Daily Writing Prompt

  • I have a tattoo on my arm and it’s the name of a song that holds special meaning to me. (The one in the picture. πŸ˜‰) If I were to get another one…? I have a few ideas: A bat, like Elvira has on her arm. Like here. A raven, spider, or some other ‘creepy’…

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  • Odd. Some other words that might fit: Weird Unusual Off One board short of the shed. Scattered Bizarre Absent-minded Nutty-Professor (Somehow smart and clueless at the same time.) 🀭I’ve been compared to Harley Quinn a time or two. (Or half a dozen.)πŸƒ I mean, it could be worse. 🫣

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  • Recently someone posted, anonymously on one of my blog posts that I was the reigning-queen-and-master-of-Halloween-vibes. If my mystery person is out there reading this, then THANK YOU! That has to be one of the nicest things anyone has ever said to me. πŸ•ΈοΈπŸ•·οΈπŸ¦‡πŸ–€πŸˆβ€β¬›πŸ¦β€β¬›

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  • Train. I’ve never actually traveled by train, so for all I know it might suck and I’d hate it, but I’d like to give it a go sometime. It seems slow and leisurely. Maybe I’d do some reading or listen to music. I could just watch the world pass me by… Hmmm… That sounds fantastic!

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  • Music. I will and have used meditation but music takes away the angst. It gives me a safe outlet for my emotions without having to self-destruct or to blow up at another person. It glues the broken pieces back together–enough that I can pick myself up off the floor, dry the tears, and fight another…

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  • Writing fiction, mostly. Once I get going I have a hard time thinking about anything else. Beyond that, my plants. LOL. Here’s just a few of them in the picture. I have so many houseplants that they’re spread out all over the house. When I’m fussing over them it reminds me of Morticia Addams feeding…

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  • Are you superstitious?

    Yes. πŸ˜‰ I’m so superstitious that I wear bats and skulls and spiders on my person on a regular basis. I write stories about werewolves and vampires. I look forward to Friday the thirteenth… What’s the direct opposite of superstitious? What would you call a person that smiles at skulls and thinks bats are adorable…

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  • A cat. Probably a house cat, like my Salem in the above picture. He thinks he’s Puss in Boots as you can see by the way he’s posing with that dagger. (Don’t worry, it’s just a letter opener. The only sharp objects I let him play with are his claws). I don’t talk much unless…

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  • My middle name is Ann. It has no real significance, other than it’s my mother’s middle name, my sister’s middle name, and my daughter’s middle name. Well, okay then, I guess it has significance! I looked it up and it’s a Hebrew name that means graceful one. 😊 Works for me! My mom is one…

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