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 …
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 available for purchase …
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. One thing I …
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 …
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, as well as …
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 …
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About Melissa
Melissa Gijsbers started writing when she was in High School during the 1990s, even winning some awards for a short story and a script. For many years, life got in the way of creative writing, however she did start blogging around 2006.
She currently lives in Melbourne, Australia with her two sons and a pet blue tongue lizard.
