Journal Jar: Day 23: Prompt 23

Today's prompt does not come from the jar, but from a quote I saw posted on Facebook from Game of Thrones. Take the quote and respond to it, what does it mean to you? Write a poem, a journal entry, or a story. Happy writing. :)

Journal Jar: Day 22: Prompts 19, 20, 21, and 22

Hello, all! As per usual I have fallen behind. Doing better to get you your daily prompts is one of the top things I am working on. I will be starting graduate school in a month and since I was a late apply and a late admit I have little time to get everything put in order and ready to go. This is not an excuse, of course, I should still be able to make time to write a short blog post with a prompt each day, and yet I have not. I feel like part of it is because my life is so un-organized at the moment. I am working on this. I am re-arranging things to create a better and more organized work space. I feel like once this is done and I have daily access to this area a regular routine will simply fall into place as it normally does for me. Okay, enough rambling, here are the four prompts that I owe you.

Prompt 19: What always brings tears to your eyes? (as Paulo Coelho has said, "Tears are words that need to be written.")

Prompt 20: What rituals do you have or hold?

Prompt 21: The protagonist is obsessed with serial killers and decides to make a documentary film reenacting their most horrific crimes.

Prompt 22: If you could only take 3 people with you on a trip around the world, who would you take and why?

Happy writing, everyone!

Journal Jar: Day Eighteen: Prompt Eighteen

Good evening. I am posting this prompt in the middle of the night, but at least it is not three days behind. :) I hope everyone enjoyed the day. Happy writing. 

Prompt: Make a list of 30 things that make you smile.

Journal Jar: Day Seventeen: Prompts Fifteen, Sixteen, and Seventeen

Wow! I really have gotten behind on the prompts the past few days. I'm sorry guys. Things have been crazy here for me trying to find daycare for my children and get all of my ducks in a row for graduate school which is starting in little more than a month. I am going to make up for it though and post all of the back prompts that I owe you. I am aware that I owe you a nice video as well giving you bits and pieces of what I have been working on. That is to come. :)

Here are the prompts:

Prompt 15: As passengers disembark from a transatlantic flight, they start to experience amnesia -- all of the passengers except one. The farther they go from the plane, the more severe their amnesia becomes. Will they risk forgetting everything?

Prompt 16: Outside the Window: What's the weather outside your window doing right now? If that's not inspiring, what's the weather like somewhere you wish you could be?

Prompt 17: The two moments I'll never forget in my life are...Describe them in great detail, and what makes them so unforgettable.



I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. I am hoping to take a break from all of this work and take my kiddies swimming.

Happy writing!!!

Journal Jar: Day Fourteen: Prompts Thirteen and Fourteen

Hello. I am sorry that I did not post yesterday. We were on the road all day and then I received my official admittance letter to graduate school which prompted some quick work on my part. I am going to post both prompts thirteen and fourteen for you today.

Prompt Thirteen: Home from the airport after a long trip, you realize you have the wrong suitcase. What you find inside, however, leads you to believe the bag's real owner might be a witch with a mean streak.

Prompt Fourteen: Two husband and wife chemists quit their high paying jobs on a quest to develop the Sorcerer's Stone.

Happy Writing. :)

Journal Jar: Day Twelve: Prompt Twelve and a Brief Life Update (BONUS!!!)

Good morning my fellow writers! The sun is shining here and is is miserable hot. :) Despite the heat my spirits are up. I am in the middle of completing my application for graduate school to begin the TESOL program in the fall. I am asking everyone to send me out good vibes and wish me luck! :) Even though it has been a crazy busy morning jam packed full of tasks I wanted to make sure to pause and post our daily prompt. Even when life gets hectic we always want to make sure me make time for writing, and creativity adds a special kind of beauty to life I feel. So here we go....and the winner is....

I wish I could see....Because....

That is a pretty open ended prompt. Take it and run.

I hope you are having a beautiful day and if you are where it is warm either enjoying the sun or staying in from the heat.


Happy writing everyone.

Writing Zone

One thing that I find difficult at times is finding a writing zone that works for me. I have two children, one is four and the other is six months, and a significant other so it is difficult sometimes to find a moment to myself. I work every other week and then the weeks I do not work I am home with the children and trying to catch up on housework from the week before. So, how do I get in my writing zone? Well, generally I find that I fall asleep when the kids do at night so I do not get a lot of nighttime writing accomplished. What I generally do is get up and hour to two hours early every morning, go into my office (which is a walk-in closet I turned in to one) close the door, turn Pandora on to The Piano Guys station, and write. Generally I have a cup of coffee and a glass of water. That's my time. Uninterrupted, quiet, and productive. What gets you in the writing zone? Happy writing everyone.