D.C. Edwards's Blog
July 2, 2018
Summer 2018 Updates
I’ve been busy with major life transitions and doing some nonfiction freelance writing. But I’ve also been busy with my fiction writing as well.
I always seem to be “touring” and doing book promotions in the summer, so I kicked that off again this year with a reading at DreamHaven Books. While I was there, I read from Bright City, and I also read – for the first time – an excerpt from Mixed Blood, the first book in my new #ThinBloodlineSeries.
I hope to get Mixed Blood out by April 2019, but...
December 4, 2017
Bright City at Wordbrew V
I recently had the great opportunity to be a part of the 5th annual Wordbrew, an event where local Twin Cities authors read short sections of their fiction onstage. In case you’ve ever been interested in hearing parts of Bright City out loud, here’s an opportunity!
October 31, 2017
Halloween Story 2018: Offal Glad to Meet You
Remember the episode of Golden Girls when Blanche met Rose at the grocery store? I met my new roommate Jillian the same way. I come from a long line of culinary curators. My family spends most of our time in kitchens. And when we’re not running butcher shops or veggie stands in open-air markets or teaching classes on 3-ingredient cooking at community centers, we find community in gathering around some hefty beast figuring out the best way to bake, broil or roast it. My old roommate never unde...
October 1, 2017
Weekend Writing Warriors: #8 Sunday
Welcome to the Weekend Writing Warriors challenge. The challenge is to write a story or excerpt from a story you’ve been working on in 8-10 sentences. Take the time to check out other writers at the link above! After this snippet, you can find earlier links to this story. This piece is entitled “Castille’s Stone.”
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“Fuck nah, Reven, I am not gonna clean up any mess that this fool makes in your life again,” Porsche says.
“Thank you, Reven,” Liam pants after bei...
September 24, 2017
Weekend Writing Warriors: #8Sunday
Welcome to the Weekend Writing Warriors challenge. The challenge is to write a story or excerpt from a story you’ve been working on in 8-10 sentences. Take the time to check out other writers at the link above!
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When she was alive the pulsing lights would have given her epileptic fits. Her last one remains a part of her morning nightmares. Perry promised her beauty and power. He hadn’t completely lied. She’d been narrow like an exclamation point but chunky aro...
September 17, 2017
Weekend Writing Warriors: #8Sunday
Welcome to the Weekend Writing Warriors challenge. The challenge is to write a story or excerpt from a story you’ve been working on in 8-10 sentences. Take the time to check out other writers at the link above!
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I stared at the pool of blood gathering around Milo’s twitching body. Just minutes before he’d broken into my house for the third time that semester. We dated last year for about a month but he creeped me out so I broke it off; he’d begun stalking me n...
September 10, 2017
Weekend Writing Warriors: #8Sunday
Welcome to the Weekend Writing Warriors challenge. The challenge is to write a story or excerpt from a story you’ve been working on in 8-10 sentences. Take the time to check out other writers at the link above!
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“Zombies are stupid monsters,” Paul said to me as he kicked a pebble into a gutter.
“Yeah, but they’re just a manifestation of our fears around immigration, disease, otherness and all that stuff,” I say.
“True,” Paul says, picking through a trash can....
September 3, 2017
Weekend Writing Warriors: #8Sunday
Welcome back to the Weekend Writing Warriors challenge! I was sick last week, so I didn’t get a chance to write, but I’m happy you’re back to check it out. The Weekend Writing Warriors challenge is to write a story or excerpt from a story you’ve been working on in 8-10 sentences. Take the time to check out other writers at the link above!
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It’s only Noon on Friday, and my head is pounding. I slug down another can of Jolt and try to focus on the excel doc...
August 20, 2017
Weekend Writing Warriors: #8Sunday
Welcome to the Weekend Writing Warriors challenge. The challenge is to write a story or excerpt from a story you’ve been working on in 8-10 sentences. Take the time to check out other writers at the link above!
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Samuel hid his pointed canines behind his hand when he laughed.
“I haven’t laughed like this is eons,” he said to Andre, the young brown skinned man laying next to him on the grass.
“Eons,” Andre laughed, “dag, look at you Mr. Thesaurus.”
Samuel...
August 13, 2017
Weekend Writing Warriors: #8Sunday
Welcome to the Weekend Writing Warriors challenge. The challenge is to write a story or excerpt from a story you’ve been working on in 8-10 sentences. Take the time to check out other writers at the link above!
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“You can do it, Haley, they all play their part but you need to quiet them,” Dr. Speed says as she adjusts the meter monitoring Haley’s brain waves through the cotton patches attached to her temples.
Strapped to a large gurney, Haley tries to rel...
