There are so many things that are going on in the world today that fill me with anger and rage, and those emotions quickly spiral into despair. I honestly can’t take much more without curling into a ball and weeping in a corner. So you know what? I’m not going that route today. I’m going for more […]
So, this month’s flash fiction is Sky High Honey by Matt Nathanson. I’d never heard before we went on our writers retreat, but Jonesie played it for me. Anyway, here are the lyrics and the video. “Hey…you okay, Tess? Tessa?” She didn’t answer him. But he hadn’t really expected her to. She wouldn’t even look […]
Prompt: Going the distance normally involved doing things that were either a) hard or b) dangerous, and at the moment she wasn’t really in the mood for either. Going the distance normally involved doing things that were either a) hard or b) dangerous, and at the moment Beth wasn’t really in the mood for either. […]
So, this week’s post is supposed to be a brain dump of what’s on my mind. Considering my brain is an endless loop of dialogue snippets, song lyrics and half-remembered tasks, I can’t promise you a lot of cohesion. Or probably any, really. Welp, here goes… I just noticed that the cats are sleeping on […]
My stress levels, so far this year, have been a bit on the high side, so I really, really needed this year’s writing retreat. Honestly, I think we’ve all been in super high stress mode. We all needed this break. I didn’t get as much written as I would have liked, but I did get some written […]
So…yeah…about this week’s blog post…it’s not happening. I’m currently 521 miles from home on our annual writing retreat with Jessica Jarman, Jenny Trout, Kris Norris, Kayleigh Jones, and Kellie St. James. We’ve run away to the land of no internet connection and sketchy to no cell phone service. However, we’ll be getting a lot of […]
This month’s song fic is Little Heaven by Toad the Wet Sprocket. Two summers ago, the wonderful Kayleigh Jones and I went to Detroit to see one of our bucket list concerts – Counting Crows. (Laugh if you want, I will always love them – unapologetically.) And Toad opened for them, so that was especially awesome. […]
Prompt: Person A: “How long have you been standing there?” Person B: “Longer than you’d like.” Bailey was done. Three-thousand and twelve percent done. Somehow, doing a favor for her best friend, Allison, had translated into letting her asshole brother sublet Al’s room while she was traipsing around Paris. Okay, so she was studying […]
It’s photo flash fiction time again, and well…this is going to be a super short one. I’m in the midst of graduation party planning that, for an introvert like me, is a special kind of hell. But, enough whining – on to the story. Against her better judgment, Marnie had gone to the bonfire last […]
So, this month’s song is Far Away, and like most Nickelback songs, it’s one I hadn’t heard before writing this post. But, if you want to check it out, the lyrics are here and the video is here. Ellie sighed as she pulled pulled up in front of her apartment building. Nick’s car was still […]