I hope all of you, my readers, have a wonderful 2025! For your writing prompts this month, you will get…
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Whether you like to be left with questions or prefer to have the plot all bundled up neat and tidy by the end of a story, it is a never-ending debate among both authors and readers: does a cliffhanger ending make a story better or worse? Or is it just plain laziness on the part…
What was the author’s inspiration for this series? Which of the characters would he like to sit down with and have dinner? What is the biggest misconception that he had about being an author before he became one? What was the inspiration for this series? A news report? Random thought? A dream? My wife and…
When the rain, rain, rain came down, down, down in “Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day,” the only thing Pooh Bear was worried about was saving his jars of honey. When the great rains came down on Elizabethtown, Kentucky, it was nothing to sing about; it was something to fear. This rain didn’t provide…
Do you live in a home or a hone? Would you stay in a hostel or a hostile? Will the homework take an hour or an our to complete? Is the bone in your arm a humerus or a humorous? Will the meteor hurdle through space or hurtle through space? home, home A home is a…
A woman, Evelyn, disappears into thin air. For some reason, her disappearance intrigues Virginia Knightly, a journalist. Virginia wants to know what happened to Evelyn, why she simply vanished into thin air while on a walk. Maybe her curiosity is piqued because she recognizes this woman from a video clip she has seen. She just…
Do you dream? Do entire novels play themselves out in your imagination each night as you are peacefully, or not so peacefully, slumbering? Perhaps you daydream. Do you lose track of where you are and what is going on because you have been sucked into a world your mind has created? Does it distress you…
What inspired Phyllis Edgerly Ring to write about the friendship of two lonely women in Nazi Germany? What would she say to schools that are now teaching that the Holocaust was just a political scheme and never really happened? What is her favorite thing about writing historical fiction? When you first learned about Hitler and…
War is a horrible thing. But sometimes, war is necessary. Towns, villages, and cities are destroyed. Many lives are changed, some for the better and some for the worse. Anna is about to discover just how World War II changed her life. Instead of focusing on the horrors of the crimes the Nazis committed during…
Leprechauns are fairies, but they aren’t cute and loveable; instead, they are lustful, nasty, and capricious. They can be fun and awesome to be around one day, doing magic tricks that astound and delight you. But as soon as you do something that makes them mad, poof! You’re dead. Have you ever noticed that there…
Nero played his fiddle while watching Rome burn, at least that is what I thought. I don’t know where I first heard that or from whom I heard it, but without bothering to check historical facts, I believed it. I thought of him as a monster. But this monster was once a sweet, adorable child…
What is hoar and what does it have to do with frost? If you store away a lot of goods for future use, do you hoard or horde? Would you ride a hoarse or a horse? Does water spray out of a hoes or hose? hoar, whore Hoar is a shortened way of saying hoarfrost.…
What was the motivation to make the character of Mika so unlikable? Was the creation of “The Leg Collector” inspired by a particular serial killer? Who are the shadow men? What was the inspiration for the book cover? Mika is a character I love to hate. Was her character based on someone you have been…
Book Five in the twisted saga of Onyx Webb leaves one wanting more. Each of the storylines sinks its teeth into your imagination a bit deeper. A crippled Stan Lee receives a large settlement for losing his legs. Sitting around bores him. Not only that, he has but one thing on his mind, and that…
Enter the dark world of David Simons. This dark comedic horror story that takes a look into the depraved mind of a serial killer whose cruelty knows no bounds will scare you while making you laugh. A new dark twist that this killer gives to the children’s game “Simon Says” will make you pray that…
Who had the pleasure of drinking the very first cup of coffee? Who first delighted in the deep, rich aroma that fills the air while it is brewing? A legend from Ethiopia talks about the possible beginnings of coffee as a beverage. It says a goat herder noticed that his goats had trouble sleeping after…
When you look at a picture, do you only see what is right in front of your eyes? Or do you see more? Maybe you can see romance. Or maybe you are someone who reads mystery and intrigue into everything you see. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but it is up…
Would a lumberjack hew down a tree or hue down a tree? If you want to conceal an item from sight, would you hide it or hied it? Do you sing a him or a hymn at church? Does a farmer break up the ground with a hoe or a ho? hew, hue Hew means…
Keeping secrets is not always a good thing. Lying to others in order to use them so that everything goes your way can be deadly. This haunting story of secrets, love, manipulation, and murder is told from three points of view—Del, the small-town sheriff; Peter, the English teach caught in a marriage that is crumbling;…
Have you thought of the perfect Valentine’s Day story? Have you named your characters? Maybe all you need is the name of the town it takes place in. Listed below are the names of towns that would be fitting for tales that take place on or around Valentine’s Day. Whether you write romance or historical fiction,…
Valentine’s Day is loved by everyone but especially by retailers. Vast amounts of money are spent on gifts such as roses, wine, chocolates, perfume, etc. by men and women looking for that special gift for their significant other. When you first hear Valentine’s Day mentioned, what is the first thing that pops into your head? Perhaps you…
In a world where both humans and vampires live, is it possible for them to coexist in peace? Grant Biltmore, a successful businessman, has no clue that vampires really exist. He is dying of cancer, but this is a secret that he has kept from all of his employees. One day, he is attacked by…
The heart was once believed to be the seat of our emotions, and that is the basis for the idioms about the heart. When you say that someone has a heart of stone, it doesn’t mean that their heart is made out of stone even though that is what it sounds like. It means that…
On February 2, will Punxsutawney Phil predict that winter will continue for six more weeks? Will the marmot in Alaska predict an end to winter is near? Will the hedgehog see his shadow underneath a clear moon? Candlemas, the last holiday of the Christmas season, is the midpoint between winter and spring. It is also the festival…
How do you celebrate Lame Duck Day? Do you buy a duck a set of crutches? How would you like to fly your kite in the middle of the winter? Would you still fly it if a blizzard hit on this day? Are you going to try and catch a tooth fairy on National Tooth…
