Final Days Of 2017 Day 4: Two Of One Or One Of Two

This is an ornament I made myself. If you look closely, you may recognize the Victor Bilibin image I used for the back of my handmade Tarot cards. This ornament was made as an example of a simple craft one could do with stickers. For this one, I took 5 rectangular stickers and placed aContinue reading “Final Days Of 2017 Day 4: Two Of One Or One Of Two”

#FD2017 Final Days Of 2017 Day 3: Pretty, Naughty Pig

This little piggy was not created as an ornament, but has been donned by many of my “Christmas Trees” (in quotes because instead of a tree, I have used a hat rack, or gathered fallen branches).  A festive and naughty pig, note the Mardi Gras beads and dirty feet, perhaps she represents the greed, gluttonyContinue reading “#FD2017 Final Days Of 2017 Day 3: Pretty, Naughty Pig”

#FD2017 Final Days Of 2017 Day 2: Explore Your Preface

I know what you’re thinking. Why is that a silly ornament? It’s a pretty angel. A nice silver ornament. But take a closer look. What’s she wearing that hat for? Is she going on safari? And what is she doing? Smashing some vines into a crescent moon? And what’s going on with her neck onContinue reading “#FD2017 Final Days Of 2017 Day 2: Explore Your Preface”

Final Days Of 2017! #FD2017 Day 1: Creating Achievable Goals

For our visual prompts this month, I thought it would be fun to share some of the odd ornaments I’ve been given and some strange things I’ve used as ornaments. If you have some strange or funny ornaments that you would like to share as a visual prompt here on Experience Writing please let meContinue reading “Final Days Of 2017! #FD2017 Day 1: Creating Achievable Goals”

#NaNoWriMo Recap and December Writing Plans

  We did it! We survived National Novel Writing Month. It’s time to put away that draft, but not time to give up the daily practice. So what’s next? For me, it means continuing this momentum into editing. This month, I’m going to dive back into last year’s NaNoWriMo draft and work through revisions toContinue reading “#NaNoWriMo Recap and December Writing Plans”

#Writober Day 31: Words magically open doors

This image is full of story potential. It makes me think of magical worlds like Narnia and Oz,but it also makes me think of all those great stories where the story an author is writing becomes real like Stranger than Fiction, Secret Window and In the Mouth of Madness. What story do you see? IsContinue reading “#Writober Day 31: Words magically open doors”

#Writober Day 30: The skeletons are out of the closets!

An invasion of skeletons. Are they only after you because you accidentally summoned them with a spell book or an ancient amulet? Have all of the science class skeletons risen up to take over the world? This image makes me think of the attack skeletons from Jason And The Argonauts but it also brings upContinue reading “#Writober Day 30: The skeletons are out of the closets!”

#Writober Day 29: Alien Invasion

Isn’t this image amazing? I love this creature. Such a great design and rendering. Last year, the alien image inspired me to write a story about the subtle reptilian invasion going on under our noses; co-workers and friends in human form until “the change”. This year, I’m thinking full-scale, violent invasion. A whole army ofContinue reading “#Writober Day 29: Alien Invasion”

#Writober Day 28: Underwater Living

I love these haunting images of life underwater. They make me think of Atlantis in decay. Maybe a gritty crime drama set in the underwater city. It makes me think of mermaids, but not The Little Mermaid kind. More like the scary ones from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I looked up scaryContinue reading “#Writober Day 28: Underwater Living”

#Writober Day 27: Watch what you wish for, it may show up in mutated ways

I don’t have much to say about this one. I’m listening to Nancy Sinatra  and wanting my plant to eat all the people.  Or maybe the (other) crazy geneticists have already made the Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) that will reach out and ask how you feel about them as they eat you back. That isContinue reading “#Writober Day 27: Watch what you wish for, it may show up in mutated ways”