Thursday, September 27, 2007

Haunted Richmond

October is almost here with its spookiness and spine chillers. Check out Haunted Richmond, a book recently released (June 2007) by one of our very own club members, Pamela K. Kinney.

Kudos, Pam!

Monday, September 17, 2007

Too Busy to Write?


Are you too busy to write? We are, too.

Are you too busy to build or strengthen a support group for your writing? We... Oh, wait, we do that now. Five writers came to the Chesterfield Writers' Club meeting Saturday. That's five people who in addition to writing, work, go to school, meet deadlines, raise kids, etc., etc.

We are important to the people in our lives. Sometimes writing takes a back seat, but if we want to be writers who write (rather than wishers who wish), we can't force writing to always take a back seat.

Treat yourself well, by, creating support for every area of your life. No person is an island. If you're interested in joining us, you can do so at our MeetUp site or if you Yahoo, you can join us there.

Until we meet again, happy writing!

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

2 Days, 20 Hours, 0 Minutes, 0 Seconds



Just 2 days, 20 hours, 0 minutes, and 0 seconds according to the clock at www.timeanddate.com.


The next meeting of the Chesterfield Writers' Club is Saturday, yes, this Saturday, September 15, 2007 at 1:00 PM.

We're working on our first anthology. A few of us have attended some major conferences this past summer, and a couple of us are planning to participate in the James River Writers' Conference in a couple of weeks.

Want to know more? See you Saturday.

Central Library
9501 Lori Road
Chesterfield, VA 23832

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

4 Writing Prompts

1) Use a sentence starting with the word "I."

-I remember when...
-I had forgotten about...
-I wish I'd never...

2) Find a random picture and make up a story about it. Stock photos are a great source, and at www.fotosearch.com you can do a keyword search for interesting images. Perhaps your keywords could be: balloon, Italian, salad, or snow.

3) Use all the letters of a proper name to create your first sentence.

A few examples:

SHEILA: Sandra Hampton erased Ian's letters again. They weren't exactly letters, since they were emails, but they were...

EDWARD: Every day Whitney allows Ron Denmark to make her feel like losing her religion.

ZOE: Zach owes Ethan. Again. Big time.

4) Write something really off the wall and keep going.

-The first time I married Dan, culottes were still in style.

-Thirty years ago I died giving birth to Imogene Elizabeth Cunningham. At least that was supposed to be her name...

-It was time for my 12:00 feeding.

-The rain in Spain caused pain for Lorraine.

-Four thousand, six hundred, twenty-eight dollars and seventy-two cents ago my integrity was still intact.

-Today when I leave to go to work, I'm not coming back.

-Barbara Bell Bivens believed bad boys belonged behind bars.

The Butler Did It!

Writers get stuck sometimes. The right writer's prompt can help you get the story going. Later, if it doesn't fit, you can ditch it, and you've still got a great story. This prompt, "The Butler Did It" is inspired by the old movie murder mysteries where you found out in the end that the butler did it. Let's try it in reverse. Pick any of the following "butler did it..." statements, and start your story with the butler's action.


1) The butler arrived first.
2) The butler broke the lock.
3) The butler did it.
4) The butler erased the files and continued his dusting.
5) The butler jumped into the pool.
6) The butler kicked off his shoes and stared at the body in the pool.
7) The butler lurked beneath the stairwell.
8) The butler opened the box.
9) The butler quit.
10) The butler rode in silence.
11) The butler stabbed Mr. Lexington.
12) The butler unlocked the gate.
13) The butler walked with a limp.