As most of you know, I’m a writer. I’m working on a particular novel right now with two very strong male characters. When I write, I like to really get a feel for realism, and as such, I have used Ryan and Gregg quite a bit for helping me shape these two characters. There was […]
There is nothing in the world like a ‘first’ and sadly there is no way to get back a ‘first’ once it’s passed you. First impressions, first glances, first kisses… the first time. These are things we tend to remember, and not just remember, but carry with us throughout our lives. I was in the […]
I’ve said it many times, so most of you already know, that I am a writer and an editor. Words are my world, my living, and the light that shines on my soul and tells you who I am. I write them, twist them, manipulate them, so that they speak on my behalf. Who I […]
There is nothing more essential to life than a breath. We know a baby is born alive and well when he takes his first breath; we know someone has died when they take their last breath, and then there are all the breaths in between that makeup life. So many times someone would tell me, […]
If you saw a little girl in the middle of the road and a car was racing toward her, sure to hit her, and she was oblivious to that fact, would you try to move her out of the way? If you saw a bunch of people trapped in a burning building, wouldn’t you try […]
Righteous indignation Selfishness and hesitation So unfair the things felt but unseen Capturing souls, betraying, deceiving Lies and accusations of the same Slandered and defamed a good woman’s name Holding her up to some moral code With rules only fools would know By the time she could respond All but the core of her was […]
THE ADVOCATE, complete at 82,400 words of shitty first draft, so begins the process of editing, editing, editing, rewriting, and editing. I read through the ending again last night and made a few minor rewriting changes. I felt satisfied with the ending even though it didn’t happen exactly like I had planned. Sometimes characters just […]
Apparently, I try to extubate myself when I wake from surgery with a breathing tube still in. Why do I wake up with the breathing tube still? That’s a good question that I’d like to ask of the doctor who decided during my second surgery to leave the breathing tube in for 22 hours longer […]
When I woke, it was, at first, the same as any other time I’d ever awakened. I faded into awareness. I could hear my best friend’s voice calling to me. I opened my eyes, and she was there, hovering over my face. “Hi!” she said, her eyes red, her voice unusually, artificially cheerful. I thought […]
I was talking to my daughter last night, and she has started this cool book, collecting words. Mostly, she’s writing quotes and slogans and phrases that mean something to her and writing them in this tooled, leather-bound book. It’s an awesome collection of positive phrases and quotes that I really enjoyed reading through last night. […]
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