Thank you, San Francisco Writer’s Grotto, for the writing prompt – I think. Knock Knock Who’s there? Shut the hell up. Shut the hell up who? Shut the hell up. OMG, I just realized how hard it is to write a knock knock joke. But, you know, my first attempt does have attitude. I like it, but let me try again. I think you should … Continue reading Write a Knock Knock Joke Then Use It in a Story
Writing Prompt, San Francisco Writer’s Grotto Pop-tarts, honey, raisins. I drove into the neighborhood feeling lighthearted as I watched my puppy in the driver’s side mirror. She’d recently begun to feel safe in the car-car and was hanging her head out the window, ears blowing back as the summer breeze caught her. She sniffed the air, absorbing all the smells in our neighborhood. She knew … Continue reading Open Your Kitchen Cabinet. Write a scene incorporating the first three things you see.
Prompt from 642 Things to Write About by the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto. Yuk. This will be really hard for me. Forgiveness is not my strong suit. No one who knows me, or for that matter, has read my work, would disagree. Let me come through the back door. What does the word “dislike” mean? Right off the bat, I can think of people I … Continue reading Write a Love Letter to a Person You Dislike
So there I am, at the dealership, ready to whip off my jacket and pull out my checkbook, when I suddenly remember, as the zipper goes down, that I still have my pajamas on. What is wrong with me! Wait, I know. I’m a writer. I have no time for things like putting on real clothes. That December day I was driving home from the … Continue reading I Bought a Car in my Pajamas Today
My work, my passion, my escape is into the glamorous world of the Carrows. But then again, I’m doing them a disservice by only speaking of their exotic, privileged surroundings. At heart, my series is a family saga. I know who these people are, and I sincerely like hanging out with them. Someone, (memory lapse), wrote a book about characters coming to “actual” life. Was … Continue reading A Character’s World
