Submissions call — Have I got a deal for you? Why, yes I do! Several of them, in fact! Would you like to see your work in print? Digitally, in this case. Then you’ve come to the right place! Cendrine Marrouat is sponsoring a submissions call for poetry, flash fiction, essays, and art…

Writing Challenges and Prompts — Welcome, me lovelies! I’d intended to get this volume of Happenings out yesterday, but Mother Nature had other plans. With howling winds and bitter cold temperatures, she dowsed us with sleet and later some snow. Since we rarely get this kind of weather here, people don’t know how to drive…

Somethings to tempt your muses — Hello, YBI! writers and readers. ’Tis I, your lovely editor, here to give you all some tempting ideas to help build our database. I really want to see YBI! grow and contain articles that will educate and inspire our readers. To help do this, I have come up with some…

Love is a Universal language — Welcome to Promptly Written for a new monthly theme. This month, the theme will be: Love is a Universal language. There is no denying that the month of February heralds in love in most countries around the world with some form of a St. Valentine’s Day celebration. Visions of chocolates…

Stories that inspire me — Blessed early morning, me lovelies! And what a blustery cold morning it is! Thankfully though, the temperature has only fallen a couple of degrees, so while it is cold, it is still warm and cozy inside my bedroom. I still have some reads to share with you, so I hope…

Stories that inspire me — Blessed day, me lovelies. As I sit here this morning trying to catch up on my reads, it is a blistering cold day outside — 24 F or -4 C. Thank you, Canada for another arctic blast! Seriously, thank you. I do love the colder weather. It takes quite a…

Horror Flash Fiction — The first time I saw her was during a production of the Black Swan. She had the lead. I sat in the audience, memorized by her movements. Could anyone be so graceful? Her brisé volé. Each pirouette en dedan. Each fouetté en tournant en dehors. The dives, lifts, and leaps…

A poem — What is it about you that sets my soul alight? Is it the way I must cock my head to see what isn’t notably there? Or perhaps it’s how light changes my perception as shadows move slowly across the canvas — Regardless, I see your intent, knowingly each brush stroke, splatter, dot, or square And…

More writing prompts — Warm blessings, me lovelies. It has been a few days since I’ve dropped a load of prompts beside you and I apologize that some of these may be slightly out of date. However, they are all still usable! So gather around and check out some of these fun, inspiring prompts…