#OctPoWriMo: Day 23-27

#OctPoWriMo: Day 23-27

OctPoWriMo Day 23: Santa Ana Winds It’s barely seven in the morning and I’ve just gotten out of bed. The sun has just come up over the horizon and I’m already sweating what seems like bullets of lead. I get dressed, walk out the door, and feel the wind on my face. The weather is [...]

How To Turn Water Into Words

How To Turn Water Into Words

“No one writes like that anymore,” she said. “No one takes their time to spin the right combinations of words in to a romantic piece of art; and by romantic, I don’t mean it in today’s sense, but in a way that implies beauty and splendor.” I had to agree. People usually saved their eloquent [...]

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 [...]

“Water, water, everywhere, / Nor any drop to drink.”

We live on a blue planet with swirls of cool liquid fluid flowing in river beds, falling off cliffs, and giving homes to those that call it the ocean. We live a place filled with plenty of other natural resources too, but we humans cannot survive without fresh water, and this blue planet of ours [...]