• To Plan a Murder pt 1

    It wasn’t supposed to be serious. We’d stayed late at the block party and had a few too many drinks. It was all a joke. But then on Monday, Barty rang me up and said, “So, we set the meeting place for the gym at the YMCA tomorrow around six. Bring Shannon if you want.…

  • Worst Day So Far

  • Reads of March ’23

    I read twelve books in March. Most of them were on audio this time around, but I was really busy all month and didn’t get to pick up as many physical books as I would have liked. I have three currently being read, I just haven’t had the time to finish them. But now that…

  • Snow Was Falling pt 4

    Helen patted Lillian on the shoulder as she passed and took the lead again. “Okay, let me get around the corner and count to one hundred again. I doubt anyone else is going to come up the tunnel, he was the replacement. They don’t send people up randomly since there’s nothing else up here. But…

  • #NoHappyEndings

  • Writing Life Snapshot

    I’ve talked about my process before and my weekly schedule. But it’s a new year and we’re wrapping up the first quarter, so I wanted to reflect on the changes I made and how they’ve been working for me so far. The biggest adjustment I have made this year is writing every day. In the…

  • Snow Was Falling pt 3

    We spent close to an hour in the warm room at the top of the mountain. The girl with blonde curls was named Helen, and she’d been stationed there for three weeks. But it was time for rotation and she would take us down the mountain with her. Damon didn’t want us to eat too…

  • I’m a Multitasker

  • Snow Was Falling pt 2

    Moving further into the trees proved harder than I’d imagined. We had to be more quiet than we’d been before, with the chance of guards working their way towards us for Max’s body. And Lillian kept stepping on branches, no matter how many times Steph or I shushed her. After a couple of tense minutes,…

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