This past month has been interesting. I’ve done some freelance work (business writing), got paid for a short story – for research not publication. (But still! Paid for a quick flash fiction that took me an hour to write.) I have three short fiction pieces on submission, one rejection under my belt. I finished a […]
After much editing and helpful input, my debut novel Cold Iron will be available August 15th at most major online stores. Free copies are available at Library Thing Member Giveaways through the end of the month (about a third of the way down on the page today). I’m hoping for some honest feedback. The sequel […]
PHOTO PROMPT- Copyright Rochelle Wisoff-Fields Here she was at last: her first cross-country flight, from Merrill Field to a small airstrip outside Anchorage. Halfway thru, Sarah saw a round saucer-shaped ship cruising along at her 9 o’clock, noiseless and invisible to her controls. Sarah wiped her eyes with the backs of her hands, and looked […]
PHOTO PROMPT – Copyright – Adam Ickes Important papers had disappeared. Priceless memorabilia had been chewed on. This was the last straw – so to speak. “I’m sorry, honey,” Ron said, “but the goat has to go.” Anita glared at him. “I told you, he said he was from the government.” “Also, I think you […]
PHOTO PROMPT – Copyright – Kelly Sands Pitter Patter They like to come out when it rains. That’s when they run across the rooftops and dance upon the eaves. Because they are magic, they know how to hide themselves from human eyes, but the pixies love the sound of their tiny dancing feet. If you […]
> Way, way back in undergrad, in my very first creative writing class, we were given a series of biographical essays so that we could confront “the auto-biographical impulse.” For (haha) personal reasons, I hate self-disclosure. This is sometimes why I do it too – like lancing a wound. Then, hopefully, it will heal […]
Image downloaded free from Gde-fon.com. On the rain-slicked streets I skidded on concrete and magic. Wings blossomed from my back, to steady myself. I looked forward for your eyes.
I am currently taking a class in poetry at Open University, How Writers Write Poetry I’ll be posting the favorite of my exercises on here. This week is sketching, 1-4 line poems. Water thrown down from the dam, to Unseen depths, Splashes up further down the river.
To look upon the quiet pool by moonlightWill never tell what lies within. How leaf drifted down from tree,The pulses of the steady breeze,Tsunami as the earth quakes far away. Come into the water and feelLife in waves. Mysteries are revealedAs we descendAnd rise again. One day we will know why,The trials, the reason, the […]
PHOTO PROMPT Copyright -Mary Shipman Like the scent of some long-forgotten secret, the sound haunted Rodney’s dreams. When he woke, he could still hear it, even louder and more insistent. Thump-thump. Rodney went to the hidden compartment in the wall, stripping back the wallpaper. The tiny man wore a black top hat, a green suit […]
