Smoke on Fire
Whispers of love, smoke on fire, lies of imagination the truth denied. She clung to the hopelessness, the truth’s invisible veil, the pain inside a reminder life prevailed. When she Continue Reading →
One World, a Million Stories
Last week I talked about my Short Story December. Currently, I’m working on my fifth short story for the month. It’s all a part of my end-of-the-year treat and an Continue Reading →
Dream of Cherishing
It was all she ever wanted, enough to fill her heart, love and tenderness affection to never part. A hand to hold when walks were cold, a winter’s evening in Continue Reading →
Short Story December
The NaNo dust has settled. In the end, there were 143,867 words written in November that produced a novel. In editing there’ll be plenty of cutting, but there are a Continue Reading →
Maybe, Just Maybe
In the safe confines of her lonely life she told him she loved him. Maybe, just maybe, there was a way he’d hear the words. Maybe, just maybe, he loved Continue Reading →
NaNo Update: A Little Self-Congratulations
The last thing I was expecting a month ago was that this blog post would be about achieving, about setting an insane goal and attaining it. Instead, I thought it’d Continue Reading →
Sometimes, It’s All This
Sometimes— it’s running to exhaustion and running again, and all the while, you’d give anything for a closet and a closed door. Sometimes— it’s kneeling on thorns before a fast Continue Reading →
NaNo Update: A Sense of Urgency
Early morning. Thanksgiving Day in the United States and I’m preparing to add to my word count until around noon when I’ll get ready and head off for a big Continue Reading →
A Simple Definition
Where, she wondered, was a definition of love that made sense? Instead, she realized, they were too closely related to her heartbreak. An answer, there had to be, instead of Continue Reading →
NaNo Update: Loving Scrivener Themes
I’m—in—love. I’m talking about Scrivener Version 3.1.1, especially its themes. From a writing perspective themes might not be the app’s most important feature, but for someone who’s been in love Continue Reading →