One of the things I loved about GA when I first discovered the site was reading the weekly prompts and the stories authors wrote in response to those prompts.  There was camaraderie associated with those blogs, and lots of fun and support from other authors and readers, especially for new authors. I was inspired to start writing, and during the first couple of years after I became a member, I wrote many responses to Wayne’s prompts.  My first completed serial was inspired by a short prompt story I wrote.  Cole Matthews and Aditus share my love of prompts, and we’ve written several stories inspired by the same prompts.  When Cole and I visit each other, we spend a part of each morning choosing a prompt and then each writing a response to it.  It’s a fun and cherished part of our friendship.  I even had the pleasure of meeting Wayne once, and brought him a prompt book I thought he’d get a kick out of.  The idea of taking on the prompt blog is a daunting one, and bittersweet, since I’d much rather have Wayne here to continue posting them.  I couldn’t bear to see the prompts end, though, and Cole, Aditus, and I are honored to continue such a treasured part of GA. 

We will continue to bring the GA membership two prompts per week and will rotate posting responsibilities among the three of us.  We hope you enjoy them as much as we enjoy bringing them to you, and we’re looking forward to reading stories that are inspired by our offerings.

Halloween is one of our favorite holidays, and with it being right around the corner, we thought it fitting that our first prompts have a Halloween theme.

PT Prompt #1 – Technical

Halloween Onomatopeias - Write a story or vignette using as many words that sound like they mean like "splat", "plop", or"fizzle". 

PT Prompt #2 – Creative

You wake up in a crypt on All Hallows Eve, your clothes ripped, bloody, definitely yours-- and from the seventeenth century.