Category: Writing
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How she knows he still loves her
Sunrise walks across sleeping Children in their 20s still drunk On love and from the night before As he lays quietly feeling her Breathing steady back to him Snuggled she sleeps finally But only when he is there. In daylight she chases dreams He always said he wanted But he runs from her now Says…
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Double bulls with the first throw
Eyes like darts, your target was my heart I thought you meant to hold it, not puncture but I was never very sure of this game. I seem to throw best when blinded and you – always with a plan didn’t see this one coming You tell me to go for the bulls eye “I’ll get the rest,” you…
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Getting ready to write a book #nanowrimo
On Nov. 1, when I disappear for a month from my regular life, I will be writing my first novel. Being that this is new to me, I’ve been thinking about how to get ready for this journey. Luckily, I am not alone – NaNoWriMo has about 60,000 signed up so far. When I used…
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#nanowrimo book cover design!
As you know if you’re following this, I won’t actually start writing the book until Nov. 1. But I have character sketches, a plot outline, and a working title. Why not go ahead and design the cover? I should clarify I do this for a living – so it’s a bit instinctual for me to want…
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#nanowrimo plot, character sketches
All of this is tentative – feedback please!! Working Title: Diamonds, Lies, & Alibis Not one, not 2, but 3 men. One showers her with love and the life she’s always dreamed of, one knows what she’s thinking before she even says it, and one that plays her game even better than she. Which will…
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Working #nanowrimo titles
Diamonds and Alibis Alibis and Diamonds Dripping Diamonds Diamonds, Lies and Alibis What do you think?
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In search of a famous body piercer
We went to Atlanta in search of Isabella Though we knew her impossible to recognize Friends in the Bible Belt Withdraw at the mention of her name Or else cluelessly Name daughters after her Complete with ponytails and pink ribbons You and I look at each other and snicker Yes, we know we are childish. We…
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Just thought of a nanowrimo plot!
Most of you may know I’m participating in National Novel Writer’s Month for the first time, which basically means you won’t be seeing much of me in November as I embark on my first literary journey. I have been sorta kinda in the back of my mind trying to think of a plot. Today, it hit…
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Writing to Chicago
In honor of Nanowrimo, (or perhaps to keep myself from cheating and using old material) I am publishing some short stories I wrote in college. Let me repeat: I wrote in college. Apologies in advance. Brandy had been sitting in the Accord so long she could barely see past the steam collected on the windshield.…
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Arguing with a lover
And it was during those times when they went at it like two boxers before a fight calling out threats from across the ring she knew why they called it a thin line as passion swelled underneath tears wasn’t long before he swelled underneath her fighting gives way to frolicking her hand underneath his – brief as lines are…