Inktober53 2023: Shadow

Yeah, I wasn't quite sure how to end this, but I'm not mad. Wisps of darkness cling to the ground where Ryker stands. His body is taunt, the muscles in his back rippling like a sail billowed with wind. “Ryker?” Wren’s voice is a whisper but it echoes over the deck of the ship. Rip’s …

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Top Ten Tuesday: 2023 Bookish Goals

This week's Top Ten Tuesday prompt is Bookish Goals for 2023. I always waffle on what I want my bookish goals to be. Sometimes I want a challenge, sometimes I want them to be easy, and sometimes I don't want any goals at all. Here are a few things I hope to accomplish related to …

2022 and 2023 Writing

Every January I make the teens in my Teen Writing Club at the library to reflect on their writing from the past year and to come up with goals for the new year. I find it's important to look back at what we accomplished so we know what to do moving forward and also have …

Inktober52 2023: Build

My cold fingers scramble to light the match that will build this fire into a blazing inferno. Over and over, I scrape the match against the rough red of the matchbox. But again and again, the match snaps in half. Unlit. I toss away the broken pieces, adding more kindling to the growing pile of …

Random Story Idea #4

Squad of female knights kicking ass and taking names I don't know what else. Do I need anything else?

Inktober: Gargoyle

My plan for October was to participate in Inktober but instead of drawing, I wanted to use the prompts for writing. I proceeded to complete the first day's prompt (gargoyle) and then haven't done any of the other days since. This is partly due to having a busy week but mainly because I've been working …

Random Story Idea #2

A retelling of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland but its set in a circus.

Fair Food

I wrote this prose poem several years ago when I met my friend's fiancé (now husband) for the first time while attending our local fair. Since it's Labor Day and I just went to the fair a few days ago, I thought I'd repost it again. The aura of hay and animal sweat mingles with …

Happy Is a Yellow Word

For National Poetry Month, one of my friends challenged our writing group to write poetry. I ended up finishing two poems and started several that need more work before I share them. My friends gave me feedback and I edited one of the poems. Since I feel like I actually accomplished something with poetry and …

Random Story Idea #1

I kind of want to write a Bonnie and Clyde retelling but with magic.