring. The Great Depression is ending and it’s just before the start of World War II. A young woman steps off a porch…what’s her story? Who is the woman in the picture? I know who that woman is and I can tell you...
It Would Be The Last Time
This is an old creativity prompt. I might have gotten from Writer’s Digest or somewhere else back in the day. The prompt was to just write as many lines as possible that started with “The last time…” I changed it up a little bit and added to...
How Will You Write This Story?
There have been millions of soldiers, in thousands of wars. But each has their own unique story. How will you write this story?
Can You Handle This Scary Prompt
Let’s celebrate Halloween with an appropriate creativity prompt. I love it when you can find stories in nature. This creativity prompt is a picture that I took last year during an autumn full moon. I was actually taking a picture of the full moon and...
What Do Hamburgers and Creativity Have In Common?
What do hamburgers and creativity have in common? I’ll tell you — Louis Lunch. Yep. Louise Lunch, where hamburgers began. Don’t try to argue with me on this one. According to Atlas Obscura, the Library of Congress even says so. Today’s...
The Stillness Of Nature Alone
In keeping with my Vincent Van Gogh theme this week, my creativity prompt is one of his sketches. It goes with a quote of his that discusses the stillness of nature alone. This post contains affiliate links, which means I receive a small amount of money if you make a...
Use This Quote For Creative Inspiration
I like to use quotes for inspiration for my blog posts. Sometimes they become part of the post and sometimes they are just a Muse that remains behind the scenes. This week, my challenge for you is to use this quote for creative inspiration. ...
The Central Heating In His Belly
We all have favorite books. Books that we go back to time and again. The story and the characters touched us in some way and keep drawing us back. There are a lot of books that I go back to, mysteries and suspense that I shared with my sister Joni. Or fantasy and...
Attached To The Decay Of Time
When I was in Havana, Cuba, I was fascinated by all the buildings. Some were new or well-kept, but most were in some sort of decay. The below picture shows what we saw the most. Well-kept homes next to or even attached to the decay of time. To me, there is a...
