Yeah Write #118: Granny Knots ( #amwriting #microstory )
Her fingers are dressed in weathered rings. A lifetime of lacework mottles her skin. Wrinkled, rough knuckles slide beneath tatting threads; fingers shift the shuttle, pulling assured knots. My flower … Continue reading
Yeah Write #115: The Goat Girl’s Corruption ( #amwriting #microstory )
You burned my goat skin, charred my soul, and wedded me to your son. None asked which of my dreams had turned to ash. You feasted upon my beauty. Dine … Continue reading
Writes and Wrongs #14: Teens Talk Like Normal People (#writingtips)
Because I’m feeling cheeky and super confident today for no particular reason, I’d like to open up a dialogue on the subject of dialogue. In particular, the subject of making … Continue reading
Protected: What’s Up Doc #40: Crossways — #NYCMidnight SSC Round 1 GR150
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Yeah Write #107: For You I Wait ( #amwriting #microstory )
Dearest Mine, I think I should perish shackled in matrimony these seven years. Upon my bed, your musk clings in the sheet folds and pillow dents. Your caresses linger in … Continue reading
Protected: What’s Up Doc #39: Apportunity Knocks — #NYCMidnight SSC Round 2 GR13
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What’s Up Doc #38: Quick Update — #NYCMidnight SSC Round 2 GR13
Genre: Romantic Comedy Subject: An App Character: A backstabber R2 G13 The second round is in process for NYC Midnight SSC2018. To be perfectly honest I thought I crashed and … Continue reading
Yeah Write #101: The Lonely Dead ( #amwriting #microstory )
My skis skid on fresh powder and wind breaks my face. A presence pursues. “Apparitions collect the unwary,” I had warned. The enthusiast didn’t believe what his camera couldn’t snare. … Continue reading
Yeah Write #96: The Cottage ( #amwriting #microstory )
“Witch,” men spat, clawing gingerbread, shattering spun-sugar, leaving slather and destruction. The horror wasn’t the invasion but knowing they’d return. She torched them alive. The Hansels and Grendals would endure … Continue reading
What’s Up Doc #37: My Book Is Live Today (#selfpublishing #indiebookspromo #shortstories))
My love’s labor of pages speak between the lines. The book is out there. Enough of that… What’s really in my head right now? This: Mindful Things: Tales from a … Continue reading
Protected: What’s Up Doc #36: Emigration of Mind — #NYCMidnight SSC Round 1 GR96
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What’s Up Doc #35: My Book Proof is Here (#amwriting #selfpublishing)
Today I as walking the dog and picking my daughter up from school and what did I find in my mailbox? I am squealing. My proof! Is it real? There … Continue reading
Make It Work #3: Designing Decisions Poll (#indieauthor #writinglife)
Originally posted on Tara Lee Davis — A story begins one word at a time:
? Hey friends and scribes, come take a poll and choose a cover design for Mindful…
Yeah Write #90: Butterfly and the Flycatcher ( #amwriting #microstory )
“Come be eaten. Your hue fools me not.” “Let’s wager, Flycatcher,” Butterfly challenged. “If I make it to the yarrow you won’t catch me.” Flycatcher puffed her crest and attacked. … Continue reading
What’s Up Doc #34: Mindful Things Cover Reveal (#amwriting #selfpublishing)
Let the new year resolutions begin! Mindful Things is coming along and in the final stages of polish. Can you believe it? I’ve got plans in the works for 2018 … Continue reading
Farback Wayback #2: The Journey — 1997 #amwriting
So I was digging into some old computer archives in the age Before Facebook when I was a sophomore in college. Email was new and not free, Netscape was an … Continue reading
