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Friday Prompt Me-March 17, 2023

Happy St. Patrick’s Day. I had to say that, since I have a fair percentage of Irish blood flowing through my veins. For today’s prompt, let’s practice research and then write what we find. Why do we celebrate this day?…

Writing Retreat–Spring 2023

Writing Retreat. What exactly does that mean? Fantastic question as the deadline for Texas Radical Writers’ spring 2023 retreat looms. Registration ends this weekend. If you want to attend, you still have time, and we still have spaces open. But…

February 17, 2023 – Friday Prompt Me

Fear keeps us in bondage. It prevents us from reaching our full potential–as writers, as people in general. For today’s writing prompt, consider what you fear most. Spend some time writing what you would do if that fear didn’t exist.…

January 27, 2023 – Friday Prompt Me

Do you employ emotional writing? For today’s prompt, choose a scene from your current work in progress. Read it with an objective heart. Does it evoke any emotion in you? If not, try rewriting the scene while considering the emotions…

January 20, 2023 – Friday Prompt Me

Confession time. I haven’t remained faithful in posting blogs or Friday prompts. Hopefully, you began 2023 faithful to writing times anyway. If not, no better time to correct course than today. And with that… What if you had no constraints…

Ending 2022 Well

Ending 2022 well depends on your attitude toward the future. Merry Christmas and Happy 2023. Every year, I get to December 26 and lament the ending of Christmas again. Perhaps I lament because I worked too hard and didn’t fit…

December 16, 2022 – Friday Prompt Me

Marketing

Most authors struggle with marketing, perhaps because most of us have introverted personalities and don’t normally share much of anything with others. However, we understand that if we want to sell books, we must market them. For today’s prompt, take…