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Improbable Press asked their own and other writers to tell us what strange stuff they're writing, want to write, or have written. Here are their fantastic replies. Now that’s a hard question to answer, I’ve written many weird things over the last two years. Whether it be fucking aliens in Area 51, a nudist romance, werewolf piss kink, or some frankly ridiculous renditions of straight porn (you know the kind). All of this has led to some strange googling and I hope no one ever sees my search history. But I think the weirdest of them all gets the title...

Here's a picture of a writing prompt I put up recently. Simple, yeah? Some colours, a few words, no biggie. Except, here's the thing about it—it turned into a big thing for me because I had me some thinky thoughts while creating it. See, I'd put together the nice little boxes of colour, but since I had the dumb that day I couldn't think of words, so Skype-asked my friend Anarion for a few. She shared what you see: wifi, spin a tale, and empathy and as soon as I started typing them into the boxes I stopped typing. Cause...

I hope wherever you are life sees you well enough, good enough, with hope enough. This writing prompt post was going to be very different but I got caught up in writing for it and suddenly I just wanted to talk about writing no matter who's reading. Small Stories Have Big Impact For those of us who post fic, or do Twitter stories, or in some other way share tall tales, it can sometimes feel like we're writing for maybe just two readers. Fantastic. That's two people who need our story. Two people who in their day are doing their...

A quick note today, dashing in and out to say: So long as you have something to say about a book, won't you please say it? Reviews mean the world to writers and their publisher. It's one way we know people are there, engaging with what we're sharing. Sure, yes, we hope for good reviews but even less than stellar ones can help someone like me, the commissioning editor for Improbable Press, understand the tastes of the audiences I've reached. MoreDo you believe in ghosts?How My Fascination With Storytelling Began What I'm trying to say is if you don't like...

To celebrate the release seven days ago of our latest novel—Ghost Story by G.V. Pearce—I'm going for eerie in this week's writing prompt. And I've decided the photo doesn't get its own word any more. There were too many words and not enough breathing room so if you find yourself inspired only by the photo, write toward that. Don't ever feel you have to use the words, just…the purpose of these is to fire you up. Ready? From Babs to Ibiza: What Hath the Writing Prompts Wrought? So last week's prompt inspired itself some interesting things from Barbra Streisand to...