Baggage Writing Prompts

 Try these writing prompts for a fun, fast trip to an exciting destination.

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WHAT IS in YOUR LUGGAGE?

 You can go anywhere on earth that you choose.

          You’ll be staying for one year.

                          What will you take with you?

List the ideas and emotions you’ll take, as well as treasured physical objects you don’t want to part with.

              Where will you go?

                          What will you do?

                 What will you see?

                 What will you feel?

                 How will the natives see you?

Will you be different at the end of a year? In what ways?

What will you pack for your trip home?

If you are more adventurous, travel to another planet, in any galaxy you like.

Answer the questions for a five-year period (imagine space travel is faster than the speed of light).

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Check it out for gorgeous photos and a link to buying Ask the Wolf on Amazon.

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Ask the Wolf

The Wolf is here! 

My e-book is available at Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes and Noble and 7 other distribution sites. Just go to your favorite online bookstore and type in "Ask the Wolf."

If you don't have an e-book reader, you can download free software from Kindle and read it on your computer.

Ask the Wolf is about

      A lost child

            A missing mom

                   And a black wolf.

What does the wolf know?

     Alyson Zavala is five the first time the wolf 

rescues her. As she grows up, her quest to

find her mother takes her to dangerous places—

and leads to startling discoveries about herself, about her mom, and about the man who may be her father. 

Happy Thanksgiving!

                                        Have a great Thanksgiving

                    with lots to be thankful for

 

What’s the smallest thing you’re thankful for? What’s the largest? 

I’m thankful for mitochondria and other subcellular structures that make life possible, and for elephants. I’m fond of elephants. 

I’m thankful we don’t have to watch out for dinosaurs, and that crocodiles don’t live wild in Idaho. 

What are you thankful for?

GOOD NEWS!

  

REWRITE  THE  NEWS  

Here's your chance to write the news the way you'd like to see it.                 

 

Choose a news story and put yourself in it (or

 put in people you know, or imaginary people).

 

Choose a story and change it any way you want.

 

Write your own news copy on a topic of your

 choosing.

 

Write a letter to the editor.

 

Write a headline.  Then make up a story to

 match it.

Write an answer to a question for an advice

 column.

 

Write a sports report.

 

Write an advertisement.

 

Write an announcement for a real or imaginary

 event.

 

Review a play, book, concert or movie.

 

Horse Laughter

Most horses have a great sense of humor.

What do horses laugh about? There's a story behind this picture. The catch is, you have to write it.

Veteran's Day Thanks

 Thank you, Veterans!

Every Veteran has stories that would make your blood run cold, even if they are only about the tribulations of Boot Camp. Write a serious or amusing story about an experience you had or heard about. Sadly, there is great scope for black humor here.

Please understand that I'm not making light of our service women and men's sacrifices. Hug your veteran and honor them by keeping their stories alive.

Thank you, Ron, Amy, Vickie, Rock, Doug, McKinley, Josh, Dave, David, Bill, George, Joe, Helen, and many many more who gave so much.

Why Wolves and Whales?

 Why Wolves and Whales?

        Because I love them!

       And I love including them in my books, Ask the Wolf and the trilogy, Bless the Whales.

       Some of the characters in my soon-to-be-released novel, Ask the Wolf, happen to be wolves. Awesome McKenzie Valley wolves—the largest wolves of all. 

       The story’s about:

                        A lost child

                               A missing mom

                                       And a wolf.

                        What does the wolf know?

       Alyson Zavala is five the first time the wolf rescues her. As she

 grows up, her quest to find her mother takes her to dangerous

 places—and leads to startling discoveries about herself. Who

 is she? And who—or what—is the wolf?

          I'll notify you know as soon as Ask the Wolf is

                  available in online bookstores.

            If all goes well, that will be next week. 

       I’m currently editing the first novel in the trilogy, Bless the

 Whales. It’s titled, Save a Sealion. The other two Bless the

 Whales books are in rough draft stages.

                              Do you need a reason to love wolves?  

                      Wolf puppies are way beyond adorable.

       This wolf pup is from a Ranger Rick magazine. If you have kids or grand-kids who love animals, give them a Ranger Rick subscription. The wolves will thank you. Aah-ooooooh!