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Welcome the Year of the Snake (with Writing Prompts!)
Welcome the Year of the Snake with creative writing prompts! Explore creativity through these snake-inspired writing prompts!
Jan 293 min read


Free Calendar of Writing Prompts
Unlock creativity with my free calendar of writing prompts! Use these starters to jumpstart your writing this year.
Jan 11 min read


3 Writing Prompts to Start Your Year Strong
Kickstart your creativity with these 3 writing prompts to ignite ideas and help you start your year strong!
Jan 13 min read


Revisiting Mid-Century Classics
Best laid plans I had great plans for May. Having plans should have been my first clue that life would throw me a curve ball or four. And...
May 29, 20233 min read


5 Great Sources for Your Next Writing Prompt
I love writing prompts. This isn't a surprise since I also love sharing prompts I come up with on my Facebook and Instagram accounts, and...
Feb 12, 20213 min read


Writing Exercise (PDF): Capturing Big Feelings
February is here. A short month with a lot on its shoulders. We have Valentine's Day, which, no matter your feelings on the holiday, can...
Feb 5, 20211 min read


Writing the Extraordinary
Throughout our lives, we experience Extraordinary things, events, people, and places. Just as I think of creative masterpieces and...
Jan 6, 20214 min read


Fueling the (Creative) Fire: Prompted Brainstorming
When your work involves being creative, it's hard to come up with new ideas day after day, hour after hour. To maintain a creative life,...
Nov 1, 20204 min read


Creative Writing with Photo Prompts
If you've ever struggled with what to write, whether in a journal, a poem, a story, a blog post, or even as part of a creative nonfiction...
Mar 31, 20202 min read


Writing exercise: Using Your Real-Life Antagonist
Over the past few weeks, I've been dealing with an unhappy person.  This person is angry at someone else, and I got caught in the...
Nov 8, 20193 min read


Poetry Workshop Wonders: List-Definition Poems
Today I had the privilege of spending time in one of my favorite places with my favorite people: a community creativity workshop. This...
Oct 30, 20192 min read

Writing Prompt: Using Facebook to Craft Poems (and other types of writing)
Facebook and poetry may not seem like they go together - at least not from the perspective of using Facebook to generate poetry. But I'm...
Oct 12, 20182 min read


What to Write When Nothing Comes
Maybe you've been lucky and never drawn a blank when sitting down to write. But if you're like me (and most people), you've sat and...
Oct 8, 20182 min read

Writing Prompt: An Exercise in Perspective
One of the best things about being writers is that we get to play with reality. When we craft fiction, poetry, and even creative...
Oct 6, 20182 min read


Creativity Prompt: Horoscope Poetry
Some people swear by the messages in the stars, some find them amusing and harmless, and others find them offensive. No matter your take...
Sep 25, 20182 min read

Writing Poetry with Warm Ups!
There are many parallels between writing and exercise. With both, it can be challenging to get started. We’ll swear tomorrow’s the day we...
Jun 21, 20184 min read

National Poetry Month: Playing with Form!
Check out the original post on my Cupertino Poet Laureate website! It’s April, and that means it is National Poetry Month! Even though I...
Apr 3, 20182 min read
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