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Washed Ashore

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This story started out as a contemplative beach scene. Then it became a story about a miniature tabaxi, Kettle, finding a mermaid on an island. And that's what I was set on refining for this week's story, but on the way home from the fair, I listened to "Long Live" by Taylor Swift. My favorite line is: "...for a moment a band of thieves in ripped up jeans got to rule the world" and I wondered if I could write a story about a band and name their song "Washed Ashore." I shared the idea with Ant and he was intrigued by it! So I ran with it and you have the story you just read. It's magical to me what two words can become and how many ideas can come from just two words.

Tick Tock

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The first in a series simply called #flashfictionmagic over on social media The imp’s long read fingers gripped the rusted clock, cracking the glass face, the roman numerals— Did they just quiver? Sasha stared as the VI actually tilted backward and slipped out from under the glass. “What?” she gasped; hands clenched at her side. … Continue reading Tick Tock

Books I Read This Spring

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The books I read in March, April, and May of 2023 Happy Spring! It's summer as this goes live *facepalm* but it's finished and it makes me happy 🙂 Spring was a season of celebrating my birthday at the end of March, welcoming my nephew into the world mid-May, cheering on my first-ever published flash … Continue reading Books I Read This Spring

Dear Agabus

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In which Agabus, Tump, and I make our fiction debut Dear Agabus, You exist because of the role-playing game, Dungeons and Dragons (D&D). You've been in existence since June 2017. Six years next month. Wow. You exist because as one adventuring group fizzled out a new one started. One made up entirely of elves, half-elves, … Continue reading Dear Agabus

Happy Belated Teen Literature Day!

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The one where I love on my favorite Contemporary YA novels =D Well, what started as a late #meetmybookcommunity April prompt post, has turned into a spontaneous blog post because each of the 15 books* in this photo are near and dear to my heart. I've all of them except Always and Forever, Lara Jean … Continue reading Happy Belated Teen Literature Day!

Darling Files 02 // Write From the Perspective of a Guardian Angel

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Fiction Fiction Fiction Photo by Ryan Conrow on Pexels.com Oh in all the heavenly lands, they’ve done it again, Tobias sighed and kicked at the rock he’d been staring at for the last few minutes. When would she realize… More about what/who Tobias is watching could be alluded to here. Set it up so that … Continue reading Darling Files 02 // Write From the Perspective of a Guardian Angel

The Giftstretch // Day 28

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Because writing a novel is a gift. Real-time updates from the final three days of NaNoWriMo This post is made up of the updates I posted on my writer's Facebook page and Twitter as I stopped to take breaks. I get real numbers crunchy in these posts. It was fun to post these updates. Monday, … Continue reading The Giftstretch // Day 28

Muddling Through the Middle

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Trying to write 50,000 when life doesn't go as envisioned Writer's note: If this post seems familiar, it was originally written and published on the evening of 12/14/22 on Substack. I wrote it in real time during NaNoWriMo 2022. I have since changed platforms for me email newsletter. (If that still interests you, you can … Continue reading Muddling Through the Middle

Best Laid Plans

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A post-NaNoWriMo Update of Sorts Writer's note: If this post seems familiar, it was originally written and published on the evening of 12/11/22 on Substack. I wrote it in real time after NaNoWriMo 2022. I have since changed platforms for me email newsletter. (If that still interests you, you can sign-up for "Postcards" here.) However, … Continue reading Best Laid Plans

NaNoWriMo // Day 3–er, Day 4 Update

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The one where I re-discovered Harry Potter Word Crawls and Wrote 3,669 words today Writer's note: If this post seems familiar, it was originally written and published on the morning of DATE on Substack. I wrote in real time during NaNoWriMo 2022. I have since changed platforms for me email newsletter. (If that still interests … Continue reading NaNoWriMo // Day 3–er, Day 4 Update