Daria Black

It’s interesting what folktales we choose to hang on to. I mean really why is it we are getting weather advice from some gopher who probably hasn’t seen the light of day in months.
Anyway in honor of Groundhog’s Day, here are some fiction prompts that involve a little participation from you. Your duty is to [...]

If you have been working hard on your New Year’s resolution as I know you have, chances are you have suffered a few setbacks by now. So this week’s set of writing prompts is dedicated to the art of hitting the wall face first and living to tell about it.

Nonfiction
1. Tell us about a time [...]

History is filled with people who, in one way or another, changed the world in some way. In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr day, here is a list of ten people worth writing about.

1. Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights activist who helped bring the indignity of racism and discrimination to the public fore.
2. [...]

With every New Year comes a list of things we wish to have accomplished by year’s end that somehow manage to slip through the cracks between January 1 and December 31. This week’s list of writing prompts have to do with the achievement of set goals.

Nonfiction
1. Pick a topic, any topic, and write an article [...]

In honor of the New Year, this week’s set of writing prompts will focus on new beginnings.

Non Fiction
1. What does it mean to reinvent oneself?
2. What is life like after a divorce?
3. If you have ever owned a business, describe what your opening day was like.
4. Take one of your New Year’s resolutions and create [...]

Last week I offered you a list of religious myths to discuss. This week we are going to take a poke at religion itself. Quite a few religious holidays congregate in this month so I figure since it’s on our minds anyway, why not try to put our thoughts into words.
I’m going to mix it [...]

Some time go, I completed an erotic flash story to warm up my brain for completing my other writing projects. It turned out pretty good but of course I’m biased. The story has to do with a wife who catches her husband cheating but instead of going all nutzoid, she accepts the situation in a [...]

I have many weaknesses as a writer, one of which includes writing about settings. I get so involved in what the characters are doing that I completely forget about where they are doing it. Unless the setting is inexplicably weaved in with the plot it doesn’t even cross my mind. Where your characters are can, [...]

I just love the British. They have such an interesting way with words. Wanking is the English slang for masturbation. Therefore a Wanker is either one who masturbates, a complete asshole or both.
Masturbation is probably the safest sex a person can have. You can’t give yourself a disease, can’t get anyone pregnant or become pregnant, [...]

Work sucks! I’d much rather be home reading, writing, watching television, playing a game or any number of things than having customers verbally abuse me for pennies on the dollar. But things cost money and since I don’t have the kahonas to engage in a life of crime (yet) I have to resort to corporate [...]