Tonya Liburd's Blog, page 11
July 1, 2016
Snippet
500 word piece meant to stand alone by itself, but i plan to expand it to a full-blown short story:-
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You have terminal, aggressive cancer, and today is the day you are going to die.
And now, you’re not sure if you’re dead dead, or some weird state of being, because your unique Gift that manifested at puberty–like everyone’s does–is that you can make yourself disappear, not be found. That’s how you managed to leave your family behind. The death itself was not what you thought would happen; no going towards the light, no meeting your maker. Instead it’s like as if your essence withdrew into itself, and, muffled from the sensory input of the world, took residence somewhere inside your skull.
And there you stayed.
Until.
Filed under: Snippet, Writing Tagged: snippet, writing
June 8, 2016
That Moment When…
That moment when working on finishing up your novel you realize that novels aren’t just something ‘they’ or ‘other people’ do, but YOU do, too.
The mild panic.
The realization hits you and hides, as if to protect you from freaking out;
It comes in waves.
Filed under: Mental Health, Writing Tagged: Mental Health, novel writing, that moment when, writing
June 6, 2016
I have placed 4th in Ve’ahavta’s Creative Writing Contest… There’s prize money involved!
More information on this wonderful organization can be found here.
I will be reading the poem as part of the Words from the Street 15th Annual Awards Ceremony!
Filed under: Writing Tagged: Creative Writing Contest, TORONTO WRITERS COLLECTIVE, Ve'ahavta, Words from the Street 15th Annual Awards Ceremony
May 15, 2016
My story “The Ace of Knives” is eligible for a Carl Brandon Society 2015 Parallax Award!
“The Ace of Knives” was a story in Postscripts to Darkness 6.
Nisi Shawl uses it in her workshops as an example of code switching.
But it’s a juried award, so I don’t have to campaign for it, lol.
Filed under: Uncategorized, Writing Tagged: 2015 Parallax Award, Carl Brandon Society, Mental Health, writing
May 10, 2016
Snippet
I wrote two pieces of Flash fiction tonight!
Just WHAT.
Oh, yeah. Snippet
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The four men were angry.
Angry, and in the dark.
“Well,” said the first man, named Ed, “Let’s see what we have here.”
“Well,” said the second man, named Jed, “I know where you are, but where am I?”
“Well, said the third man, named Teddy, “You’re to my left, which means…”
“Well, said the fourth man, named Alfred, “I’m to your right. Right where we were. When the lights went out.”
“I know where you are,” said Jed, but where am-”
“Shut up, Jed,” the other men said.
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April 8, 2016
Snippet
Snippet, “Chronology of a Burn”, current (CanLit) fiction WiP:-
“That body is mine,” she remembered her mother telling her. “Until I say, that body is mine and you don’t have permission to mark up your skin.” Funny how something said slightly in jest in childhood could still mark your mentality, your approach to your own body even as the years tumble on by. She felt like she had failed, yet again, to keep her skin unblemished. After all, she had shared her mother’s sentiment. Why mark up something beautiful?
Filed under: Snippet Tagged: Chronology of a Burn, snippet
April 5, 2016
@7×20 to feature my microfiction week of march 28th
The week of the 28th March, @7×20 Mag will be featuring my twitter microfiction and a 3-part serial of mine.
Go here to start
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February 27, 2016
February 18, 2016
February 9, 2016
Cover reveal for the Mosaics Independent Women Anthology that I’m in
I have a non-fiction piece, “” in this upcoming anthology…!
Here’s the cover!
Filed under: Writing Tagged: creative non-fiction, Independent Women Anthology, Mosaics, non-fiction, writing, writing as activism
