Who is Mrs. Grumplestone to you? 🙂 Mrs. Grumplestone was in fact not a grump at all. It was guilty by association. When you were new (ish) to town and the word “grump” was a prominent part of your name, the definition of the word attached itself to the human. “Stone” on the other hand—now … Continue reading Mrs. Grumplestone’s Visit
It's technically the time in between night and sunrise. Time is a weird soup. For all the humans who want to run away but choose to stay and lean in it--their faith, their strengths and values, their people. Grabbing her jacket from the chair, she slipped her arms into the patched light denim and pushed … Continue reading Midnight Promises
Oh the reading adventures I took during June, July, and August! Well we're about halfway through the summer months at the time I start this, but this is a much greater head start than the past couple posts in this series, so I'm counting it as a win. June kicked off the summer adventures with … Continue reading Summer 2023 Reads
How I won NaNoWriMo 2022. Finally. The final installment of the NaNo 2022 series. Because NaNo 2023 is HERE! (Seven days!) And I’m ready to do it all over again 🙂 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 … Continue reading The Final Update // Day 30
Remember when I wrote 50,000+ words last November and I told you all I was going to write about it? And then never finished the ending? Well, this post is the almost-conclusion. Because NaNoWriMo is back (in eight days!) and I’ve gotten a burst to finish last year’s series out 🙂 This post is made … Continue reading The Penultimate Day // Day 29
The one that was inspired by a picture They had successfully lured the creature to Sisu. All the previous shipwrecks had been reported as happening here. The crew had successfully deboarded, and Mia watched them row away, stuffing down the swirl of emotions sitting in her belly. She turned back to face the deck as … Continue reading Happy Octopus
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.
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
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
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
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