Muse Mugging Monday
Writing Prompt
For today’s writing prompt, I’m borrowing an idea from Saturday’s HeartLA writer’s group presentation given by my friend and fellow writer, Christee Gabour Atwood. In this exercise, you will be creating your inner writer superhero. Think of superpowers you would like to have as a writer to make your writing successful. Example: a photographic memory allows you instant access to all of your writing research and you have the ability to transfer your words to the computer screen with just a thought. A super imagination can also be a superpower, so let it run wild and claim as many superpowers as you like.
Inspirational Quote
“We all look normal on the outside, but there’s something inside us fighting to get out.” – Christee Gabour Atwood, In Celebration of Elastic Waistbands http://www.christee.biz/
As I was sweeping up the week’s worth of cat fur from my two feline companions, I started thinking about all of the things I mindlessly throw out. Take the cat fur for instance. Look at how much I have after just one week! In a few months time, I could have enough for a nice sweater. Cat fur is soft, right? Granted the color isn’t pretty, but with Rit red-violet #131 and a few knitting skills, I could have a cozy sweater by Mardi Gras 2013–provided the Mayans were wrong!
I’m not a writer of horror or anything remotely spooky, but I do love a nice cemetery. On my list of the best, most beautiful cities of the dead, Bonaventure, in Savannah, Georgia, is at the top of the list. I find solace wandering among the graves of the dearly departed under the moss-laden oak sentinels. My family thinks my pastime is a bit strange, but is it really? I view it as socializing with the bodily impaired. These people lived, loved, laughed and cried as we all do. Each person had a unique story which is remembered by loved ones and marked with a personalized stone.
