I hope all of you, my readers, have a wonderful 2025! For your writing prompts this month, you will get…
Read more →๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, but now there are bodies. And now one, specifically a skeleton, has turned up in…
Read more →In Iceland at Christmas, a giant black cat, Jรณlakรถtturinn, The Yule Cat, roams the countryside and devours anyone who isnโt…
Read more →For this monthโs writing prompts, explore the world of opossums, wake up in a room filled with books that wonโt…
Read more →Fossil fuels are fuels (such as coal, oil, or natural gas) formed in the earth from plant or animal remains.
Read more →
Adding new words to my vocabulary is something I really like to do. Since I like learning new words so much, I receive a new word each day in my email. Todayโs word was spitchcock.
Flowers are beautiful, and their lovely smell can brighten your day. Plenty of flowers can be seen at weddings as well as funerals. But certain flowers can also kill.
Sometimes family life and relationships are scary. The stories in ๐ต๐๐๐กโ๐๐’๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ show this, each one in a different way. They are unsettling enough to mess with your dreams if you read any of these right before going to bed.
Thirty writing prompts for November, one for each day, are listed below. You’ll write about a lake that turns animals to stone, pigs and turkeys planning to escape slaughter this Thanksgiving, a place where it’s always autumn, and more. Have fun!
๐ด๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ 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.
How far would you go to prove your friends innocent of murder? Murder just doesnโt happen in the quaint town of Los Robles.
While on a virtual walk through UKโs national parks, I came across something rather interesting.
Autumn is here, and the days are getting shorter. That first cup of coffee tastes even better on chilly mornings. Leaves changing color are beautiful to look at, and the smell of smoke from people burning wood is in the air. What a perfect time to write!
Since she reads any cozy mystery she can get her hands on, Abigail is convinced she could solve just about any crime that happens. Little does she know, those feelings are soon to be put to the test.
A few months ago, a new canine joined our family. Her name is Bella, and she is a beagle treeing walker coonhound. Although she is a very active dog who is seldom still except when asleep, she is the perfect companion for our other dog, Khaleesi.
This monthโs writing prompts are loosely based on articles from the internet.
Holly is heartbroken. While on the rebound, she agrees to marry Jared, who has been in love with her for a long time. Holly doesnโt love him, but she has decided that she can spend her life with him. Jaredโs love for her will have to be enough for both of them.
An article made up entirely of writing prompts isn’t anything new for this site, but this one is different. Here you have an entire month’s worth of writing prompts for August, a new one for each day. Write at least a section of a storyโeven if it’s just a paragraphโfor each one. Some of them could be used to create a short story or even be the basis of a book. But most importantly, you get to put your creative writing skills to work.
Luci has inherited her grandmotherโs library. She loves Agatha Christie novels, so finding a dead body that looks like it has come straight out of one of Christie’s classics, especially In the mystery section of her library, is more than a little strange and definitely not normal.
๐ธ๐๐ก, ๐๐๐๐ฆ, ๐ฟ๐๐ฃ๐ author Elizabeth Gilbert has decided not to publish her February 2024 novel. She says itโs because the book is set in the Soviet Union of the 1930s, and due to Russiaโs ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the subject and setting could prove upsetting to her present-day readers.
What do you do if you are accused of committing a murder and you have no memory of doing it? But all the evidence says you are guilty.
Who knew that teaching could be so dangerous?
This book had me hooked from page one, and it only kept better more intense, more nerve-racking with each page. I couldnโt do anything without thinking about what was going on in the book.
Summer is just around the corner. When talking about how hot it is, you can only use the word “hot” so many times before it becomes meaningless. So here are some other words and phrases to describe just how much like an oven it feels.
Riley and her college friends share a dark secret, one that they have managed to keep hidden for the past ten years, or so they think, since leaving college.
If you love cats and cozy mysteries, then this book is for you!
Lucia Scafetti, the daughter of the notorious hitman Carlo Scafetti, is trying so hard to move out of the shadow of her infamous crime family. A Philly private eye, she runs her own business. To make her life complete, she has a dog, Rocco, a problem dog who just doesnโt get along with other people. But he does love Lucia. Her life is about to become very complicated though.
Why write strong female characters? Why do I do it? In short because I am one โ or Iโm usually at least two of those things. Definitely female, often strong, always a character.
Why bother to make up an animal name for a town when there are so many that already exist? Is your story going to focus on bears? Beavers? Eagles? Pelicans? Swans? Turtles? No matter what animal you are searching for in a name, there are plenty of town names already in existence to meet your needs.
