Tag: writing prompts

  • Discussing Books & Weekly Writing Prompts

    Discussing Books Do you talk about the books you read with other people? There are only a couple of people I discuss books with on a regular basis, but my mom is in a couple different book clubs she seems to enjoy. I’ve been in book clubs before, but I don’t typically read all that…

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  • Free for Halloween, NaNoWriMo, & Weekly Writing Prompts

    BSB News Happy Halloween! Yes, the post is a day late this week, but it’s Halloween, and it seemed like a good day to give away a free book! So, if you click on one of the links below, you can download a copy of Jack by Alex Westhaven completely free. A little something to…

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  • Death by Veggies & Weekly Writing Prompts

    How do you like your horror? Grotesque and bloody, psychological and clean? Somewhere between the two? Alex Westhaven is our resident horror/thriller writer (also, an alter-ego of mine), and does her best to balance a little bit of the grotesque with a lot of the cerebral when it comes to getting that adrenaline rush going.…

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  • Heroes, Villains, & Weekly Writing Prompts

    Heroes vs. Villains: Which Perspective? Do you have a preference for heroes or villains when it comes to who tells a story? Alex, our featured author for October, often tells a story from the villain’s point of view, exploring the motivations and “humanity” (or lack thereof), of characters who see things from the darker side…

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  • News, Post Changes, & Weekly Writing Prompts

    BSB News Did you catch the prompt-inspired poems and story last week? If not, you can check them out here: Prompted Poetry: Tea?  Prompted Prose: Phone Bump Scroll down for this week’s writing prompts… Topic of the Week: Writing Practice & Post Changes Are you enjoying the writing and poetry prompts we’ve been posting weekly this…

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  • Weekly Prompt Prose: Phone Bump

    Prose Writing Prompt of the Week: Someone is reading a book on their phone while walking on a city street. They bump into someone who is less than sympathetic…at least at first. How does the meeting end? Phone Bump by Jamie DeBree Abby glanced up briefly, her true attention still on the small screen in her…

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  • Weekly Prompt Poems: Tea?

    Poetry Prompt of the Week: Write a poem about having a cup of tea with someone you…don’t exactly like. Apologies for the late post this week! I think you’ll enjoy these two poems just as much on a Sunday, though. 😉  A Cup of Tea by Carol R. Ward Have a cup of tea, my dear…

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  • News, Time to Read, & Weekly Writing Prompts

    BSB News Carol took the challenge to write a poem about the weather last week – and she did an excellent job too, methinks! Have you read it? Go check it out!  Prompted Poetry: I Am Canadian Want to join us next week? Scroll down, grab a prompt and write a story or poem to submit!…

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  • Weekly Prompt Poems: I Am Canadian

    Poetry Prompt of the Week: Write a poem about the weather…include at least three different types of weather patterns.  I Am Canadian by Carol R. Ward I awake to the fog coating the world like a blanket of white that’s just been unfurled. The tops of the hills rise above the white mist like islands alone…

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  • News, Weather, & Weekly Writing Prompts

    BSB News That riddle prompt was hard, wasn’t it? I’m going to take the fact that no one (including me) could get a riddle-type poem together in time. Perhaps next time, eh? We did manage to write two stories for the prose prompt though, and pretty good ones too, methinks. Check them out at the…

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