Category Archives: Writing prompt

SoCS July 8/17 – “ick”

Posted on July 9, 2017 by Michael

It was all icky sticky yucky and on top of that a mess. Another recipe, another cooking expedition gone south and me left with egg on my face. My son had asked for a ‘Red Velvet Cake’ for his birthday. … Continue reading →

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Saturday’s Mix–08 July 2017 – A Person of Merit

Posted on July 9, 2017 by Michael

The task is to see how a silhouette would look in writing. When you are an invisible person, you can safely exist on the periphery of society. People know you are there, but mostly they don’t care a lot about … Continue reading →

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First Line Friday -July 7th 2017 – The Book Gnomes

Posted on July 8, 2017 by Michael

Image: Google Images, Labelled for reuse. Carla Scott wanted nothing more in life than to own a little bookshop in the coastal town she’d grown up in. Her wish became real when Mr Partridge died. Mr Partridge had been the … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Peace – #writephoto – The Couch

Posted on July 7, 2017 by Michael

The emerging summer brought together the Wyod. These were a silent minute forest folk who met each year at the site of the couch to decide the next procreators. This was an honoured task, a task with risk, a task … Continue reading →

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July 6: Flash Fiction Challenge – Beacon

Posted on July 7, 2017 by Michael

July 6, 2017 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write about a beacon. It can be from a lighthouse or other source. Use the word literally or figuratively and go where the prompt leads you. He was a … Continue reading →

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Joelle’s tales:  First Thursday of the month #TMAT120 #writing #prompt for July – My Cousin Diana

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Michael

Today’s prompt is:  Your most eccentric family member. My most eccentric family member is a cousin, who has spent so many of the past 30 years helping the local refugee population. My cousin is a woman of great virtue and … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #127: Nursery Rhyme Rifts 06.07.17 – Muffet

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Michael

image: jo dover, fineartamerica.com The assignment this week: take a nursery/Mother Goose rhyme, tongue twister or song, and give it a new spin. Modernize it, analyze it, hypo–theoreticalize it, satirize it, serialize it, fantasize it . . . then weave … Continue reading →

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Writespiration #123 52 Weeks in 52 Words Week 27

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Michael

This week your challenge is to write about: The secret you just discovered   I thought he was a builder, a quiet man, a father, a man of faith. He worked on sites around the town. Khaki overalls and a … Continue reading →

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100 Word Wednesday: Week 26 – Caucasians

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Michael

We were sure that they had all been deported but as sure as eggs there they were standing in front of us without an obvious care in the world. It had been a difficult time for us all what with … Continue reading →

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Twittering Tale #39 – 4 July 2017

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Michael

 I’ve bits not functioning as designed I’m falling apart grey and decrepit. Once I could run for buses, No more. I sit watch and await, a miracle. (140 Characters) Written for: https://katmyrman.com/2017/07/04/twittering_tale-39-4_july_2017/

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