It’s quite a bit like same face I make when someone says “I don’t have time to read.” But you’re not wasting on social media, right? Or obsessively watching reality TV shows? Riiiight. Any-who, back to the writing. Or editing. Or both. And then maybe a little social media time for me, too. 🙂 *** What’s…
Jason stopped mid-stride. “Is that a king or a coral snake?” “Red and black means a friendly Jack.” “Don’t be an ass, Drake. No snake is friendly. Answer the question.” “Red and yellow will kill a fellow.” “Well, that thing has red touching black and red touching yellow. So which is it?” Drake shrugged.…
We’re getting spring fever ’round here! March is days away, the weather has been very spring-like and everyone is getting a little excited to know that winter is behind us, mild and snow-less as it was! What does this do for your writing? Are you hitting a new stride or distracted by the weather, the birds,…
Her mouth twisted in jagged lines, chin and cheeks fractured in the reflection. Seven years bad luck. It’s already been eight. Elaine raised her glass to her lips. Ice cubes rattled against the crystal and rainbows glinted off the beveled squares that wrapped around the tumbler. She drew in a mouthful of bitter, honey-colored…
I don’t know if I feel accomplished or annoyed… I managed to get closer to my usual routine for writing, blogging and posting! And yet the darn short story I wanted to write, the one that is running around in my brain, under development, has not yet made it onto the page. Some days you…
I am going to do it. It is going to happen. The words will find their way onto the page. I wouldn’t say I have writer’s block…more like pregnancy-fog and mom-brain. I hit this point with my last pregnancy where my creativity came to a grinding halt. I knew it was in there, bubbling under…
Today is Day 3 of 8 for the NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge, 2017! Many of us stayed up late Friday night (present company included) only to learn the servers at NYC Midnight crashed! (At midnight, the hour of assignment release, of course!) So some of us did not get our assignments until Saturday morning,…
My answer is not actually up there…today I’m writing secretively! Today I’m teaching an all day class, so will have to limit my writing to during video clips, possibly the lunch break and after the class ends (but before an evening instructor meeting). I hope the rest of the week holds more writing time for…
The metal creaked under her feet. “Are you sure this is the only way?” The younger girl glanced back. “We’re not far now.” An unnatural quiet surrounded them. Mac focused on each footstep and the pressure she put on the ancient steel beams. Most were decaying from rust, revealing gaps to the ground and…
So! We’re into week two of winter break, and I’d love to check out to my office for a few hours to write. But there are little people in my house who demand things. Like food. And help building Legos. So writing will happen in the snippets of the day when Little Man naps and…
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