Ah, Tuesday, here we are again… Today’s Discover Challenge is all about Risk, and publishing something that you’re maybe “not 110% comfortable with.” The prompt is inspired by a recent interview with Professor Tressie McMillan Cottom, a successful contributing writer for the Atlantic that had this to say when asked “why she continues blogging despite having many other avenues for…
Identity is the theme for today’s Discover Challenge, and I think it’s a great prompt, falling neatly into line with the rest of the challenges that have been pushing this cyberstory about Neeka forward. The prompt says, in part: Consider this bit from an older post from author Alexander Chee on being “Asian American”: I…
I’m pretty excited about today’s Discover Challenge post, because the stars have aligned to get me to post the first bit of story I wrote many weeks ago, that would eventually turn into this whole new Neeka adventure I’m embarking on lately. I’ve gone back today and heavily edited it, and finished the scene as well,…
Today’s Discover Challenge is Snapshots, and I’ll let the idea speak for itself… In a guest post on Jenna Schwartz’s blog, writer Andrea Jarrell told a powerful personal story about coming into her voice. … Rather than summarizing how she felt at a particular age or telling us about her year generally, she narrows the focus of each…
Whoo boy. The second installment of the WordPress Discover Challenge has dropped, and it’s a doozy, or at least, it hits me pretty hard. The challenge topic is “Witness,” and I won’t be reading today’s inspiration post, but I certainly invite you to read what is described as: a guest post by Elizabeth Marro over at…
It took forever for The Daily Post to update their Discover Challenge page and give us the first weekly challenge, but now that they have, it’s pretty exciting! Today’s is called Blogging the Senses, with a short prompt post to read by Cheri Lucas Rowlands, who “recently interviewed Erik Kwakkel, a book historian in Leiden, Netherlands,…
It’s time for a Writing Prompt post according to my posting schedule, which I’ve been trying to follow… for the most part, anyway. I’ve been busy, and writing hasn’t been going well, and I know I’m procrastinating — but I haven’t missed a daily dragon post yet, so I call that a win at least. To…
It was a busy day today, so I’m only carving out some writing time now at 11pm, but I hope you’ll forgive me if the writing turns out as well as I hope it will! This isn’t exactly a prompt per say, but the idea hit me like a bolt of lightning after I read…
Today’s arwork is called “My Determined Dragon” by Carolyn LeGrand. Find more of her wonderful work at that link. I’m determined today. Here is today’s daily prompt from WordPress’s Daily Post… Key Takeaway Give your newer sisters and brothers-in-WordPress one piece of advice based on your experiences blogging. If you’re a new blogger, what’s one…
(Quick note about today’s art by Anna Walker: I found this adorable illustration by Googling “Busy Dragon,” which is what I am as you’ll see when you read this post! It’s from her book called “I Don’t Believe in Dragons,” which you can find out more about at that Goodreads link. Go check out more…
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