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Fun for Friday: My Big Pink Book Page for Prompt 13, Flowers

| October 2, 2026

On Monday, I shared the blank version of the thirteenth prompt page in the Big Pink Book. Here’s what I did with mine! I decided that the watercolor flower and the very even pink flowers had a bit of a contrast and thought about writing a story in which there’s technology that can make perfectly […]

The Big Pink Book Prompt 13: Flowers

| September 28, 2026

The thirteenth prompt in the Big Pink Book is another page with a lot of space to write. The stickers are situated at the top left and bottom right corners. In the top left corner, there are a total of five stickers, all in a column. The top sticker is a circle with purple at […]

Fun for Friday: October 2026 Writing Prompts!

| September 25, 2026

It’s time for my favorite writing prompt batch of the year, the October prompts! I am an “Every day is Halloween” sort of person (as possibly evidenced by my improbable skeleton collection, which is the photo on this post (though the octopus skeleton is hiding under the filigree skull)), so October is one of my […]

Fun for Friday: Big Pink Book of Prompts, A Galaxy Draws a Self Portrait

| September 18, 2026

For the twelfth prompt from the Big Pink Book, I took the three elements together and combined them into an idea for writing a poem with the title “A Galaxy Draws a Self Portrait.” I haven’t finished it yet, but I’m posting a photo of my page of notes. At the top of the page, […]

The Big Pink Book Prompt 12: Talented Amateur

| September 14, 2026

The next prompt (#12) in the Big Pink Book is a mostly blank page with three stickers, arranged in a rough diagonal from the top left to the bottom right. At the top left is a small, light pink, vaguely rectangular sticker bearing the text “Every artist was first an amateur.” In the center of […]

Fun for Friday: Yet More DefConOne Instagram Writing Prompts!

| September 11, 2026

Here’s another batch of writing prompts from the DefConOne Instagram account! Write a piece in which a hug can be perceived as mean. Write a piece in which an orange makes or breaks a picnic. Write a piece involving a popsicle causing problems. Follow the DefCon One Instagram account for writing prompts on Fridays, or check them […]

Fun for Friday: The Big Pink Book Prompt 11, Blue Doors

| September 4, 2026

On Monday, I shared the eleventh prompt from the Big Pink Book. If you guessed that I was going to do something with blue doors, you’re absolutely correct. (It was probably pretty obvious.) Even though the image at the top left is a birdhouse, it had a similar shape and dimensions as the door at […]

The Big Pink Book Prompt 11, Blue Doors

| August 31, 2026

Prompt 11 from the Big Pink Book is another one with stickers at the corners, along a theme. In the top left, there’s a dark blue birdhouse with silver snow on the roof and a bow at the top. At the top right, there are two shiny aqua squares above a light blue and white […]

Fun for Friday: September 2026 Writing Prompts

| August 28, 2026

It’s time, once again for next month’s writing prompts! This time, we’re just about to head into September, which means autumn for the northern hemisphere! I’ve got a collection of older September art challenges that I haven’t used before this month. The first column is from Catember 2025. How did I never know there was […]

Recap of the Big Pink Book, Prompts 1-10

| August 26, 2026

I’ve now posted the first ten prompts from the Big Pink Book, along with how I used each one. Here’s a quick recap post. A Map We Go Together Like … It’s Funny … Magical Books Flags and Leaves Fantasy Theme Weird Combination Zen? Stars and Rainbows Free Spirit Out of these ten prompts, I […]