Writober 2026 Prompt Post 🔗Post contains Amazon associate links (shown with Aal in parentheses)🐦⬛Example poems are copied here for educational purposes. Photography prompt: Take a picture of creepy crawlies. I used Halloween plastic bugs(Aal) for this photo.Photography technique: Let a little natural light into a dark room. Flash Fiction prompt: Write a story of anyContinue reading “Creepy Crawlies”
Author Archives: marialberg
Mad Science
These are my responses to the Writober Day 2 prompt post Hybrid I was so determined to get that gator head on that woman, I’ve exhausted myself. I thought it would be a simple, practical effect of perspective. It shouldn’t have been that hard. But persistence and determination kept me going, and now I haveContinue reading “Mad Science”
Hybrids
Writober 2026 Prompt Post 🔗Post contains Amazon associate links (shown with Aal in parentheses)🐦⬛Example poems are copied here for educational purposes. Photography prompt: Take a picture of a hybrid.Photography technique: Combine or overlap/juxtapose two things that wouldn’t usually go together. Flash Fiction prompt: Write a story of any length up to 999 words inspired byContinue reading “Hybrids”
All the Friendly Ghosts
These are responses to the Writober Day One prompts: Casper Fun serendipity: I took my advice and started my morning by reading Drabble. The first story was called “House.” (No monsters though. At least not the green and enormous type.) Then I went over to Flash Fiction Online and looked at the October Issue fromContinue reading “All the Friendly Ghosts”
Casper
Writober 2026 Prompt Post 🐦⬛Example poems are copied here for educational purposes. Welcome to day one of Writober! I’m so glad you’re here. This year is all about what makes Halloween fears fun. I’d love to hear what you think is fun about October and the Halloween Season in the comments along with the linksContinue reading “Casper”
This Old House
The last day of September. Oh my. Writober begins tomorrow! I’m excited to get creative, and get into what makes scares fun. A little too excited I guess, because I woke up as the sun rose and grabbed my camera to respond to today’s photography prompt. These are my responses to today’s early-bird prompt postContinue reading “This Old House”
House
Writober 2026 Prompt Post 🔗Post contains Amazon associate links (shown with Aal in parentheses)🐦⬛Example poems are copied here for educational purposes. Super-excited for Writober to start? Here’s the early-bird prompt. If you think of Writober as a house, this is the Welcome mat. Come on in. Photography prompt: Take a picture of a house. PerhapsContinue reading “House”
Trying a New Format for Writober
Hi Everyone! This is a test post to try out my idea for a Writober landing page. This page will have all of the daily prompt posts separate from my responses which will be on my Blog page. I’m hoping this will make things easier and clearer for everyone. I hope.
The Writober 2026 Calendar
Writober 2026 is almost here. We start this week! Can you believe it? We’ll have an earlybird post on Wednesday. That’s only two days away. Posts will go live at 12:01 am Pacific time each morning. Each year I’ve tried to merge the prompts so that they work together for all three challenges: poetry, photography,Continue reading “The Writober 2026 Calendar”
I Hum
Today’s Quadrille prompt at dVerse Poets Pub is hum. The dVerse Quadrille is a poem of exactly 44 words. After my surgery in March, I lost my voice. When it didn’t get better, we worried that there was damage from intubation, but the little camera up my nose and down my throat didn’t see damageContinue reading “I Hum”