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ELAINE KOYAMA WRITES

Elaine Koyama Writes

Category: Creative Writing

GROWING UP MONTANA STYLE (excerpt from Knocking on Doors)

Posted on June 21, 2018June 19, 2018 by elainekoyamawrites

Peggy Erickson–Prompt Me! What was it like growing up in Montana?   In 1976 I embarked on my working career… Read more GROWING UP MONTANA STYLE (excerpt from Knocking on Doors)

Prompt Me! The Stranger–Paris Latin Quarter

Posted on June 14, 2018June 13, 2018 by elainekoyamawrites

The Stranger The Prompt: You’re walking home from work one night and taking shortcuts through a labyrinth of dark city… Read more Prompt Me! The Stranger–Paris Latin Quarter

Prompt Me! Matchup

Posted on June 12, 2018June 6, 2018 by elainekoyamawrites

Write a story featuring a Ouija board, a search engine, and a self-help book.   I’m sitting in my one… Read more Prompt Me! Matchup

Prompt Me! Magical

Posted on June 7, 2018June 6, 2018 by elainekoyamawrites

Jan Simpson: favorite college memory. Written May 18, 2018   Like every college freshman, that first year at school is… Read more Prompt Me! Magical

Prompt Me–Back From the Future

Posted on June 5, 2018June 5, 2018 by elainekoyamawrites

The prompt: A knock at the door catches you off guard. Upon answering it, you’re greeted by a person who… Read more Prompt Me–Back From the Future

Prompt Me! from Mike Lane–Manuscript has a voice

Posted on May 31, 2018May 21, 2018 by elainekoyamawrites

Mike Lane Writers Prompt: Your manuscript has a voice that is asking for greater meaning regarding something that it includes.… Read more Prompt Me! from Mike Lane–Manuscript has a voice

6608 Nordic Drive

Posted on May 24, 2018May 21, 2018 by elainekoyamawrites

On Friday, May 25, 2018 I will be signing the papers to transfer the title to our home at 6608… Read more 6608 Nordic Drive

First Glimpse

Posted on May 22, 2018May 21, 2018 by elainekoyamawrites

Prompt Me! “How I met Scot” was from Jan Simpson, but I had written about the first time I had… Read more First Glimpse

Prompt Me! “Driver’s Education” from Sharon Lauderdale Sloan

Posted on May 17, 2018May 14, 2018 by elainekoyamawrites

Sharon Lauderdale Sloan April 14–Driver’s Education I took Driver’s Education back in the late 60s, from Mr. Horman. The class… Read more Prompt Me! “Driver’s Education” from Sharon Lauderdale Sloan

THINGS DON’T ADD UP–from Margie Krause

Posted on May 15, 2018May 14, 2018 by elainekoyamawrites

Prompt Me! sent from Margie Krause :  Letter on adding machine tape It was 1968, I was huddled in my bunker, the… Read more THINGS DON’T ADD UP–from Margie Krause

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