Hi, I'm Sarah. I recently joined the group. I'm all about community, providing feedback and accountability as well as discussing with others about their work. Currently writing is a hobby, so I'm not planing on self-publishing or publishing anytime soon. I'm looking forward to improving my writing and helping others in anyway I can. — Sarah St-Jean

Hey everyone, thanks for having me in the group! Here’s one of my poems, inspired by a prompt from a recent poetry session I attended! The prompt was: “Tell me where you’re from” using the words: “crying together” This became Where I’m From, a reflection on memory, weather, connection and the quiet ways we carry things together. Hope you enjoy it! 🌧️☕

This was a really fun one to do. The prompt was an object! What kind of stories can you come up with an object? You may not see Bubbles the pen as something vital to you. However, for some people it is a vital part of their day. In fact, authors, composers, artists, and journalists use this vital object; just to name a few. In this story, let’s get to know Bubbles, the Red Pen! The pen I write with is red, and I decided to name her Bubbles. You see Bubbles has been with me for a little while now. She loves sliding on the page, turning with every stroke that I write. In fact, Bubbles loves to see each adventure as it unfolds with each new character and scene of a story that is written. What Bubbles likes best is the gratitude list that is made almost every day. Feeling the emotions of each character and recording the gratitude for each day made Bubbles feel so bubbly that she could hardly contain her excitement. However, Bubbles is grateful for the rest she gets because it sure is tiring by the end of the writing. One day, Bubbles awoke to the familiar feeling of being picked up and placed on the page. She tries once. Nothing.
 She tries again. Still nothing.
She wonders what’s wrong.
She begins to wonder if she will ever write again.
 Her owner realized what was wrong and replaced what Bubbles needed. Suddenly, Bubbles felt a jolt of energy as she glided along the curves and turns of the strokes on the page. Bubbles lived for this excitement. She always loved the way she could move, twist, turn, color, and so much more. Sometimes we aren’t broken. Sometimes we’re simply empty and need to be refilled. Bubbles isn’t valuable because she’s a red pen. She’s valuable because of what she is able to do when she has what she needs. “Am I broken, or am I simply empty and in need of being refilled?”

I am so pleased and excited that more people have decided to belong here. Please get to know and welcome these new members. They have varying interests, so if some of them have similar interests take some time to get to know them and talk about stuff. Just remember the rule about not soliciting or self promoting. There is a time and place for that. Nancy Miranda has written a little and is interested in poems and novels. Nancy joined for self motivation. Stephanie Mata has written a little and is interested in poetry. Stephanie joined out of interest. Morgan Cool has some completed works and is interested in blogging, songs, books, and web. Morgan joined because she needs a community of others who have similar hobbies. Emily Phipps is new to writing and is interested in poetry and memoir writing. Emily found us in a search and I for one am glad she did. Kenny Feather (cool name) has written a little and is interested in writing Songs. When I asked what convinced Kenny to join, his responce was a simple "Hmmmm". I think Kenny was warming up the vocal chords in preparation of giving us all a song. What do you think? Christina T is new to writing and is interested in poetry and script writing. Christina joined as an aspiring creative writer. Paul Cole has some completed works and is interested in non fiction. Paul joined because of how he learn about our community. Leslie Grayson has written a little and is interested in fiction and nonfiction. Leslie joined because she woul'd love to be around like minded people.

I started a story a while ago that I'd like to follow up on ... Anybody write children's books here