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500 Club (5/9)1 comment

Amy K. Nichols wrote 1 week ago: Hello, and welcome to today’s 500 Club! Before we get to today’s prompts, here’s a … more →

Tags: 500 Club, Creative Writing, flash fiction, Online Writing, Writer Resources, writing exercises

Does Size Matter?4 comments

Amy K. Nichols wrote 2 weeks ago: The size of books, I mean. Books. Several times I’ve picked up Stephen King’s UNDER THE … more →

Tags: confessions, kindle, Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss, Reading, reluctant reader, size of books, Stephen King, Under the Dome

500 Club (3/28)

Amy K. Nichols wrote 1 month ago: Hello, and welcome to today’s 500 Club! Today’s prompts are inspired by the famous Chekh … more →

Tags: 500 Club, 500 Club, flash fiction, Writer Resources, writing exercises, Writing Prompts

Stealing Time for Creativity

Amy K. Nichols wrote 1 month ago: A couple of weeks ago, I had to spend the morning in a hospital waiting room while a loved one had a … more →

Tags: Making Time, Creativity, finding time to write, Too Busy to Write!

The One Promise You Should Make to Yourself as a Writer4 comments

Amy K. Nichols wrote 2 months ago: If there’s one promise you should make to yourself as a writer, it’s this: Finish your m … more →

Tags: Kickstart Your Writing, Setting Goals, writing, Goal Setting, Inspiration, Promise, writer resource

500 Club (3/7)

Amy K. Nichols wrote 2 months ago: Hello, and welcome to today’s 500 Club! Before we get to today’s prompts, here’s a … more →

Tags: 500 Club, 500 Club, flash fiction, Writer Resources, Writing Prompts

500 Club (2/14)1 comment

Amy K. Nichols wrote 3 months ago: Hello, and welcome to today’s special Valentine’s Day 500 Club! Whether you love or hate … more →

Tags: 500 Club, 500 Club, flash fiction, romance writing prompts, Writer Resources, writing exercises, Writing Prompts

Those Nagging Bits4 comments

Amy K. Nichols wrote 3 months ago: You know those bits of your Work In Progress that nag at you? You wrote them knowing they weren … more →

Tags: writing, Intuition, Revision, Writer Resources, Writers' Advice

Laugh In Its Face

Amy K. Nichols wrote 3 months ago: Rockefeller Center (Amy K. Nichols) Tuesdays have become our unofficial weekly confession day here a … more →

Tags: confessions, writing, Editorial Notes, Facing fears, New York City, New York City subway, Revisions

500 Club (1/24)1 comment

Amy K. Nichols wrote 3 months ago: Can you believe it’s Thursday already? You know what that means: it’s time for the 500 C … more →

Tags: 500 Club, 500 Club of 2013, flash fiction, Writer Resources, writing, writing exercises, Writing Prompts

Even Famous Writers Feel Frustration

Amy K. Nichols wrote 3 months ago: Last week I had the opportunity to travel to New York City for a few days. While there, I made a tri … more →

Tags: writing, Grapes of Wrath, Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien, john steinbeck, Morgan Library, Pare Lorentz, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Virginia Woolf

Researching Medieval London? Here's Some Juicy Info

Amy K. Nichols wrote 4 months ago: When my daughter was studying the Middle Ages in school, some friends recommended we watch the BBC d … more →

Tags: Writing Research, BBC, Middle Ages, London, History, daily life

Hi. My Name is Amy, and I'm an Author.1 comment

Amy K. Nichols wrote 4 months ago: After years and years of blogging, we’re rebooting and refocusing the Parking Lot Confessional … more →

Tags: writing, Author, Introductions

500 Club (1/3)3 comments

Amy K. Nichols wrote 4 months ago: Happy New Year! Welcome to the first 500 Club of 2013! Before we get to today’s prompts, here … more →

Tags: 500 Club, flash fiction, writing exercises, 500 Club, Writer Resources

The New and Improved Parking Lot Confessional

Amy K. Nichols wrote 5 months ago: Dear Readers, Things have been quiet around this blog for a while, and for that we apologize. We … more →

Tags: Announcement, The Parking Lot Confessional, 500 Club, Announcements, new plan

500 Club (11/22)1 comment

Amy K. Nichols wrote 6 months ago: It’s Thursday! Time for the 500 Club! (BTW, if you’re doing NaNoWriMo, these prompts are … more →

Tags: 500 Club, Writing Prompts, writing exercises, 500 Club, Writer Resources, Super Hero, powers

Happy Thanksgiving from the PLC3 comments

Amy K. Nichols wrote 6 months ago: Things are still a bit in flux here at the Parking Lot Confessional. We’re dotting the I … more →

Tags: Announcement, gratitude, announcement, Changes, Thanksgiving

500 Club (11/1)1 comment

Amy K. Nichols wrote 6 months ago: Y’all awake? Got any energy after your Halloween festivities to play the 500 Club? (BTW, if yo … more →

Tags: 500 Club, flash fiction, Writing Prompts, writing exercises, 500 Club, NaNoWriMo, Writing Resources

The Book that Scared Me as a Kid

Amy K. Nichols wrote 6 months ago: When I was a young reader, say age eight or nine, I preferred books starring animals. Horses, kitten … more →

Tags: bloggers choice, Halloween, Scary Books, Young Readers, the legend of sleepy hollow


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