2020, man. Whew. Don't those numbers just wear you out every time you see them? Between the pandemic, the social unrest, and the politic...

I blog mostly as a form of reflection, a kind of public journaling, where I record the details of my writing life and can look back on my jo...

Welcome to the October Frights Blog Hop! I'm Samantha Bryant. If you visit here regularly, you already know that I'm a Hallowe...

The new season of  Wording Wednesday  is underway. Fellow author  Andy Brokaw  collects a set of prompts and puts them out there for the ...

The new season of Wording Wednesday is underway. Fellow author Andy Brokaw collects a set of prompts and puts them out there for the worl...

The new season of  Wording Wednesday  is underway. Fellow author  Andy Brokaw  collects a set of prompts and puts them out there for th...

The new season of  Wording Wednesday  is underway. Fellow author  Andy Brokaw  collects a set of prompts and puts them out there for th...

The new season of  Wording Wednesday  has begun. Fellow author  Andy Brokaw  collects a set of prompts and puts them out there for the wo...

The new season of Wording Wednesday has begun. Fellow author Andy Brokaw collects a set of prompts and puts them out there for the worl...

Fellow author Andy Brokaw offers a writing prompt each week for her "Wording Wednesday," so called because the prompts are releas...

Fellow author Andy Brokaw offers a writing prompt each week for her "Wording Wednesday," so called because the prompts are releas...

Fellow author Andy Brokaw offers a writing prompt each week for her "Wording Wednesday," so called because the prompts are releas...

I'm a fan of prompt writing. It keeps the playful part of a writing life alive for me, letting me write something new with no expectatio...

Life can be such a horror show sometimes. People are jack-holes or just thoughtlessly, selfishly cruel. Systems fail us. You would think t...

Summer is media time for me. I can't really watch TV much during the school year, not and keep up with teaching, mothering and writing. ...

In one of my online writing communities ( +Writers' Discussion Group on Google Plus ), there's a weekly writing prompt. I *love* w...