"This work is unlike any other, in its range of rich, conjuring imagery and its dexterity, its smart voice. Carroll-Hackett doesn’t spare us—but doesn’t save us—she draws a blueprint of power and class with her unflinching pivot: matter-of-fact and tender." —Jan Beatty

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The Last Daily Prompt of 2015 :-) Happy New Year, Y’all!

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“a child carrying flowers walks toward the new year”~Bei Dao
 
Make art envisioning the new year.
 
(The Flower Carrier by Diego Rivera)
flower carrier

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Sometimes the Prompt Is All Wet

Daily Prompt

“..the great floodgates of the wonder-world swung open…”~Herman Melville

Make art about the mythologies of water.

water-life-crop

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Daily Prompt Catch-Up! Now that all my grades are in!

12/9/2015

Up to my eyes in grading for the end of the semester. Make art about a teacher, or teaching.

12/10/2015

Doing an Interview Skills Consultation today. Make art involving questions and answers.

12/11/2015

Last day of grading, semester ending. Make art about something coming to an end.

12/12/2015

Had the most amazing conversation last night, with two young men servin in the Army, both scheduled for deployment in the next few months. One of the young men openly talked about the role faith plays in his life. He spoke with deep compassion of even the enemy he has trained to engage, and I was humbled and awed at how much grace and humanity these young warriors show. Make art about warriors.

12/13/2015

Make art about decompressing.

de·com·press

(dē′kəm-prĕs′)

v. de·com·pressed, de·com·press·ing, de·com·press·es

v.tr.

1. To relieve of pressure or compression.

2. To bring (a person exposed to conditions of increased pressure) gradually back to normal atmospheric pressure.

v.intr.

1. To adjust to normal atmospheric conditions after being exposed to increased pressure.

2. Informal To relax: decompressed after 12 hours of driving.

 

Happy Creating!

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Hundreds of writing and creativity prompts here!!

  Check it out and share! Thanks!

Don’t Miss the Writing Prompts Page! 

Writing Prompts

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Daily Prompt Catch-Up <3 Naming & Healing

12/5/2015

I haven’t put up a Christmas tree since 2011, the year both my husband and brother walked on to the next life. This year, I’m finally putting one up again, and covering it with crazy little angels I’ve been handmaking from clay and fabric for several weeks. I’m calling it my Healing Tree. Make art about healing.

12/6/2015

Quiet Sunday morning with my son.  Make art about quiet.

12/7/2015

“So many names, my mother, I’m never sure what to call you.”~Rudy Make art about names, about naming.

Itty Bitty Angel Tree

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Better Than Black Friday Writing Marathon! 24 New Prompts!

Better Than Black Friday Writing Marathon!

Good Morning, Bargain Shoppers! No Lines! No Waiting!

24 New Prompts for our Second Better Than Black Friday Writing Marathon! Now posted!

Join us in the Facebook group, and git that write on, y’all!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1512919158978356/

no black friday

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Friday Call for Submissions Love! SLAB, Submissions closing soon!

Slab

Submissions close December 1

SLAB WANTS IT ALL, your raise-the-roof, funky creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and text/image pieces. We love flash, too. Reading period: late summer until December 1. All submissions read by bipedal mammals, accompanied by the occasional marsupial.

Samples and more info at slablitmag.org

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Sometimes the Prompt is Fleeting

Daily Prompt
 
“nothing is truly mine except my name”~Stanley Kunitz
 
Make art about the body as temporary.
 
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Got book? Let’s work together to make your beautiful work even better!

Got book? Let’s work together to make your beautiful work even better!
editor
 
I offer full manuscript consultations in all genres, drawing on my two decades as a writing teacher, more than ten years editing, and lessons learned in pursuit of publication of my own five, soon to be six, books.
 
My consultations are offered two ways, by correspondence, or in a three-day intensive one-on-one weekend totally focused on your manuscript at the beautiful and inspiring writers retreat The Porches in Norwood VA.
 
PM or email at carrollhackettma@gmail.com if interested 🙂
Check out the website for more details!
 
https://marycarrollhackett.com/general-editing-services/

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100s of Writing and Creativity Prompts!

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Don’t forget to check out the hundreds of writing and creativity prompts here on the Writing Prompts Page!

Pass it on! The more beauty we bring to this troubled world the better!

https://marycarrollhackett.com/writing-prompts/

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