In the beginning was the Writing Prompt.  As most early adopters of Google+ will know, the first several weeks of the new social network included huge outpourings of creative energy and collaboration.  Nina was posting her writing prompts, and getting good response, but when she posted this one, something special happened.

The responses were compelling.  Compelling beyond what she had normally gotten.  This had gone beyond writers exercising their craft, and turned into people pouring out their hearts onto the page. 

And from these responses, came an idea: that they needed to be preserved.  Drew stepped up to assist with that, and after a few days, we both realized that we could do something more than just preserving the responses for one writing prompt, and Scriptorum Tantillum Publishing was born.  This is the first of what will be quarterly or bi-monthly journal issues.  We’re also working with some writers to publish works in full.  And all of it because of what people wrote to their ten year old selves. 

Some of these are short, some of them are long.  They include advice about relationships, jobs, and investment.  A few of them are funny.  Several of them are heart wrenching. All of them are real.

We hope you enjoy reading them.

Nina & Drew