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 betweenContinue 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 lastContinue 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 abilityContinue 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 writingContinue 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 allContinue 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? AContinue 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 orContinue 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 calledContinue 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 actuallyContinue 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 thankContinue reading "Interaction with a Successful Pirate. . . Err . . . Salesman."
Forest Idylls 