March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. This month is all about scenes that could be filled with anger or sensible adults talking something out. You decide! Up Next: Most relationships can handle a little flirting, but when your paramour gives all of his or her attention to someone for an…
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#Writing Prompt: It Is Better to Give, Than To Take
March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. This month is all about scenes that could be filled with anger or sensible adults talking something out. You decide! Up Next: Relationships are about give and take, but one of your characters is better at the latter. How does s/he and his/her mate work…
#Otherworldly Words: Gorgon
March is Women’s History Month, so I’m gong to take an odd approach to words this month: I’m going to look at oppressive words against women. (No, not THOSE words.) Most oppressed groups have a long history of words being used against them in an ugly way. This month, I’m going to look at four…
#Writing Prompt: It Didn’t Stay in Vegas
March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. This month is all about scenes that could be filled with anger or sensible adults talking something out. You decide! Up First: What happened in Vegas didn’t stay in Vegas…and now your character has to explain how s/he caught an STD. How does…
#Otherworldly Words: Transilience
February is the month that benefits from a leap year, thus having 29 days this year. A Leap Year is the year we gather the fragments of the 1/4 day in our calendar and give them space. It is a way of collecting time as if over the course these fragments were lost. Three…
#Otherworldly Words: Chronon
This month I’m looking at words to do with time! A chronon is a hypothetical unit that helps scientists theorize. It’s important to remember that science is a creative endeavor. Thinking about the vastness of space (and time) not only inspires scientists but authors and other storytellers across the eons. Words like chronon have…
#Writing Prompt: Copy cat
This month’s writing prompt is all about lies! Characters are stretching the truth or avoiding it all together. When, how often, how good they are at it, and what they lie about can tell us about our characters — and our character’s character. Perhaps you even have an unreliable narrator on your hands. Up next: Copy…
#Writing Prompt: Lying like a dog
This month’s writing prompt is all about lies! Characters are stretching the truth or avoiding it all together. When, how often, how good they are at it, and what they lie about can tell us about our characters — and our character’s character. Perhaps you even have an unreliable narrator on your hands. Up this week:…
#Otherworldly Words: Tachyon
February is the month that benefits from a leap year, thus having 29 days this year. A Leap Year is the year we gather the fragments of the 1/4 day in our calendar and give them space. It is a way of collecting time as if over the course these fragments were lost. Time itself…
#Writing Prompt: Stretching Your Credentials
This month’s writing prompt is all about lies! Characters are stretching the truth or avoiding it all together. When, how often, how good they are at it, and what they lie about can tell us about our characters — and our character’s character. Perhaps you even have an unreliable narrator on your hands. This week:…