Today's Inspiration

Sentence Prompt: There stood a man and beside him, a ...

Word Prompt: Insert

Random Object: Authentic Turkish Delight

Quote: "Considering the fact that my work is my life, it's strange that I don't have [ a life ] anymore."

Suggested Reading: An Anthology of Poetry (pick one and read it.)

Suggested Listening: Feelin' Good -- Michael Buble's Version

Today's Stumble: East Of The Web: Short Stories

Today's Inspiration

Sentence Prompt: "Happy Post-Halloween Candy Coma!"

Word Prompt: Metempirical

Random Object: A blank cheque.

Quote: "When you start writing fanfiction about your own life, you know that it is time to get some fresh air."

Suggested Reading: The Analects of Confucius

Suggested Listening: I Am The Walrus -- The Beatles

Today's Stumble: What One Trillion Dollars Looks Like

Today's Inspiration

Sentence Prompt: She was a mess.

Word Prompt: Darkness

Random Item: An empty energy drink can

Quote: You can't have a life until you accept that life's bound to end eventually.

Suggested Reading: Creative Writing For Dummies Cheat Sheet

Suggested Listening: Dance in the Dark -- Lady Gaga

Today's Stumble: Top 10 Things Every Budding Foodie Should Know


Did you notice my new pages? Keep an eye out for yet ANOTHER new page that's about to be posted containing links that no writer should ever be without. I'm also terribly sorry that this post is so late today. I'm thinking that midnight postings will be better for my sanity and for y'all as well.

What do you think? Leave me a comment and let me know when YOU think I should update!

Today's Inspiration

Sentence Prompt: "Happy Halloween!"

Word Prompt: Now

Random Item: Body butter

Quote: If you haven't given yourself permission to write badly, you haven't given yourself permission to write at all.

Suggested Reading: Lifehack: 50 Tools Which Can Help You In Writing

Suggested Listening: Spinal Thread: A NaNoWriMo Feature of the Doing Nothing But Drinking Tea Podcast. Today's Episode: The Pre-Game Warm-Up

Today's Stumble: The Most Frightening Bridge Ever

Today's Inspiration

Sentence Prompt: "There's nothing to say."

Word Prompt: Drawing

Random Item: A remote control.

Quote: If I tell you that you need to shut up, it isn't my way of suggesting that you need to talk more.

Suggested Reading: Twain's Rules of Writing

Suggested Listening: Sarah Kay Steals The Show

Today's Stumble: A Day In California

Today's Inspiration

Sentence Prompt: "It isn't an infection."

Word Prompt: God

Random Item: A movie poster.

Quote: If you freak yourself out, then you really shouldn't expect sympathy when you've ended up freaking out over nothing. When you don't freak out over something major, you don't deserve praise either.

Suggested Reading: Angels and Demons -- Dan Brown

Suggested Listening: Jumper -- Third Eye Blind

Today's Stumble: The Frenemy.com: Your Life Is Not A Movie


So, here's a bit of background about the Random Item addition that I tossed into the mixing pot a few days ago. I have a fedora that's full of little slips of paper.

On these little slips of paper are the names of random objects. There are approximately two hundred of these little slips of paper (printed out in size 9 Times New Roman and painstakingly cut out by hand) in the fedora.

Now, when I'm feeling incredibly stressed out over a scene that's just not going anywhere, I pick out a slip of paper and no matter what it is or what my characters are doing or where they are, I find a way to use the item in the scene and that usually gets me going again.

So take one of the random items and use it in a scene. You might just figure out something useful.

Today's Inspiration (x2)

Sentence Prompt: The girl with the red devil tail pulled her cellphone out of her bra and proceeded to make a call.

Sentence Prompt: "Are you sure you saw a vampire and NOT an Edward wannabe?"

Word Prompt: Jump

Word Prompt: Hide

Random Item: A tabby cat.

Random Item: A piece of Grasshopper pie.

Quote: Love is going to be hard. Love is going to hurt. Love is going to suck.

Quote: It doesn't take much to ruin my day.

Suggested Listening: Macavity The Mystery Cat -- Andrew Lloyd Webber

Suggested Listening: Baby You Can Drive My Car -- The Beatles

Suggested Reading: A Found Note

Suggested Reading: Days

Today's Stumble: Real "Sybil" Admits Multiple Personalities Were Fake

Yesterday's Stumble: Quote V. Reality




So this is a double-dose of inspiration to make up for last night. My computer is verging on DEAD, so it's a pretty herculean effort that I was able to get this up and going before work.

I might not get another inspirational post out tonight and if I don't, I apologize, and I'll give you another double-dose tomorrow morning.

Have a good night and good luck with your last minute preparations for NaNoWriMo!

~Emily Grace

Today's Inspiration

Sentence Prompt: It felt like pins and needles, only it wasn't.

Word Prompt: Hum

Random Item: Antique brooch.

Quote: Every day that you wake up, you decide right when you get out of bed what kind of day it is going to be, so make the effort to be positive right from the get-go. You'll like the results.

Suggested Reading: Onward by Howard Schultz

Suggested Listening: Adia -- Sarah Mclachlan

Today's Stumble: Do As One: Universal Breathing Room

Today's Inspiration

Sentence Prompt: "Pardon me, Mr. Kettle, but I have some concerns about your current hue."

Word Prompt: Rick-Roll'd

Quote: Beauty isn't just skin deep. Anybody can be beautiful on the outside, but it takes real strength and real work to be beautiful on the inside too.

Suggested Reading: 10 of History's Biggest HIV-Positive Celebrities

Suggested Listening: Better Than Revenge -- Taylor Swift

Today's Stumble: Family Kitchen: Nutella Mug Cake

Today's Inspiration

Sentence Prompt: "Used underwear?"

Word Prompt: Unicorn

Quote: I'm sorry about earlier.

Suggested Reading AND Listening: Stone Telling: The Changeling's Lament by Shira Lipkin

Today's Stumble: Dear Blank Please Blank (The initial text is in what I believe is German, but the pictures are why I've chosen it as Today's Stumble.)