The Missing Character Crisis
Crisis averted. In the span of a week I stumbled in drafting my WIP, dove into crisis control, abandoned the story (temporarily), penned a novella, and returned to the WIP. Continue Reading →
Til There Was Quiet
Fleeing, hiding, escaping, self-harm. Kneeling, reeling, holding herself, overcome. Misery, apathy, nothingness, alone. Clear tears, red tears, side by side as one. Crying, dying, she exhaled and was gone. ©May Continue Reading →
She Learned
She learned… paint a smile, pull it to the eyes, see through their lies, and assist them when their deceits stumbled. Aiding their deceptions was well advised, for to do Continue Reading →
Running Headlong into Myself
So, I find myself in a strange place in my life where I walk around and think to myself, Gee, this place is strange. I’m serious. Okay, not completely serious, Continue Reading →
Born Without Fire
Kneeling, she blew on the dying ember to restore its glow, a touch of warmth to set against her skin. It was all she had they hadn’t taken— and still Continue Reading →
Sometimes She Died
Sometimes she needed to escape the lies. Sometimes she held herself and cried. Sometimes she died. Sometimes her hope frayed against the “why’s.” Sometimes her visions of diversity whispered goodbye. Continue Reading →
A Life Thread from Birth
Threads run through the stories I write, they also run through my life. Some run for a lifetime, others briefly, and still others disappear and reappear and I have no Continue Reading →
There Once Was a Land
She was empathy and hope adrift, enduring waves upon the sea of indifference. “I, me, mine…” was carried on the wind. The mournful mist obscured her sight, but not her Continue Reading →
Signposts
Looking back, that’s where she came undone, wondering why others walked a road with signposts when her road had none. “Hello? Is no one going my way?” So many roads Continue Reading →
A New Project: Summoning Shadows
I took the plunge. In the end, I write for me and this is what Me wanted to do. The backstory story I started last month (and also finished last Continue Reading →