Voices in My Head Part 1

True confession: I don’t see dead people, and I don’t hear audible voices, but I do “hear voices” in the sense of thoughts that are not mine, that suddenly appear like a dream in my mind. A lot of people will say that I am crazy and nuts. There are drugs and treatments for people […]

IWSG: Ritual

Like many people, I’m still adjusting to the reality that I’ve been stuck in my house for the past couple of months and … rituals have been hard to keep. This past week, I finally accepted that my “real/regular job” isn’t coming back any time in the foreseeable future. I started to do what I […]

IWSG: My Time in Exile

This is the first Wednesday of the month, and that means IWSG Day! Like much of the “free” world, I am currently writing this from inside my home in the course of a weeks-long lock down to help slow the spread of a deadly disease in order to make the terrible less terrible. I know that […]

IWSG: Getting Personal Now!

It’s the first Wednesday in March and that means IWSG Day and I have been having a rough month, busy-ness and inspiration wise. March 4 question – Other than the obvious holiday traditions, have you ever included any personal or family traditions/customs in your stories? I’m stumped on something to say this month. This question […]

IWSG: New Year Writer Resolution

2020 is here and it’s now the second Wednesday of 2020, but the Insecure Writer’s Support Group graciously gave us an extra week to write our posts for the month – and to go around and visit. This January, I was somewhat amused to discover that all of us in this Science Fiction/Fantasy Writer’s Group, […]

IWSG: New Normal

Hard to believe, but November is finally here and that means the first Wednesday and IWSG Day. This month’s optional question is a fun one: What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever googled in researching a story? This month is NaNoWriMo, and as always I seem to use November for writing crazy, wacky experimental stories. This […]

IWSG: Busy Months

Hard to believe October let alone IWSG Day is here. I have had a busy couple of months including a new job which I love! My job is appropriate to the question of the month: It’s been said that the benefits of becoming a writer who does not read is that all your ideas are […]

IWSG: Long Summer

This is my August post for the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. I’ve had a long summer and not so much in a good way. Well, okay, mostly in a good way. Right now, though, I’m mentally stuck on the fact that my father is in the hospital – again – because he fell and couldn’t […]

Widow Dies Alone

PHOTO PROMPT © Ceayr CLICK ZE FROG, S’IL  VOUS PLAIT When they found her, she wore a white wedding dress, the last remains of a memory. Amanda McKinnon, age 90, used to give out candy to all the kids in the neighborhood. In exchange, all she ever asked was polite conversation and company. Then, the […]

IWSG: New Job

Today is the first Wednesday of the month, and that means IWSG Day! It’s a chance for writers to talk about our insecurities, triumphs, and momentary hurdles on the way to triumph. This month, the main thing going on in my life is that I’ve finally broken down and very quickly (it all happened so […]