Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: Connecting The Lines
It’s Friday which means it’s time to start writing some fiction.
Fiction Friday is our weekly writing flash fiction prompt.
The aim is to write for a minimum of five minutes and then keep going for as long as you can.
Don’t edit, just write. Once you’re done, you’re welcome to share in the comments but there’s no obligation.
Today’s prompt – Connecting the lines.
Create a story using the following prompts. Each one is the inspiration for the next paragraph –
. Your character tells a lie for the first time in their life.
. They run into someone they knew from school but pretend not to know them.
. They call for a taxi, but it takes its time getting to them.
. There is a celebration, but it’s quickly ruined.
Have fun.
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Novel Kicks Writing Room: Character Scenarios
Hello. Welcome back to the Novel Kicks Writing Room.
Today, the focus will be on your characters and getting to know them better.
I have used this exercise before and it really helped me get into the mind of my characters, even if I didn’t end up using some of the information.
Choose one of the following scenarios to place your character. The aim is to write a piece from the POV of your character, using ‘I’ when writing your answers.
- A job interview
- Bumping into a former nemesis
- One a first date
- The last time you see a long-term partner
- Social media status update describing a reaction to a current news item
- Meeting a favourite celebrity
by A Moment With… Laura Briggs
I’m so pleased to be welcoming Laura Briggs back to Novel Kicks and the blog tour for her latest novel, Sugar and Spice at the Pumpkin Corner Café.
The perfect new cozy-up-with-a-pumpkin-spice-latte read that’s meant for fans of Laurie Gilmore and Rebecca Raisin!
Professional pastry chef Blaire Reese is blindsided when her beloved Aunt Rachel dies, leaving her the Sugar and Spice Pastry Cafe in Willow Grove. Returning to her hometown, Blaire discovers her beloved family business is in trouble, and—to make things worse—its most-cherished recipe is missing.
Her first love and former summer crush, Evan Hadley, is also back in town, having traded a corporate career to help manage his family’s Heath Acre Farm, famous for its autumn Hay Daze corn maze. Grown up – and with rugged good looks – he’s only charming when he wants to be. Like when he’s not tangling with someone over business matters, the way he is with Blaire after she cancels a large order for organic pumpkins.
Her sunshine is disappearing under his grumpy storm clouds, until he accidentally learns the truth about her situation. Now, he offers to help save her aunt’s legacy and her family’s pastry cafe. As they work together in secret, the ingredients for a very different recipe develop— one simmering with romance—but an unexpected turn of events melts their growing attraction into a mess.
Will Blaire save the beloved cafe and find the lost recipe that means so much to the pastry café’s customers? And can she save this last chance at love with the first boy she ever kissed?
Sugar and Spice at the Pumpkin Corner Café invites readers to dive into its cozy autumn escape this fall—for fans of grumpy x sunshine, small town romance, Gilmore Girls, pumpkin lattes, sugar and spice and everything else that’s nice about this magical season!
To talk to us about her book and her love for Autumn, it’s over to Laura.
I’m thrilled for this opportunity to share about my cozy new autumn romance Sugar and Spice at the Pumpkin Corner Café with everyone at Novel Kicks today!
by Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: Rollercoaster
It’s Friday which means it’s time to start writing some fiction.
Fiction Friday is our weekly writing flash fiction prompt.
The aim is to write for a minimum of five minutes and then keep going for as long as you can.
Don’t edit, just write. Once you’re done, you’re welcome to share in the comments but there’s no obligation.
Today’s prompt – Rollercoaster.
Your character is addicted to a themed rollercoaster. Whilst visiting the theme park, they ride it as many times as they can.
However, it’s coming to the end of the evening and closing time is near. They find they are the last and only person to experience the last run of the day.
When they reach their favourite part however, there is a blinding light which forces them to close their eyes for a moment.
When they open them again, they find themselves in the real world on which the ride is based.
Write about what happens next.
Have fun.
by Cover Reveal: The Freshman Parents By Ko Porteous
I am so excited as we help to reveal the cover for The Freshman Parents, the upcoming novel by Ko Porteous.
They’re off for the time of their lives. But are you?
Book #1 in The Empty Nesters Series.
Single parent Heather isn’t neurotic (honest!) – she’s simply dreading the day her only child leaves for university – so her meticulous checklists grow longer by the hour. When she seeks advice on a parents’ forum, she clashes with Scott, a single dad whose “helpful” statistics and assertions about “helicopter parenting” leave her fuming.
Move-in day delivers the ultimate surprise: their daughters aren’t just roommates – they are self-declared “besties for life”. Suddenly, Heather and Scott are thrown into a begrudging alliance.
As they navigate the new status quo, Heather’s instinct to organise meets Scott’s philosophy of letting go. Their practical text messages about mattress toppers and emergency supplies evolve into conversations about dream jobs and bucket list aspirations. Despite their intentions to avoid relationships at all costs, unpredictable events keep throwing them together, meaning Heather and Scott find it increasingly difficult to ignore each other…
OK, so now we know a bit about the book, it’s time to reveal the cover. Are you ready? Drumroll…3…2…1…
by Book Club
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