10 Prompts – Fairy Tales
I love fractured fairy tales. Often they are my go-to when I have no idea what to write. My first published piece when I decided I wanted to be an author was a fractured fairy tale in an anthology. I had so much fun coming up with the prompts for this weeks 10 Prompts...
Writing just for fun
As I type this post, my 18 year old son is down at the supermarket buying ingredients so he can do some baking. He has always enjoyed cooking, but hasn't had the space to cook for the simple joy of cooking. One advantage of being in isolation is that he has that...
10 Prompts – Dinosaurs
My older son was obsessed with dinosaurs when he was four, and my parents have been making the toy dinosaurs do things every night to entertain my nephews while they are on isolation. So this was an obvious topic for our 10 Prompts on Tuesday. You can purchase this...
A little bit of silliness
We are living in 'unprecedented' times. There are a lot of people who talk about all the things we could be doing during this time, and one of these is writing a book. I don't know about you, but I've been a bit all over the place lately. It has been hard to focus on...
Evil Octopus
I have just finished writing my second silly story from a prompt given to me by my nephew. This one was from my 8 year old nephew. The prompt he gave me was An Evil Octopus in Underwater Isolation. When he gave me the prompt, he also started giving me tips on how to...
10 Prompts – Toilet Paper
It's made headline news in the last few weeks, and everyone is talking about it. It's toilet paper! With this in mind, our first 10 Prompts on Tuesday is all about toilet paper. There are prompts for fiction and non-fiction, stories and poems. This ebook is now...
Using writing prompts
Writing prompts are one of my favourite ways to get writing started when I'm stuck. I also love coming up with crazy and creative writing prompts for the Young Writers Group. I'm always blown away by how many different stories can come from the same writing prompt....
Talking Watermelon
Last week, my 3 year old nephew set me a challenge - to write a story about a talking watermelon. He gave me this idea with such a twinkle in his eye, I just had to give it a go. I shared this idea (getting a story prompt from a 3 year old) with other writers, and I...
What I’ve Read – March 2020
March has been a strange month. While social isolation is 'normal' for us due to chronic health issues, there has still been some adjustment as my day job has changed and some speaking opportunities have been cancelled. On the plus side, I did get some reading done,...
Picture Books – not just for little kids
I have had so many kids and teens tell me they don't read picture books because they are 'just for babies'. There is some point where kids get the message that, once they start reading, it's time to put picture books away for more 'grown up' books without pictures. As...