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
Category: The Business of Writing
Remembering Mom
I wrote this for my Edina Community Education Writers Group–a prompt from Maureen Millea Smith. On this Mother’s Day weekend,… Read more Remembering Mom
Child #3, Lee
Prompt Me! Maiya Strouth: Giving birth to your third child and what follows. I was old to be having a third… Read more Child #3, Lee
Prompt Me! Ski Trip with the Girls
Susan de Hoog How about, ‘the ski trip with the girl friends…’ From the time I was a little girl,… Read more Prompt Me! Ski Trip with the Girls
First Impressions
Prompt from Loretta Stewart Thomas: “My first day at college.” I had never seen my college campus prior to my… Read more First Impressions
Box Social
Jan Simpson Favorite child hood memories Box Social I hate to even say it, but I had the perfect childhood. As… Read more Box Social
Sent to the Wrong Printer
Writing Prompt: You’re at work and you print something personal (and sensitive). Unfortunately, you’ve sent it to the wrong printer and,… Read more Sent to the Wrong Printer
Mystery Cookie
Writing Prompt: One Day you come into work and find a cookie mysteriously placed on your desk. Grateful to whoever… Read more Mystery Cookie
Breaking Up With Writer’s Block
Preface–I began Prompt Me! to try to instill inspiration and discipline into my writing day. To help me get “inspired”… Read more Breaking Up With Writer’s Block
Diaries of a Young Woman
I have begun the task of transcribing the diaries of my mother. My sister, Kathryn, found them in Mom’s dresser… Read more Diaries of a Young Woman
ELAINE KOYAMA WRITES 