Guest Author - Angela England

March 12th - "I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork." ~ Peter DeVries

Sometimes doing what we love, means also doing things we cannot stand. For example, I love my children dearly. I hate diapers. Who doesn't? But the one comes along with the other.

What areas of your life do you absolutely love? What aspects of that passionate part of you brings mundane aspects you dislike? How do you reconcile the differences between what you love and what you can't stand coming hand-in-hand?

March 13th - Childhood beliefs influence a lot of who we are as adults. What were the spiritual beliefs in your household growing up? Were they related to your culture? Were there religious observances you remember as a child?

March 14th - How do those childhood beliefs influence you now as an adult? Do you feel that they are positive or negative influences?

March 15th - "The demonic paradox of writing: when you put something down that happened, people often don't believe it; whereas, you can make up anything, and people assume it must have happened to you." ~ Andrew Holleran

Have you ever made up a story? Did people believe your fabrication?

March 16th - Think about a time you told a lie. What prompted you to tell the lie in first place? Was the lie ever found out? What happened?

March 17th - If Lying were an actual person or entity what would they look like? How would they sound? Move? What would their job be or where would they live?

Write a creative scene describing Lying as a person interacting with another character - either one from a story you're working on, or from a favorite book or movie.

If you prefer poetry, write a poem describing Lying as though they were a real person.

March 18th - This week is the National Poison Prevention Week. Obviously, physical safety is important so all chemicals, cleaners, cosmetics, and medications need to be stored in secure locations, however, emotional poisoning is worse.

Carefully examine your life and the elements in it. Is there something currently poisoning your joy? Not necessarily, your happiness, but your surety and joy. Is this something you can either eliminate, change or learn to handle in another way?

Stop by the forums and share the answers to your journaling prompts if you want.