Jacinta Meredith

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”

Happy Independence Day! Yay for long weekends! And other random stuff.

I know it has been awhile since I have written. I just – haven’t had much to say. It has been really busy – although for the life of me, I couldn’t say what with. It isn’t like I have been working out or anything. Or even traveling that much. Life just happens. It’s actuallyContinueContinue reading “Happy Independence Day! Yay for long weekends! And other random stuff.”

Interaction with a Successful Pirate. . . Err . . . Salesman.

So it finally happened. The day I always knew would come. The day I gave into a pushy pirate. I was left alone and helpless – a single impressionable figure in the midst of a crowd. I did the right thing. I buried my face in my phone, didn’t glance his way, barely mumbled thankContinueContinue reading “Interaction with a Successful Pirate. . . Err . . . Salesman.”

Growing older

As I sit outside in the fading light, I feel both restfulness and a bit of sadness fall over me. One never seems to come without the other. A sense of growing older and life passing me by consistently taps me on the shoulder, especially when looking over peaceful sights such as the sun sinkingContinueContinue reading “Growing older”

Just a Rainy Day

So it rained on Monday. I knew the forecast called for rain, and yet, I looked out the window and determined that if it wasn’t raining right then, the likelihood of it raining during the time I was walking to and from work was pretty nil. And I was right! for about 90% of theContinueContinue reading “Just a Rainy Day”

Writer’s Digest Your Story #66

Not going to lie, I am nervous to even put this on my blog because I know it is awful. But it is the first story I have actually completed in probably years. So, I thought I would take a deep breath and post it anyway. This story was in response to the Writer’s DigestContinueContinue reading “Writer’s Digest Your Story #66”

A Starbuck’s Kind of Day

I woke up this morning unhappy. To start with, it was 9:00 AM! And I was AWAKE! On one of the few days I could sleep in! Now, I don’t want any smart aleck remarks from you morning people. Yes, 9:00 AM on a holiday morning is way too early. Especially when you were upContinueContinue reading “A Starbuck’s Kind of Day”