The Unused Mug

The Unused Mug

I refuse to use the grey mug sitting in the corner of the room. I glance over in its direction and watch it staring at me with its handle pompously held out and elevated to resemble a dramatic stance from a person who has their hand on their hip. At first, I felt as though [...]

Sitting Down To Write: My Thoughts On My Second Year Of #OctPoWriMo

Sitting Down To Write: My Thoughts On My Second Year Of #OctPoWriMo

It’s an encouraging starting point, a way to help you organize, and an inspiring task crafted to lure the average writer out to do what they love best—write.

My Thoughts About #OctPoWriMo and Attempting #NaNoWriMo

My Thoughts About #OctPoWriMo and Attempting #NaNoWriMo

There were no awards given out at some beautiful ceremony, or trophies sitting high on top of pillars with my name engraved in the gold colored metal—but, I did it. I finished another writing challenge, and now I have pages of poems that I actually like, and some of them I even feel pretty proud [...]

The Writer and the Reader

The Writer and the Reader

I had seen a group of Jane Austen novels in the Kings County Library’s Hanford Branch before but didn’t check out any of the books until I had heard one of my English teachers mentioning the writer. I was in Junior High school, and we had just finished reading Charles Dickens’ classic, A Tale of [...]

Novel Excerpts

I didn't really feel like writing a post for Random Wednesday, but I still wanted to post something. I found these two excerpts from the book I'm writing right now. I've thought about taking them out because they have nothing to do with the story, but I just like the simplicity that surrounds this miniature story within a [...]