Come for the Mysteries. Stay for the Characters.
I had a prompt for Christmas haiku last year and decided to offer one again. I like this haiku better than the one I wrote last time, which you can read here. Cold and darkness reign. But one light from a stable Warms and brightens all. Leave your haiku in the comments. For more poetry… Continue Reading →
This month on my blog I have two themes–the first is Christmas and then, starting December 18, it will be my blog tour for my debut mystery novel, A Shadow on the Snow. But first Christmas! I chose this photo because it’s so unusual. Why is Santa talking to these two women under a pier?… Continue Reading →
I haven’t had a poetry prompt in awhile, so here’s one for Christmas Haiku. My haiku has seventeen syllables but not in the correct lines. Instead of lines of five, seven, and five syllables, I have lines of five, six, and six syllables. But I thought the lines worked better than way. When darkness descends… Continue Reading →
Although Christmas is over, I have one more prompt for the holiday. Romance is the one genre I find the most difficult to get interested in. So if you are inspired by this photo to write a scene for a Christmas romance, especially if you are a seasoned Hallmark Christmas movie fan, please share below…. Continue Reading →
What Christmas story in the speculative fiction genre can you write from this photo? Is the knocked-over tree a sign of an alien abduction? The only proof of a battle between good and evil? Or maybe the animals who called this tree home just want it back. Share your inspiration below?
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