Writing prompt:Writers with disabilities, chronic illness and chronic pain. Use your best word (or sentence) to describe what it’s like to be in pain for someone who may not understand it’s like for us 🖊️Threads: wishbonewords If I had to pick a single word to describe my pain, it would be "relentless." Even when I … Continue reading Alt Prompt: Pain
Author: Mia D.
Writer, conlanger, pretend artist.
Prompt: PARTY TIME!
How do you celebrate holidays? Is it Halloween yet? Holidays bring out my playful side. I love to do it up big! If there’s a holiday, there should be a party. If there’s going to be a party, there should be music. If there’s going to be music, there should be dancing! There will be … Continue reading Prompt: PARTY TIME!
Q4 Experiments
We have passed the halfway mark for September, which means that the fourth quarter of 2024 is nearly upon us. Yes, I think of the year in quarters. That's a manageable amount of time for me to plan for, then later evaluate to tweak course as necessary. It's enough time to do something, but not … Continue reading Q4 Experiments
Prompt: All of Them
Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life. I had a personal awakening when I turned 40 and realized my life was in all likelihood more than half over. That was the beginning of a long string of lessons I wish I had learned earlier. I describe the learning process as being … Continue reading Prompt: All of Them
The Bariatric Experiment
One of my big “experiments” on myself this year was getting a gastric bypass at the beginning of April. I am steadily losing weight and consequently feeling slightly better, mostly in ways I did not expect. I did not expect to feel this much better about my body. I think I must have been in … Continue reading The Bariatric Experiment
Progress Report
The sad bean I was yesterday I had a little fender bender yesterday that thoroughly ruined what had already been a hard day. For some reason I can't begin to fathom, I scheduled a bunch of meetings and phone calls on the same day. On the way home from the last one, I bumped into … Continue reading Progress Report
Prompt: Super Annoying
If you had to give up one word that you use regularly, what would it be? “Super.” It is my go-to word to add emphasis and I say it so often that it gets on my own nerves.
Prompt: Not Anymore
Are you holding a grudge? About? Do NOT forget. It might be better for me if I could, but I can’t really hold grudges at this point in my life. Not even against people who used and abused me. The past is immutable and the people I could carry a grudge for don’t give a … Continue reading Prompt: Not Anymore
What is success anyway?
Maybe it looks like this Many people measure their success by their bank balances, their dividend checks, what’s parked in their driveways, the size of their homes or how many people know their names. That ain’t me. I am both simpler and more complicated than that. I want peace and some level of financial security. … Continue reading What is success anyway?
Prompt: Why I Blog
Why do you blog? I have kept notebooks and journals since I was a child. Blogging is a natural extension of that. Writing is how I think. I actually have multiple blogs on many topics, most of which are neglected or abandoned now. Sometimes I go back to them and post a little this-and-that. This … Continue reading Prompt: Why I Blog
The Mia Experiment 