Before I get on to my business of writing, I want to say a big fat THANK YOU to all of the readers who have stopped by from the New York Times. Thanks for slummin' it over here at Ooph. Hope you stick around. One thing you should know? Hmmm. I use the word SO. A lot.

Now on to it: I had a thought last week. Kidding. I didn’t really have a thought. Actually I had no thoughts. Or at least no idea what in the hell to write about. So, I threw an email out to my pal Mary at Pajamas and Coffee that said, “Dude. Give me a writing prompt.”

She wrote back something about being really sick (blah, blah, blah, I need a prompt here) and then this, "write a letter to your future daughters-in-law".  BRILLIANT. Just like that you, the greatest readers EVUH weren’t left hanging, I wrote something you all enjoyed and Mary went back to puking. Stomach flu. Ewww.

It was a lot of fun to write from someone else’s prompt, which did actually give me a thought. What if you, my fabulous filled-with-awesome readers, gave me prompts and I made stories out of your ideas. That would be fun. No? Yes. Good.

So. Once a month I will do a shout out for prompts. You will send me anything that comes to mind.  I will choose one and write a story.

Here are some examples to get your creative juices flowing:

I woke up in bed naked with a complete stranger.

There I was in front of the entire student body with my zipper open, no underwear on and I had no idea what to do.

One time I fell asleep with gum in my hair.

If I could live anywhere, it would be under a bridge.

This one came from JJJ aka: Depends on my mood.
What I love:He looks good in a cowboy hat or a business suit and wears them both daily. But not together, that would be creepy.
Hobbies: Building furniture, remodeling homes, playing sports with our kids, laughing with me. Seriously..

I just passed an abandoned Maserati on the highway and there was a bird in the passenger seat.

Huh?

Consider this your first shout out. Whatchoo got for me?