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500 Club (1/3)
Happy New Year! Welcome to the first 500 Club of 2013! Before we get to today’s prompts, here’s a quick recap of the rules. Choose one of the prompts below. On your blog, write a 500-word story or...
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Hi. My Name is Amy, and I’m an Author.
After years and years of blogging, we’re rebooting and refocusing the Parking Lot Confessional. One of our goals in this shake-up is to get more of the stuff that makes us who we are onto these pages....
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Researching Medieval London? Here’s Some Juicy Info
When my daughter was studying the Middle Ages in school, some friends recommended we watch the BBC documentary Filthy Cities: Medieval London. Turns out the documentary is a great resource for writers....
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Even Famous Writers Feel Frustration
Last week I had the opportunity to travel to New York City for a few days. While there, I made a trip to the Morgan Library and Museum. What a wonderful treat this turned out to be, especially for a...
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500 Club (1/24)
Can you believe it’s Thursday already? You know what that means: it’s time for the 500 Club! Before we get to today’s prompts, here’s a quick recap of the rules. Choose one of the prompts below. On...
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Laugh In Its Face
Rockefeller Center (Amy K. Nichols) Tuesdays have become our unofficial weekly confession day here at the PLC. Our aim this year is to keep it informal, and keep it real. So, here’s where I’m at: I’m...
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Those Nagging Bits
You know those bits of your Work In Progress that nag at you? You wrote them knowing they weren’t quite right, but you glossed over them, or thought maybe if you ignored them, your critique partners...
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500 Club (2/14)
Hello, and welcome to today’s special Valentine’s Day 500 Club! Whether you love or hate this day, there’s writing prompt fun for you! Before we get to today’s prompts, here’s a quick recap of the...
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500 Club (3/7)
Hello, and welcome to today’s 500 Club! Before we get to today’s prompts, here’s a quick recap of the rules. Choose one of the prompts below. On your blog, write a 500-word story or scene based on the...
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The One Promise You Should Make to Yourself as a Writer
If there’s one promise you should make to yourself as a writer, it’s this: Finish your manuscript. Amy McLane and I stood in the parking lot (we are the Parking Lot Confessional, after all) after class...
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Stealing Time for Creativity
A couple of weeks ago, I had to spend the morning in a hospital waiting room while a loved one had a procedure done. I knew it wasn’t going to be a huge amount of time waiting, but still, I took along...
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500 Club (3/28)
Hello, and welcome to today’s 500 Club! Today’s prompts are inspired by the famous Chekhov quote: “Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” Before we get to...
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Why do writers do this?
English: Roller coaster in Xetululu, Guatemala (Photo credit: Wikipedia) During a recent conversation with an author-friend, the topic turned to how we’re doing with our current projects and deadlines...
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Revising? Try taking a D.A.R.K.E.R. path
Reblogged from Amy writes...: I recently finished my first round of revisions and sent my manuscript off to my editor. *exhale* Now that I've had a couple of weeks to reflect on the whole thing, I...
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500 Club (4/18)
Hello, and welcome to today’s 500 Club! Before we get to today’s prompts, here’s a quick recap of the rules. Choose one of the prompts below. On your blog, write a 500-word story or scene based on the...
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Does Size Matter?
The size of books, I mean. Books. Several times I’ve picked up Stephen King’s UNDER THE DOME, and then promptly put it back down because, come on! It’s a cinder block of a book! And I’m finally reading...
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500 Club (5/9)
Hello, and welcome to today’s 500 Club! Before we get to today’s prompts, here’s a quick recap of the rules. Choose one of the prompts below. On your blog, write a 500-word story or scene based on the...
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Writing Wisdom from John Barrowman
Captain Jack HarknessCourtesy of Fanpop.com This past weekend, I attended Phoenix Comicon ’13 where I got to see John Barrowman talk about his career as an actor and performer. You probably know John...
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500 Club (5/30)
Hello, and welcome to today’s 500 Club! Before we get to today’s prompts, here’s a quick recap of the rules. Choose one of the prompts below. On your blog, write a 500-word story or scene based on the...
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Wear a High Collar and Stink of Garlic
This article was originally published at Amy Writes on January 7, 2011. I’m posting it here for the benefit of a good friend of mine, who shall remain nameless. The more I live, the more I’m convinced...
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