It’s never too early to start on the path to becoming a writer. We’ve compiled this collection of 100 great writing prompts to encourage younger people to use their creativity, exercise their imaginations, and become the kind of writers who write every day.
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We all know the story: The beautiful girl overcomes her obstacles, falls in love with Prince Charming, and lives happily ever after. But what happens after reality sets in–when life becomes more about smelly socks and dirty diapers than glass slippers and pumpkins that turn into carriages? In this innovative picture book for adults, we sneak away from the castle with Cinderella, Snow White, Rapunzel, and all their princess pals as they show us what really happens after “happily ever after.” It’s a story of disillusionment, hope, and the amazing power of friendship. This is not your child’s fairy tale!
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Iris Cairo has it all: a loving husband, a successful business, a supportive family. Unfortunately, she also has a not-so-secret admirer, her brother-in-law, Seth, who is willing to do anything—even murder his own brother—to try to win her love. When her husband goes missing, Iris knows Seth is to blame and begins a decades-long quest to bring him to justice. Meanwhile, she also faces the task of raising her son, Horace, who will grow up never knowing his father, but always nursing a desire for revenge against his uncle Seth.
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Ashleigh and Tommy Gallagher are full-fledged members of the “Sandwich Generation” who move in with Tommy’s aging parents, John and Peggy, to rescue them from bankruptcy. At the same time, they’re also raising their two teenagers, Emily and Troy. Ashleigh’s crush on a much younger colleague, John’s hoarding, Peggy’s denial of past wrongs, and Tommy’s work stress divide the family. When a major crisis occurs, will the Gallaghers be able to overcome their grievances and support one another, or will the family fall apart?
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Unlock your potential with Get Published Now! Secrets Every Writer Should Know. If you’re ready to turn your writing dreams into reality, our self-paced, online writing course will help you get there. It consists of 11 weeks/modules of content, full of insider tips from the expert editors and writers of Blydyn Square Books. Enroll now to learn how to take your writing to the next level.
Critique Add-on: When we first envisioned our writing course, we hoped to offer it as a live webinar, with student/instructor interaction. Scheduling such an intensive course (while still doing our other jobs!) proved to be impossible, but we still wanted to offer students the option of getting some direct feedback on their writing. By enrolling in the self-paced course, you are entitled to a discount price on one-time manuscript critique by a Blydyn Square Books editor for a fee of $350 (the usual price would be about at least $500, depending on the length of the manuscript).
An Unlikely Jewish Journey Through Childhood, Forgiveness, and Hope
Andrea Kott thought of herself as “the welfare Jew.” The daughter of a single mother whose depression and drinking pitched them into poverty, her stormy life looked nothing like that of the Jewish kids she knew: It defied every stereotype she associated with being Jewish—having an intact family and material wealth, and becoming a bat mitzvah. Alienated and ashamed, Kott felt ineligible to be Jewish, yet hungered for connection to the tradition and to God. It took a near-fatal accident, her mother’s death, marriage and motherhood, and losing a beloved brother for her to find her Jewish home.
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They say everyone has a book inside them—and that may be true. But too many would-be writers get lost somewhere between inspiration and publication. Packed with hard truths and insider tips, Secrets Most Writers and Publishers Will Never Tell You is exactly the advice you need to take your idea for a book straight to the finish line.
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Beverly Grady may just be the world’s loneliest woman. Her husband is dead, she hates her sister, and she has no friends—other than the birds she watches every day in her yard. When she finds out her late husband left behind mountains of debt, she has no choice but to downgrade her lifestyle, moving from her dream house to a cheap apartment in nearby Brookside Manor. Befriended by the colorful locals, Beverly starts to learn—for the first time in her life—that there may be more to life than birdwatching. But there’s also more to Brookside Manor than meets the eye, and you’ll never believe the secret it’s hiding.
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From award-winning author Everett De Morier comes a new book: The Invention of Everything: Insights on Life, Food, and One Good Thermos. This funny and insightful book is the perfect gift for anyone who loves a good laugh or heartfelt story—and especially for those people you know who need to learn all the crucial skills for being an adult, from cooking homemade soup to chopping wood with an axe. It’s the only book on the market that will teach you how to live a life of gratitude AND how to change a tire.
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Imagine losing your high-paying job as an executive after almost thirty years at a multibillion-dollar company. How would you react? When it happened to author James Brian Kerr, the answer was simple: Walk more than twenty miles home.
The Long Walk Home: How I Lost My Job as a Corporate Remora Fish and Rediscovered My Life’s Purpose, Kerr invites us to join him on his strange journey from impending unemployment to self-discovery and reminds us that the only true journey is the journey within. Written in lyrical prose, The Long Walk Home will inspire anyone facing job loss or feeling alienated by modern corporate life’s artificiality and inhuman pace.
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What actually goes on behind the curtain of “being published?” How does it feel when you get your advance? Is it fun? Exciting? Does it involve riches, fame, and groupies? Inside They Don’t Call It the Submission Process for Nothing, you’ll discover what it’s really like to finally bash down the seemingly impenetrable walls of the publishing industry and see your book in bookstores. Then there’s the book tour, radio interviews, signing events, speaking engagements, your face on promotional posters… Is it a dream come true? Or a hilarious nightmare? Now’s your chance to find out. Whether you’re a writer or a reader, author Prioleau Alexander’s hilarious memoir will tell you the things you aren’t supposed to know… and why no one behind the curtain ever spills the beans about how things really work. Is there a reason for that? Let’s just say they don’t call it the submission process for nothing.
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In 1992 — when Amy Fisher dominated every news channel — there lived two men. The first was a once prominent cartoonist who had a very public fall from grace. The other was an alcoholic who worked in a landfill. Both lived in in different parts of the country and led completely separate lives — until their paths crossed.
You know their names. And for over twenty years, you thought you knew their story — until their journals were found and authenticated in 2014. And what we thought we knew — what the old news clips and the old stories wanted us to think — were all wrong.
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Writers write, and the best writers try to write (at least a little bit) every day. Writing coach and editor Tara Tomczyk helps you overcome the fear of the blank page with 365 writing prompts–one for each day of the year–to help get your pen moving.
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Starting in January 2021, this 10-week writing webinar series will give aspiring (and seasoned) writers some of the inside tips you need to take your writing to the next level. Participants will take part live on Zoom (and receive a recorded copy of the sessions, if desired). Each session will be about 1 hour to 90 minutes each (we estimate 20–30 minutes of lecture/discussion material, followed by Q & A, allowing participants to ask questions on that week’s topic). See below a break down of the Weekly Sessions. Class size is limited so reserve early!