It's time to play and this is your sand box—climb in and kick some sand around. Do you ever have that longing, the urge to write, but don't know where to start? Here's that place. It may be a simple 10-minute free write that you put away and forget about or it may be your entry into that novel that's been knocking around in your brain. Once the pen starts moving across the page (or words find their way onto the screen) you never know where you'll end up. Visit this page often. The theme and prompt are changed around the first of each month. I'd love for you to send me your writing if you feel comfortable doing so. I'm a gentle reader and love to read responses to the prompts. Also feel free to send any suggestions for prompts, themes, or other ways to enhance this page.

I always think of February as an in-between month. The holidays are a memory, spring isn't yet in sight. There's Valentine's Day, of course, which can be a mixed blessing. It's a good time to devote yourself to your writing. Use your imagination to make it spring, or to be on a Caribbean beach, or on a date with your favorite actor. Write a suspenseful short story, or a romantic poem for your lover. Or how about starting that memoir you've been promising yourself you'd write? It's too early in the year to work in the garden, so relax, curl up in a cozy chair with your laptop and let your writing take you someplace you've always dreamed of visiting. And then share it here.

Prompts

1. For me, Valentine's Day is...

2. President's Day is one of those holidays that...

3. I was home alone, on a moonless night in the dead of winter...

4. Frankly, Sarah, I think you are...

5. Tell me again why it was that you...

6. If there's only one thing I vow to accomplish this month, it's...

Write a piece using some or all of the following words:

    Water

    Light

    Clouds

    Cat

    Aunt

    Rocking chair

    Garden

    Salamander

    Dream