Jacinta Meredith

NaNoWriMo Woes

Okay, am I the only one who begins a novel, with only the vaguest of ideas as to what I want to do? I know that I want to place this guy in the fantasy world. I know I want him to go through a bunch of fairytale-like adventures. A castle, a dragon, a troll,ContinueContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Woes”

Writing with a Friend

This makes me wish I had a friend nearby who also liked to write. Granted, we might just spend the evening commiserating on how we aren’t writing anything and will never make 50,000 words, but still – it is the thought that counts!

Book Giveaway!!

Update: It has been conveyed to me via a reliable resource that I need to clarify a couple things. One: This is a giveaway just on this blog, not nationally – so if only one person comments on this post, they WILL get the e-book. If three people comment, then I will draw names betweenContinueContinue reading “Book Giveaway!!”

NaNoWriMo Insanity!

Come on, you all knew I was going to write about this at some point, no matter how bad I have been about writing in general! Yes, I am doing it again – against my better judgement, I might add, since I still have not (much to my shame) finished the book I started lastContinueContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Insanity!”

Forgiveness

Probably not the best written of my short stories – but I figured I would share it anyway. The people in that little Pennsylvania Dutch town were far more used to the solid serviceable long skirts and shirtwaists their women wore, with hair tightly pulled back, as much for convenience as for propriety. The abilityContinueContinue reading “Forgiveness”

Fear of Dreams

I know that my posts on my blog are off and on. Usually how much I post or don’t post is a reflection of busyness, yes, but also of guilt and fear. If I am feeling guilty that I haven’t written in a story in awhile, whether a short story, book, or even pursued writingContinueContinue reading “Fear of Dreams”

Writer’s Digest Your Story #68

Writer’s Digest Your Story #68 Disappeared It started off as a joke, those bright pink water shoes on an abandoned part of the fence post. There were six of us – we were spending a week at the outer banks, splitting the cost of one of those houses on the almost abandoned shoreline. We allContinueContinue reading “Writer’s Digest Your Story #68”

The Bench

So I completed my first short story in forever a couple weeks ago. No, not the one for Writer’s Digest. This is one that I actually came up with on my own – and longer than 750 words – and I actually finished it! Granted, it is a little . . .what’s the word? AContinueContinue reading “The Bench”

Will America Stand?

I have not written because I know what I must write. Well, what I must post, anyway. I have this dreadful fear of standing up for what I believe in because it usually leads to confrontation – which, as everyone knows – I melt under. Melting being a relative term. I can’t handle confrontation orContinueContinue reading “Will America Stand?”

Writing Contests

For you beginning writers out there, who, perhaps have always loved to write, but never made it into a career, and now you find yourselves in your late 20s without a published novel (a thing that seemed impossible when you were younger), and you are stuttering along trying to get back that magic thing calledContinueContinue reading “Writing Contests”