• Flash Week Challenge Day 1: Write a Flash Fiction in Just 10 Minutes a Day

    Welcome to Flash Week! I’ll host these once a month. We’ll have them the week starting the third Monday and going through the following Sunday.  We start with a blank sheet of paper. For seven days, we pledge 10 minutes a day to Flash Week. We end with a complete flash fiction story of ~900-1200…


  • Kickstart Your 2025: Daily Writing Exercises Preview

    The New Year is almost here! And in 2025, my biggest resolution is to write for ten minutes a day, every day. So I’ve pre-loaded writing exercises & prompts for the month of January, and will be posting them here and on And Now We Write for anyone who wants to join in. The real…


  • Daily 10-Minute Writing Exercises for 2025

    All right, gearing up for the New Year here, and planning to write for at least ten minutes a day every day in 2025. I’ve got January mapped out so far: As I’ve been pre-loading writing exercises for the month of January, I’ve decided to post quickie recordings of these exercises as a daily no-homework,…