A week went by without another incident. I knew Scott and Olivia were seeing each other, but they didn’t do anything under my nose. And even though the entire situation still creeped me out, I appreciated their discretion, so I… Read More »Death is a Roommate pt 4
I dreaded the doorbell ringing. Even though I’d put out the notice for a new roommate, I still hated the idea. When Lizzy moved back home, I’d thought that would be the worst part. But now I have to… Read More »Death is a Roommate pt 1
We’d always wanted a family pet. To say that Mom and Dad weren’t pleased with what we brought home would be an understatement. Mom’s crinkled lip and Dad’s blatant disgust spoke louder than their objections. But it only made us… Read More »A Thing Called Spud
Jessica, Michelle, Steven, and Joel pushed a curtain aside and entered the last room of the museum. The walls curved up into a dome with rafters crossing the open area; the skylight highlighting the red rug in the center.… Read More »Attack at the Museum
**When we are intensely using one of our senses, we sometimes block out the other sense, for example, closing our eyes when we experience an intense sound, taste, smell, or touch.** At first, she’d thought the blindfold being tugged… Read More »Senses Exercise 5
Writing exercise from NOW WRITE! Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror exercise book. Exercise one, Steven Saus. Pick an image (I used a random image generator) Pick only one element of the image (I picked the broken tree in the background)… Read More »Now Write Writing Exercise
*Exercise from Naming the World. State of Mind. Explore a character’s thoughts before having them plunge into an action* There were so many things in life that I thought I would accomplish before now. I wanted to finish college and… Read More »State of Mind – A Writing Exercise
The Cards Page of Cups: An emotionally open young person given to flights of imaginative fantasy Knight of Wands: Trying to rescue the world by imposing order on it Five of Cups (reversed): The worst thing that could happen actually… Read More »Tarot Cards #4
Wrote a short piece with the inspiration from these cards. Come back Thursday to check it out.
In my current writing project I’ve been making a conscious effort to describe the setting, and I think I’ve been doing a much better job already just by putting it at the front of my mind. So, to keep… Read More »Senses Exercise Number 2