For 2025 I decided it was time to let myself get back to poetry challenges. Of course, I picked a heck of a time to get back into that without researching. Apparently, in the years since I've participated in the challenges I used to do, they've all gone on hiatus! Still, I made it a... Continue Reading →
I haven't posted a scene or a brainstorming session in a long time.
Sometimes when I’m in the middle of editing a project instead of drafting I will turn to writing exercises to get my brain working in new ways. This is a fun way to keep myself sharp and continue to write new words even while editing old ones. This month, since I am actively editing the... Continue Reading →
Today is November 1st. The day when I need to sit down with a careful outline and pen out the first 1667 words that will be my NaNo project.
So, today, we're paying a little love to the idea journal as a means of working out characters.
But this particular day the prompt spoke to me in a different way.
Without further ado, I bring you my first piece in the Idea Journal for 2022.
Today I decided to go with the nonfiction prompt.
Today’s came from the single creative word: hourly.
So, naturally, I decided to go with a blackout poem.
