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My Storytelling Mind showcases both the over 1000 ‘Bits & Baubles’ prompts and the actual writing excerpts from the same author & editor, Kajsa Rain Forden. With additional writing resources and editing services, there is something for every kind of writer, whether a student or a teacher, a pantser or a plotter, an aspiring author or a seasoned wordsmith.

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Pinterest Changes – And What They Mean for Prompts

by Kajsa Forden | December 10, 2019 | From the Author, Prompts | 0 Comments

Most of us have noticed the Pinterest changes over the last six months. We at My Storytelling Mind are working on a solution to keep daily prompts happening while making sure everyone can see and read them.

Waxing Poetic

by Kajsa Forden | April 2, 2019 | From the Author, Get Motivated, Try Something New, Writing Session | 1 Comment

If you’ve ever read Charles Dickens, you will have noticed that he often goes on and on. And on. And on…

The Thing About ‘Futuristic’ Names

by Kajsa Forden | August 18, 2018 | Characters, From the Author, Research, Worldbuilding, Writing Session | 1 Comment

We’re not psychic, or very few of us are, and, if we were, we wouldn’t be focusing on that random woman’s baby name list while the world is ending in several natural disasters…

Prompt Updates – March 5

by Kajsa Forden | March 16, 2018 | From the Author, Prompts | 0 Comments

Prompt updates! Here are the latest bauble word prompts, added to baubles posted over the last few years. Have a Bits & Baubles suggestion? Contact us with the bauble number and your suggested bit! Bauble #933: "The James, at Lake & Honor, welcomes our luxury...

Prompt Updates – March 15

by Kajsa Forden | March 15, 2018 | From the Author, Prompts | 0 Comments

Newest updated prompts - new bits for each bauble! Bauble #850: Talons scraped the rock, snow breaking away as the hands sought the long engraved sigils. Whisperings and hissings poured over the stones and soaked the air around this quiet place. Bauble #712: He...

Prompt Updates – February 18

by Kajsa Forden | February 18, 2018 | From the Author, Prompts | 0 Comments

NEW updated prompts this week! New bits for each bauble means new word prompts! Check the new ideas out below: Bauble #29: "You think you should be heading this mission?" "Goddamn right I do. Do you have any idea..." "I do, actually. Just in case you're having a...

Indie-Mation Club Week 1: ‘Triplets of Belleville’ Review

by Kajsa Forden | February 2, 2018 | From the Author | 0 Comments

Older women are a rare protagonist, and not just in animation; strong and capable grandmothers even more so. But ‘Triplets of Belleville’ is its own kind of rare film…

Rotoscopers: Introducing the Indie Film Series!

by Kajsa Forden | January 31, 2018 | From the Author | 0 Comments

With this series, we aim to introduce dozens of wonderful films that easily deserve a place next to classics like ‘The Lion King’ or ‘Toy Story’…

Prompt Updates – January 28th

by Kajsa Forden | January 27, 2018 | From the Author, Prompts | 0 Comments

Longtime MSM Pinterest followers will know that not all the prompts on Bits & Baubles or Bits and Baubles, Part 2, have a written blurb with them - not yet, anyway. I'm working through every one of the over 800 blurbs and regularly updating some with their own...