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Month: April 2018

A dearth of ideas

April 2, 2018 Mark Ladouceur1 Comment

At this stage, ideas for stories, characters, and settings are still rare and precious things that flit through the cave of my mind and are gone if I don’t catch them immediately. At this point though, most of the ideas I’ll probably catch (to stick with the analogy) are probably not the highest quality. What… Continue reading A dearth of ideas →

Posted in WritingTagged ideas, Writing

Oscar and the Easter Bunny

April 1, 2018 Mark Ladouceur1 Comment

It's Easter morning and while I had our new dog out for a walk at the crack of dawn, we spotted a rabbit. He, of course, pulled and pulled wanting nothing other than to go after it. The timing of seeing a rabbit on Easter morning gave me the inspiration for a story, so after our… Continue reading Oscar and the Easter Bunny →

Posted in WritingTagged creativity, dogs, free writing, inspiration, short stories, Writing

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