Archive for October, 2007

Happy Halloween

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Well, my friends, today marks the last day of October, and as such, the last day (you have until midnight central time) to submit anything for this month’s posts.
It’s also the day to congratulate Jeremy. By posting the first contribution he won $10 at Amazon.com. No, there won’t be a prize every month, and no, [...]

October Participants

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

This post will be updated as submissions roll in. Please leave your link on the October Project post.
Prompt #1: Poetry

For Zorro, by Melissa
Haiku, by Ghost
Rationality in a 3 Ring Circus, by sister AE

Prompt #2: Fiction

Books, Lies, and Costumes, by Wakela
Smoke and Mirrors, by Wintermutt
Paw Prints, by Melissa
Story Idea, by Ghost

Prompt #3: Timed Writing

Class, by Mike
Timed [...]

October Project

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

These are the prompts for October, 2007. Inspiration for some prompts was taken from Life’s Little Instruction Book, Volume II, by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Comments will be closed on November 15th.
For guidelines, please see, The Rules.
Option One: Poetry
Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something, and has lost something.
Write either three short [...]

The Rules (So Far)

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

Each month’s project will go from the first to the last of that month. From the time a project (list of prompts) is posted, participants have thirty (or thirty-one, and sometimes twenty-eight) days to complete one or more of the options offered.
Originally, prompts were posted on the 15th, but an informal poll of the original [...]

Scribble on a Digital Napkin

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

Imagine: you’re sitting in cafe, and a brilliant idea for a story, an essay, a poem - whatever - pops into your mind. You reach for your notebook, but realize you left it in the car, or at home. A napkin is handy, and you do have a pen, so you write on that, or [...]

Welcome

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

In the beginning, there was the Alchera Project, a monthly offering of writing prompts ranging from fiction to essays, from poetry, to lists. It was run by Laurie Murray, and it was wonderful.
It died in December, 2006.
Almost a year later, I offer something similar. Once a month I’ll post a selection of prompts. Participants [...]