It’s time for another Promptly Penned post. As always, the prompt will be in bold in the text. I don’t usually like to do this, but this is an excerpt from a WIP. I wrinkled my nose at the sharp scent of the dry-erase marker as I carefully wrote the recipe on both sides of […]
As usual, the prompt will appear in bold. “Okay, so because you have these tall skinny windows letting in all this luscious light, I’m thinking a palette of milky whites, soft grays, and vaporous blues would be perfection in here.” I blinked at Michael, the interior designer that Polly, my business partner, insisted that we […]
It’s time for another Promptly Penned. The prompt will appear in bold in the story. Elinor woke with a gasp, sitting straight up in bed, glancing around, eyes wide and barely focused. Kyle laid his book in his lap and shifted toward her, rubbing her back. “You okay, El?” She blinked up at him. “I […]
Somehow, it’s our final Promptly Penned of the year. I’ve been really looking forward to this one. As soon as Jess and I saw this, it sparked an idea. And thanks to this prompt and flash fic, we have plans for some connected Bound books–written separately but connected and happening concurrently. And this prompt brought […]
The prompt will appear in bold in the text. “As my assistant, I’ll expect to be able to delegate a variety of tasks to you.” I nodded, keeping up with Susan’s brisk pace. “Of course, ma’am. Anything you need.” She arched an eyebrow at me. “First off, don’t ma’am me. I hate that.” “Yes, m–sorry.” […]
The prompt will be bolded in the story. Mallory lugged her backpack and suitcase up seven flights of stairs to the stupidly small apartment she’d agreed to share with her sister, Nina. After a total of three flights and twenty-three hours worth of layovers, all Mallory wanted to do was wash the airport off her, […]
Prompt: You’re in an interrogation room. A man walks in and throws a bunch of photographs on the table in front of you. The photos are old and were taken at different points in history. You’re in each one. He demands to know who you are. He stared at the painfully thin blonde woman as […]
This month’s song fic is inspired by Rob Thomas’ I Think We’d Feel Good Together. Here are the lyrics and the video if you’d like to check them out. When I was listening to this song, this earlier flash fic popped into my head. I don’t often connect flash fic shorts, but this one seems […]
The prompt will be bolded in the story. The PA system crackled as her voice rose, straining for the high notes, and I cringed as she went flat. I still couldn’t believe she’d commandeered the mic. This was a fucking neighborhood party–not the Garden. What was she even thinking. The song finished, and I […]
It’s time for another Promptly Penned. The prompt will be in bold in the story. “I’m back.” Jasper Nolan peered into the family room where his little sister, Junie, was hanging out with a couple of her friends watching The Fault in Our Stars, or maybe, it was The Last Song, for what had to […]