Today’s Ultimate Blogging Challenge prompt is to talk about how my industry as changed as a result of the U.S. president. This prompt came with a warning: it could be a very controversial post. “Sometimes, you have to stir the pot.” As a storyteller and an observer of life and the world as it is, […]
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part eight of the steampunk bear’s saga At a council meeting for the ravens at the base of the eighth mountain, one of the ravens volunteered to fight the Rusalka. A pouch of the potent herbs that the steampunk bear had collected was wrapped around the raven’s talons. The ravens gathered around their companion and
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Today’s prompt from the Ultimate Blogging Challenge is to share a youtube video. The technical term for this is “content creation.” The YouTube video that I chose is called “Sea Ghosts.” It is spooky music from the ocean. The composer is Brandon Fiechter. Please go to the YouTube link and subscribe. He is very talented
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Yesterday, the prompt from the Ultimate Blogging Challenge was to write about a trip that I took. I also promised to demonstrate one of Natalie Goldberg’s writing prompts, so I’m going to combine both into one story. The prompt that I am going to use will start with “I remember…” As part of the prompt,
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Today’s prompt from the Ultimate Blogging Challenge is to talk about trainings that I’ve taken to help me in my craft, or to talk about trainings that I would like to take. For me, my best writing training didn’t come in a classroom, but in a book. The book is titled “Writing Down the Bones,”
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Today’s prompt is to talk about tools that make my work easier. These tools should be things that I consider to be indispensible. Actually, the prompt ws to talk about one tool, but, well, I couldn’t pick just one, so there’s that. Well, I would think that my imagination would suffice. I think that it’s
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Today’s prompt from the Ultimate Blogging Challenge is to write about goods or services that I might sell as part of a business. I don’t know if I can do that, so, instead, I am going to continue the story of the Steampunk Bear’s adventure. part six of the steampunk bear’s story During the night,
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Today’s prompt from the Ultimate Blogging Challenge is to answer a question. People have been asking what’s going to happen next in the story of the steampunk bear so… here you go… part five of the story… The ravens, carrying the steampunk bear and the mouse, landed on the shores of the seventh mountain. They
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Today’s prompt is to create a list of things that you could do to nurture your creativity. In this case, it’s all about the brainstorming process. Step one: choose how you want to be creative. Do you want to write a story, draw or paint a picture, sew, embroider, do other fabric arts, cook or
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my mistakes, as well as answers to your questions… Today’s prompt from the Ultimate Blogging Challenge is to tell you about a mistake I made and how I worked through it… Before I tell you about my mistake, I need to share a story. My dad had an economic consulting business, and he had a
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