Alice’s art

beyond the ninth mountain

Today’s prompt is to talk about my plans for this blog, now that the July challenge is coming to a close. Where would I like to be in 90 days, when the next chapter of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge starts? Today, I am going to share the ninth and last installment of the steampunk bear’s […]

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creative writing exercises with natalie goldberg

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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do i need tools or will my imagination suffice?

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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the tsunami and the bee

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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the tale of the rusalka

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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how to brainstorm and find your creativity

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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did nero fiddle while rome burned?

Today’s prompt for the Ultimate Blogging Challenge is to write about something that happened on this day in history. On July 18th, 64 A.D., the Great Fire of Rome started around some merchant shops near the Great Chariot Stadium, “Circus Maximus.” The fire was swiftly brought under control. Unfortunately, it reignited and burned for several

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dark times and a steam punk bear…

Today’s prompt from the Ultimate Blogging Challenge is to share a song lyric or phrase that has meaning to me. My song lyric comes from “No Place Like Home,” by Stephen Schwartz and Cynthia Erivo, which was part of the movie, “Wicked: For Good.” It it’s about the value of a space, of one’s homeland,

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