Freewrite Friday: Five Funky Prompts – June
Summertime and the living is starting to get easy. But sometimes the writing is hard. So here are five funky prompts to get your creative juices flowing. #amwriting #freewritefriday
Summertime and the living is starting to get easy. But sometimes the writing is hard. So here are five funky prompts to get your creative juices flowing. #amwriting #freewritefriday
Like Britney Spears, albeit an earlier vintage, I’m not that innocent. I’ve seen a bunch: The assassinations of JFK and MLK; Vietnam; man landing on the moon; Watergate; Disco; the advent of MTV; the Reagan years; Grunge; Desert Storm; the dot-com and housing bubble; the golden years of Clinton; 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq and the … More Five Things I Never Thought I’d See…
The Press On quote reminds me that I have it in me to reach my dream. All of us do, if we want it badly enough. Remember, the level of your success is in direct proportion to the level of your hard work. Plus, I believe God blesses our efforts when they are in alignment with His will. … More “I Should Write a Book”
What about that coworker who loves to put you down? Like the woman who was actually the niece to the company’s owner who made a point to humiliate me in front of the rest of the office… In contrast, the owner of the company was so down to earth, he carried a can of Tucks Hemorrhoidal Pads with him through the office on his way to the men’s room. His niece? A Grade A-Bitch. … More Ten Times When You Could Swear You Were Still in High School
While this is a book about black Americans, the race of the characters in this story makes no difference. This story could have just of easily been told by any racial, cultural or religious subset of Americans. It is a story that supercedes the things that divide us. Love and loss. Mistakes and redemption. Friendship and betrayal. Propriety and immorality. Selfisness and selflessness. … More The Foxy Bibliophile – June 2017