IDK, I’m loading this post Thursday night wondering if we might need a distraction tomorrow. Either way, here’s a free short story for you to enjoy in this rather tumultuous week <3 CURSES WITH BENEFITS Streetlights filtered in past the edges of the master bedroom’s blinds, casting silvered bands up the wardrobe door in the […]
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The Infinite Bard is a fortnightly short story group, with an amazing array of short stories by fantastic authors posted for free! Go to the Infinite Bard’s website to find the links to past stories. This fortnight, it’s my turn… Adela never imagined her life would end here: alone in a filthy spare room with
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Meet Beth, young, hopeful, and a staunch believer in all things magical—made easier by the fact that she owns a talking pink tortoise and a hyperactive pen. Meet her creative writing professor, Mr Sedriane, who refuses to allow his students to write anything fantastical. But maybe today, for this assignment, Beth might write from the
New Inklet: Not Fantasy Read More »
Okay, so, not going to make the 10 stories in 20 days. That’s okay. I ended up taking like 6 of the 20 days off writing, so that’s hardly surprising, really 😀 And I learned some very important things: I totally COULD have completed 10 short stories in 20 days. But for me, it would
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Years ago, when I was on maternity leave before I had my daughter, I wrote half a book. It was fun. It was a mess, and I skipped from the first third of the book straight to the last third, as I was wont to do in those days, but it was a FUN mess.
Coming March 17: Trust Issues Read More »
Randomly, and on random projects, but OMG you guys, I FINISHED A STORY LAST WEEK, YOU GUYS. It’s the one that I posted the intro to here as a Made-It Monday, and it chronicles Becca and Dane’s first date. Becca and Dane are the MCs of #SekritNovel, for which there are snippets around about the
WORDS, PEOPLE. WORDS ARE HAPPENING. Read More »
It’s been a long time since I made words creatively, so to celebrate the fact that last weekend I added a few hundred words to a short story I’ve been picking away at for years, I thought I’d share the first half of that story here 🙂 Hope you enjoy it! Warm steam filled the
Made-It Monday: WORDS. Read More »
WHHHOOOOOAA-OOAAAAA *rain sounds* AAHHHH, AAAAAHHH-AAAHHHHRRRGGG *it’s a shower* WHHHOOOOOAA-OOAAAAA *there’ll be screaming* AAHHHH, AAAAAHHH-AAAHHHHRRRGGG *but for now, you’re just sitting there innocently on the floor, naked, because that’s how you shower* WHHHOOOOOAA-OOAAAAA Ladies and peeps, this is the story you’ve waited for AAHHHH, AAAAAHHH-AAAHHHHRRRGGG You’re sitting in the shower, your sweat washing through the floor
Oh, This Is The Grossest Shower, Oh, This Is The Grossest Shower Read More »
It’s the first, or at least it was here yesterday and is now in some parts of the world, and that means another Inklet is appearing into the world. For people who *can* count, you’ll note that by now, it should be Inklet #7. Two for Jan, two for Feb, two for March… Yes, we
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Just totally snowed under by work etc this week. Have the new opening to #FoxBook as a thank you for being here despite my non-brain-ness :3 <3 Trigger warnings: The dog starts out dead. It’s not described in horrific detail, but if that’s problematic for, you skip the first 400 words and start at the
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