A Writing Prompt for Halloween

I have to confess Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year and I've gone a little overboard on classic movies lately. Let's pretend that all of the classic "villains" have met for dinnner. (The Mummy, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Swamp Thing, Blob, etc.) Write a paragraph describing what they'd be eating and drinking, what they'd be wearing to "dress up" and then present a dialogue between them as they discuss the pros and cons to being their particular persona.

Olympics for Writers

In honor of the Olympic games, I'd like to propose "Olympic" terms for writers!

Long jump: when a writer has submitted a manuscript several times and been rejected and then submitted again and...success!

Hurdles: the obstacles of lack of time, energy, money and confidence that appear when you take your eye off the goal

Synchronized: when you find out that another book with a similar context is coming out the same time as yours

Decathalon: the minimum number of times that you'll end up editing your manuscript

Gymnastics: all of the manuevers you have to do to get your work published

Vault: the only way to get over all of the criticism on Goodreads

100m Dash: how fast you'll have to work when your editor finally gets your last edit to you

Gold medal: the feeling you'll get from holding your first book in your hands