Write about how different your life . . . or your fictional character’s life would be . . . if that one thing didn’t happen.
Month: May 2018
Smell of childhood . . . Prompt #369
The smell of childhood. Write about smells from your childhood, or smells from your alter ego’s childhood. I immediately think of food: Fresh peaches, just picked strawberries with that earthy smell, piping hot chicken potpie fresh from the oven, just-baked chocolate chip cookies, hot buttery popcorn, s’mores = toasted marshmallows, melted chocolate, crisp graham crackers. Yum! Outdoor smells: Freshly mown grass, river, diesel, ocean, fog, smog, campfire, burning leaves, snow.
Atlas Obscura
“A publisher of ‘best-in-class journalism about hidden places, incredible history, scientific marvels and gastronomical wonders,’ Atlas Obscura spotlights the weird and wonderful from around the globe.” July/August 2018, Writer’s Digest. How to Pitch Atlas Obscura There are two main sections on Atlas Obscura: the Places database (a.k.a. “The Atlas”) and Stories, which is the home for reported articles. If you are pitching us a write-up of a place that you have visited or heard about, it is probably most suited to be an entry in the Places database. These are crowd-sourced submissions that go through an editorial process before being published. You can read more on how to submit a Place entry here. We generally do not pay for place submissions. For the Stories section, we are seeking original journalism. Stories that will surprise us and article ideas that would never have occurred to us but that we won’t be…
Alter Ego. . . Prompt #368
Describe your alter ego: Looks, personality quirks, how does he/she come across? For example, if she/he were speaking on a stage, what would people think of her/him? What did he/she like to do as a child?
2018 Voices of Lincoln Poetry Contest
❉ The 2018 Voices of Lincoln Poetry Contest ❉ The theme for the Voices of Lincoln Poetry Contest is: “The Magic of ‘If . . .’ Through the Power of Poetry.” There are five categories: If I Could See The Future If I Could Travel Back In Time If I Had A Robot That Knew Everything If I Believed Anything Was Possible If Money Grew On Trees You may submit a maximum of three poems, no more than one in each of three of the five contest categories. Everyone is encouraged to enter the contest. Poets do not have to live in Lincoln to be eligible. Young Poets, 18-years of age or under, are encouraged to submit poems and will compete in a special “Young Poets” category. Entry Forms and Contest Rule can be downloaded: www.libraryatlincoln.org Poems must be received no later than Saturday, July 21, 2008 Questions—contact Alan Lowe…
Guest Blogger Rachael Herron: Keeping the spark alive.
Guest Blogger, Author Rachael Herron has this to say: Hi readers and writers, You’re an artist in some way. Yes, you. I see you there, hiding there in the back shaking your head. I just like to read books. I’m not creative. What do you do that brings you joy? What do you make? Cookies? Scarves? Do you sing in the car? Do you have a great eye for color? Yes, keep reading. You’re creative, and I’m so glad to talk to you. I’m back from my month off (oh, joy), and I’m so relieved to be back at work (I don’t relax well). I’m currently revising a thriller. It’s a departure for me, and it’s what I’ve wanted to write for years. The 911 dispatcher picks up the phone to find her daughter on the other end of the line, and it’s bad, y’all. I was a dispatcher for…
Did you get an allowance? Prompt #367
When you were a child, did you get an allowance? How much? What did you do with it? If you didn’t get an allowance, how do you feel about that?