July 2024 Writing Prompts

What would happen if fish skin was used to replace burned skin? What if a mama bird built her nest, laid her eggs, and then raised her babies on your back porch? What if your town was terrorized by chickens? What if your two-year-old child’s paintings sold for thousands of dollars each? These writing prompts should keep you busy for the entire month of July.

Alcatraz: The Last Escape – a Review

𝐴𝑙𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑧: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝐸𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑒 tells the story of a daring escape from a prison that was supposed to be impossible to escape from. In 1979, the movie Escape from Alcatraz was released. According to this movie, Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin did succeed in escaping from Alcatraz only to drown and become fish food. That wasn’t much of a success. But is that what really happened?

The Story Beneath the Story – Guest Post by Mike Lynch

On the surface this seems like a simple story – three men escape from prison and then disappear. But like many mysteries, there’s what’s known by people, and then there’s the story beneath the story. Who were these men and what life experiences and skills did they possess that made their escape possible? And once out, how were they able to disappear without a trace? The answers to these and other powerful questions are almost beyond belief, and all of them true.

Haunted Dolls, the Hindenburg, and A Killer Keepsake

𝐴 𝐾𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟 𝐾𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑠𝑎𝑘𝑒 by Ellery Adams and Parker Riggs features a haunted antique doll whose owner rides on the final journey of the Hindenburg, but that is only part of the story. The doll survives the Hindenburg fire and ends up in modern-day Vermont.

Murder at the Lighthouse – a Review

𝑴𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 is the first Sparrow Haven Cozy Mysteries book. In the coastal town of Sparrow Haven, Olivia Harper is the town librarian and an amateur detective. Her curiosity is aroused when a long-lost oil painting surrounded by mystery is found, and she feels compelled to find the answers to the questions surrounding the lighthouse and this painting.