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To whet your appetite and keep your writing fingers limber, take a good look at the photo, or let a prompt settle in your mind. Set a timer for whatever a reasonable amount of time is for you, be that five, fifteen, or thirty minutes. Then start writing.

FICTION

Write a funny story about a daring enterprise involving chickens, a freeway, and treasure.

MEMOIR

Write about your first encounter with a chicken or farm animal. What impression were you left with?

NONFICTION

Research your hometown’s rules on keeping backyard chickens and write a quick guide for people who are interested in doing so.

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The Daily Port of Call: December 30, 2014

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In today’s Daily Port of Call, you’ll find the thirteen universal constants of creativity, how to launch your book with twenty-five reviews, and how authors have received the Kindle Unlimited buffet.

Learn the thirteen universal constants of creativity.

Find out how your hero sells the plot.

Here’s how you can launch your book with twenty-five Amazon reviews.

Discover twelve things to do after publishing an article.

Kindle Unlimited may be helpful to new authors, but many seasoned ones are leaving KDP Select.

Before the internet there were librarians who answered all sorts of questions. And there still are.