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I Never Meant to Fall in Love.

My first experience with a real editor and my thoughts on the whole beautiful ordeal.

Of Bread & Butter & Other Such Things

That is what brings me to this place, time and again. I am drawn to the Texas Roadhouse, not because I am one who can afford steak on the regular, but because of their soft warm buns, heaped in unassuming baskets and freely given, alongside that butter—oh, that butter.

Another Flash Fiction!

Cleaning out my files, I stumbled upon another of my flash fiction pieces.  I wanted to share it with you because I had so much fun with Trapped! And this one made me smile as well.  And if you haven’t read Trapped, check out my old posts, it’s not hard to find. You’ll enjoy it!…

Let Me Tell You A Story.

A story is a lot like a room. You start with nothing. An empty space. Maybe it’s nice when you start. A clean slate. Or maybe it’s messy. Ideas can be messy. Most of mine are. Then your idea begins to form into something more solid. A foundation, a framework. But your story is only…

When Something is Lost

Sometimes, as a writer, you find yourself pouring yourself into a paragraph, a scene—even a chapter.  And you reach a point at which you get stuck, and you read it over, and you discover that it just won’t work. This is an inescapable and necessary part of the writing process.  Re-writes, edits, and scrapping whole…

Behind the Scenes

Hello, my friends! I haven’t found much time for blogging this week. The truth is that I’ve been immersed in the world of Calamity, and stopping my writing to do pretty much anything else is an almost painful experience. The current word count stands at seventy thousand and growing, and I’ve tried hard to make…

Trapped: A Flash Fiction Adventure

I recently became part of a very active and fun writing community online, and have discovered the joy that is flash fiction.  What fun, just to let it all out for a set amount of time in response to some seemingly random prompt.  What prompted the flash fiction that follows?  A real life event! Let’s…

The Little Things

Have you ever had a really bad headache or migraine, and realized that you had taken all your headache-free days for granted? Sometimes it seems that I am only thankful when faced with adversity.  Appreciative of the days that nothing’s gone wrong when the day seems headed in a downward spiral.  I find myself reminiscing…

Throwback Thursday—The Great American Eclipse

Did you get to experience the Great American Eclipse in August?  My family and I took a road trip to Tennessee and camped out to view it in all its Glory.  It ended up being one of the most awesome two minutes of my life, and something I am so thankful we got the opportunity…

A(nother) Pravacordian Nursery Rhyme

How long did it lay, in the ice tucked away, That silent traveler from space. Alone, without sound, it hid in the ground, Content in the snow’s cold embrace.   Till upon it they stumbled, so awed and so humbled, So eager its secrets to find. If they only had known, they’d have left it…