• Tarot Card Prompt #2

    I drew these five random cards and used their meanings to come up with a story. Come back Thursday to check it out šŸ˜

  • Story Cube #3

    Story Cubes: Circus tent, gears, beaker with liquid, jewel necklace, stressed face, exclamatory star, monkey, mountain cave entrance, and glasses.   ā€œBring the table over here,ā€ Mademoiselle Fiona said. She pointed to the dimly lit corner of the tent and then grabbed her cushioned chair to follow behind her helper. She went back for her tattered suitcase…

  • Tarot Card Prompt #1

    ā€œHey, Leah, you wanna come get a drink with us after work?ā€ Beatrice asked from the other side of the kitchen.   ā€œUm.ā€ Leah focused on her task of wrapping the silverware for next shift and tried to think of a reason to say no. One that was different from what she usually told them. ā€œI donā€™t think…

  • My Creative Process

    Iā€™ve begun a side project for myself this last week. Something Iā€™ve been advised to do from several books and blogs. Iā€™m compiling a little notebook with all of my #1 tips. This notebook can go with me anywhere. Any time Iā€™m working away from home, I will have anything I might need at my…

  • Ghost Stories 5 Part 4

    Winter  Linda watched Shawn place the ā€œFor Saleā€ sign in the lawn and then turned back to the kitchen. Angie was preoccupied destroying a peanut butter and jelly sandwich at the table and she didnā€™t notice Linda wipe the tears from her face. Linda was happy, sad, and scared all at once. She knew they needed to be…

  • Ghost Stories #5 Part 3

    Fall           Angieā€™s birthday party was all set up. Streamers criss-crossed around the ceilings in each room and stars dangled down around the adultā€™s heads. Angie ran from room to room, giggling madly as she wove in between legs.           Linda tapped her fingers against her pink party cup, sleep deprivation catching up to her.…

  • December Reads

              2019 ended. I read forty-nine books out of my goal of fifty. All things considered; I feel pretty good about that final tally. Thanks to audio books, of course. Otherwise I wouldnā€™t have even gotten close to that. I also read/listened to thirteen of the twenty books off of the reading list I made…

  • Ghost Stories #5 part 2

    Summer           It was 4th of July before anything else happened. Angie was with her grandparents and Linda and Shawn decided to throw a little party with a few friends. They spent majority of the evening in the backyard. They drank, they laughed, they enjoyed the fireworks from the park down the road. All in…

  • #ignorethepanda

  • Ghost Stories #5 part 1

    Spring           Shawn and Linda bought the house on Harper Lane after touring several homes in the area. They thought it was the cutest little house in the neighborhood. They felt no reason to question its vacancy. They signed the papers, and moved in.           There was a small patio surrounded by a low brick…