When I told my wife I was going to do a writing prompt for the blog about time travel her response was less than enthusiastic. She’s not a fan of time travel stories, and neither am I and for a lot of the same reasons. She explained to me that she didn’t think she could be much help in reviewing whatever story I came up with from the prompt because of her feelings about time travel stories in general. The word hate came up. Several times. Continue reading
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Writing Prompt: Holy Pirate Leprechauns, Octopus! It’s Irish Folklore in A Random Genre!
Hello there my Inklings! Are you having a great Tuesday the 17th? I hope so.
Since it happens to be St. Patrick’s Day, I thought I’d try prompting myself with a traditional Irish folklore monster in a style and setting that I wouldn’t normally expect to find them. Feel free to try it for yourself. I chose to randomly roll up a combination using the dice roller at random.org (https://www.random.org/dice/). For traditionalists, I have included the possibility of a Fantasy story set in the Dark Ages featuring a folklore creature.
Even if you decide not to write something, I highly recommend the folklore info links below for some Irish themed St. Patty’s day reading. Continue reading
How to Write like an Octopus 