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Imagine working the cutting room floor: a simple trick for editing your early draft | Dan Alatorre – AUTHOR

This is it. The big launch week for The Watch & Wand and a few wonderful members of the blogging community have been nice enough to help spread the word. I’ve turned off comments on this post but would encourage you to click on the link at the bottom and maybe poke around on some of … Continue reading Imagine working the cutting room floor: a simple trick for editing your early draft | Dan Alatorre – AUTHOR

#ShortStory Saturday’s Flash Fiction Fun with The Writer’s Toolbox – Part Five

The following is the fifth post in a series of sponsored short stories written using Jamie Cat Callan’s fun and easy to use The Writer’s Toolbox (affiliate links are included in this post for your convenience). You can read more about Jamie’s other creations at the bottom of this post. For those not as familiar with The Writer’s Toolbox, it … Continue reading #ShortStory Saturday’s Flash Fiction Fun with The Writer’s Toolbox – Part Five

Project Gene Assist Book 2, The Watch & Wand – You always have a choice. Make the right one

Barring acts of God or radioactive slime beast hellbent on scaling the largest tower in my city while simultaneously leaving a swart of destruction in its wake, by this time next week, my book children will officially outnumber my human children. I am going to level with you – it hasn’t been easy. When my … Continue reading Project Gene Assist Book 2, The Watch & Wand – You always have a choice. Make the right one

#ShortStory Saturday’s Flash Fiction Fun with The Writer’s Toolbox – Part Four

The following is the fourth post in a series of sponsored short stories written using Jamie Cat Callan’s fun and easy to use The Writer’s Toolbox (affiliate links are included in this post for your convenience). You can read more about Jamie’s other creations at the bottom of this post. For those not as familiar with The Writer’s Toolbox, it … Continue reading #ShortStory Saturday’s Flash Fiction Fun with The Writer’s Toolbox – Part Four

A season for gratitude: A short and simple, but just as honest Thanksgiving list

A pair of Thanksgiving trees now stands at attention in the center of my dining room table. They were a project my boys worked on one day with their Nana. They consist a foam trunk with a scattering of bare branches. Red, yellow, and orange leaves, attached by glue, proudly proclaim all the things my … Continue reading A season for gratitude: A short and simple, but just as honest Thanksgiving list

#ShortStory Saturday’s Flash Fiction Fun with The Writer’s Toolbox – Part Three

The following is the third post in a series of sponsored short stories written using Jamie Cat Callan’s fun and easy to use The Writer’s Toolbox (affiliate links are included in this post for your convenience).  For those not as familiar with The Writer’s Toolbox, it prompts you with a first, middle, and last sentence as well as a … Continue reading #ShortStory Saturday’s Flash Fiction Fun with The Writer’s Toolbox – Part Three

Air travel is the worst: 5 quick tips to save your sanity this holiday season

The holidays are almost upon us so I thought I would offer a bit of airline and international travel advice I’ve picked up over the years for those, like myself, who are forced to fly cattle class coach when driving (or taking the train) is not an option. Affiliate links are in this post. The … Continue reading Air travel is the worst: 5 quick tips to save your sanity this holiday season

#ShortStory Saturday’s Flash Fiction Fun with The Writer’s Toolbox – Part Two

The following is the next installment in a sponsored short story series I am writing using  Jamie Cat Callan‘s fun and easy to use The Writer’s Toolbox (affiliate links are included in this post). You can read more about Jamie’s other creations at the bottom of this post. For those not as familiar with The Writer’s Toolbox, it prompts you … Continue reading #ShortStory Saturday’s Flash Fiction Fun with The Writer’s Toolbox – Part Two

The fear of success and why it’s more deadly to your long-term goals than you think

“There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.” – Alfred Hitchcock I mentioned last week that I was readying myself mentally for being my husband’s plus one at his high school reunion and my struggles with impostor syndrome. My husband had told me not to worry. I should have listened, … Continue reading The fear of success and why it’s more deadly to your long-term goals than you think

#ShortStory Saturday’s Flash Fiction Fun with The Writer’s Toolbox – Part One

Every writer fears the threat of the dreaded Writer’s Block. Sure, some might tell themselves that it doesn’t exist, that it’s only a lack of inspiration or a lazy reluctance to sit your bottom in the chair and write anyway. But sometimes, no matter what you believe, what you call it, or how much you … Continue reading #ShortStory Saturday’s Flash Fiction Fun with The Writer’s Toolbox – Part One