Today, it's been storming like crazy. Doesn't bother me, though- there's something magical about Southern thunderstorms. It's in the warm air, quick breezes, the wind chimes and thunder mingling together... When I was a kid, we would open all the doors and windows and let the sounds pour through the house, where they'd sync up... Continue Reading →
Bleeeeegh. I was supposed to do a post on character sheets Tuesday, and have a sparkly new piece of Flash Fiction ready for today, but after some bad news from the doctor and feeling pretty terrible, I have yet to do either. BUT! I am here to drop groundbreaking, earth-shattering poetry on you today. Are... Continue Reading →
While perusing Pinterest the other day, I came across some writing prompts. Most of them were a little sketchy (you can't directly quote Game of Thrones and say it's a writing prompt you made up...), but a few were pretty neat. One I liked a bunch was this one: It's short and simple,... Continue Reading →
Since I'm feeling less like THE DEATH this week, I went ahead and wrote some flash fiction! This is another based on Chuck Wendig's Flash Fiction Challenge. This week? Dragon. Two thousand words max. Period. What came to my mind? PIRATES AND DRAGONS, of course. Because part of my mind lives under the sea, and... Continue Reading →
This week's Flash Fiction challenge over at terribleminds was, as the title states, a whole story told in just five sentences, with 100 words as the max. Chuck was sure to point out that this needs to be a story, not a snapshot. So I ended up writing three: one, which I super love, but borders... Continue Reading →
This week's terribleminds story queue (love that word!) is all about the seven deadly sins. The prompt said to pick one and get those 1,000 words-- why pick one, when you can have them all?! Woo OVERACHIEVERS. Here's my story, "Sins." ***** "Sins" Sins. She collected them like rings on her fingers—glittery, shiny things that... Continue Reading →
It's that time again- I'm trying to get back into the ever-awesome flash fiction challenges posted by Chuck Wendig over at his awesomely-NSFW site, terribleminds. This week's challenge was to pick an opener sentence and roll with it. I chose sentence #6:Â "The first breath shattered her world, the second shattered her heart." (written in by... Continue Reading →
I'm back for another Flash Fiction challenge! This week's challenge was simple, yet daunting: you get 100 words. No more! So here's what poured out of my brain's juicy crevices. **** A single amethyst tear ran down her bronzed cheek, muddling with the blood that stained her neck. The two liquids crystallized, hardening into a... Continue Reading →
This week, Chuck Wendig posted a Flash Fiction Challenge, centered around the almighty single, random sentence. I've never once participated in such shenanigans. Until now. Right now. Here I am. After picking my sentence, I raged through writing this little ministory, all giddy and excited to be writing something new... and something that wasn't my book.... Continue Reading →
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