Wednesday Writing Prompt

~ By Jeff Salter Attention writers! It’s a new year, and what better way to flex those writing muscles than with a writing prompt. Good luck, 🙂 Melina TV News Before Coffee You’re a 27-year-old female who, six months ago, moved to a new city for a job you really like. You haven’t even had […]

Synopsis Writing Is Hard!

~ By Nan Reinhardt Today, I spent the afternoon writing the synopsis for the third novel, which I finished this week. It’s out to the beta readers, and I already got back one good report. YAY! Now, logically, you’d think that if one has completed three novels and has a rip-roaring start on the fourth, then […]

Friday Writing Prompt

~ By Melina Kantor  Hi Everybody! Happy Friday. I thought we’d change things up this week with a writing prompt. As I mentioned, Missed Connections, by Sophie Blackall, is a wonderful source of writing inspiration. So, I went to Craigslist and chose an actual missed connection (a woman looking for a man) to use as a […]

Wednesday Writing Prompt

~ By Jeff Salter Hi Everybody. It’s Melina here. Today we’re lucky to have another fun writing prompt. And for those of you who are looking to exercise your NaNoWriMo muscles, this is perfect! It doesn’t have ninjas, but it does have zombies. So get writing! If you try this, leave a comment and let […]

Friday Writing Prompt

Hi All! It’s Melina here. Happy Friday. 🙂 Today, to kick off the weekend, we’ve got a writing prompt. Thank you to Jeff Salter for coming up with it! “It’s 7:30 in the evening and the laundromat is crowded. The man looks exhausted: he has three loads and only one machine is open, so you […]

Friday Writing Prompt

~ By Melina Kantor Hello Chick Lit Fans, and Happy Friday! We’ll be back next week with “This Week in Chick Lit,” but for today, we thought a writing exercise to kick off the weekend might be fun. Are you ready? Write a scene in which your protagonist is in her apartment, having a relaxing […]