Have you ever bought anything off an infomercial, if so what and did you like it? I’ve never bought anything from a TV ad where you have to call and they charge you $8.95 for shipping and handling, but I have probably bought a few things from brick and mortar stores that sell “As Seen … Continue reading Prompt 338-Infomercial
Author: Sara
I'm a 31 year old kid who plays an adult at work, doing data analysis in the aerospace industry. When I'm not sorting through Excel spreadsheets there or banging my head against my keyboard at home hoping for a story to come out of the garbage, I'm usually reading through a stack of books or watching anime or playing tennis with my husband.
Prompt 337-Chocolate Life
If life is like a box of chocolates, then describe your box. There was an old saying about life being like a box of chocolates. The gist being you never knew what you were gonna get. If that was true, Lara’s box had slipped through quality control and been run over by the delivery truck. … Continue reading Prompt 337-Chocolate Life
Prompt 336-Global Lesson
What lesson do you think the world could benefit from? A devilishly handsome man watched the blue planet spin from his monitor. The crystal clear live feed from his cloaked satellite halfway between the moon and Mars had an imperceptible delay. Tech he had developed, with help from beyond his galaxy. The nations of the … Continue reading Prompt 336-Global Lesson
Absentee Author
Welcome to another week of prompts! I am currently wandering around the San Juan islands in the Pacific northwest and (probably) having a grand ol' time! Unfortunately (or maybe very fortunate) for you, that means no lengthy post about my weekend or some random writing anecdote today. Instead you get to just jump right into … Continue reading Absentee Author
Prompt 335-Sunrise or Sunset
Do you prefer sunrises or sunsets? Kita tread softly through the trees surrounding the bandit camp. The dark, pre-dawn air was still. She usually enjoyed that calmness, but tonight it was different. It felt as though the forest was holding its breath awaiting the coming battle. She ran between the pirate teams scattered around the … Continue reading Prompt 335-Sunrise or Sunset
Prompt 334-Novel Life
Name a novel you’d love to model your life after. I love these kinds of prompts that ask me about my personal views on things like favorite pieces of media because my brain immediately forgets every single song/book/movie/show I’ve ever encountered. Novels? What are those? I’ve never read a single book in my life. How … Continue reading Prompt 334-Novel Life
Prompt 333-Five Years
How have you changed over the last 5 years? The memorial hit Ali unexpectedly. She cursed as she dropped her mug of tea in her lap. “You alright?” Yuki leapt to her aid with a hand towel. She grumbled to herself as she mopped up the wasted liquid. “Yeah, I’m just a klutz.” Yuki frowned … Continue reading Prompt 333-Five Years
Prompt 332-Nerd
What brings out your nerdy side? If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time, you know what a giant nerd I am. My interests are all over the place and I’m passionate about a lot of those interests to varying degrees. My biggest nerd-jerk reactions, the ones that draw my ear in public … Continue reading Prompt 332-Nerd
Prompt 331-Space Trip
If you could travel to outer space would you and what would you hope to get out of the experience? As a child, Todd had often stared up at the stars with Jack, idly wondering about interstellar travel and alien civilizations. Together, they dreamed of flying beyond the sun, to visiting these hypothetical far off … Continue reading Prompt 331-Space Trip
Dirty Thirty
Hey howdy hey friends, family, and followers! I hope your weekend is going well. I've had a very writing-themed weekend. Working ahead on prompts for the blog, planning out future stories, and getting together with a few writer friends to talk about our WIPs and bounce ideas off each other. It's something I've really needed … Continue reading Dirty Thirty
Closet Full of Notebooks 