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Excerpt from Arianna (WIP)
Friday evening, after closing the book, I went to my familiar place at the vanity and sat. My tattered journal was now full, so I reached for the paper bag that held a new one. On the way home from work, I’d taken a detour to a historical part of one of the western suburbs…
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Why Reading Matters: From a Little Girl Who Hated Reading
The second hand seemed to take an eternity to make one lousy rotation. Tick. The minute hand moved the slightest fraction. A minute is forever to a seven-year-old sitting on the living room couch next to her mother, the simple supposed easy-reader book between them. “Go ahead. Sound it out.” The mom’s words could have…
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My Magnum Opus
There, on the tip of my tongue, Like a drop of water After a hundred days of thirst, The words hang… To tell you how beautiful you are. I’m starving to utter something so simple And yet not… For you won’t believe me When I say I see you, Bare to that golden-cracked soul, Your…
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Excerpt from WIP Arianna
Read Chapter One Chapter Two Ping! I raced into my bedroom, still dripping from the shower, trying to keep the towel pulled up around me. My hands fumbled as I grabbed the phone off the bed, nearly dropping it on the hardwood floor. It wouldn’t do to break another phone. If I were smart, I’d invest…
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Review of The Blue Rebozo by Pamela Humphrey
The Blue Rebozo is a fictionalized story based on facts the author had of her ancestors. I can appreciate Ms. Humphrey’s love for genealogy, as I share this passion. When I wrote my book based off of my late grandma’s life, it was done in a similar fashion, although I changed names and the story’s…
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Poetry Tuesday – Irreversible Damage
Painted smiles on ceramic masks can shatter, Their falsity revealed on tender, tear-streaked cheeks. Concrete walls built high and proud can be demolished With a wrecking ball of harsh words, Piercing holes, further damage inflicted on an already scarred heart. A persistent enough enemy can breach any barrier if patient, Find the key of destruction…
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Excerpt from Mile Marker 139
Today I’m sharing with you chapter three of Mile Marker 139. Read chapter one here and chapter two here. Chapter Three: Russ Jacobs His eyelids are growing heavy. He’s used to lengthy stretches of road and long hours. When it’s been nearly eleven hours of driving with only two thirty-minute breaks, Russ knows it’s time to…
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The Benefits of Joining a Writers Group
There it was for probably the hundredth time on the sign outside my local library: writers group, meeting 8/18 2-4:00 PM. Okay, maybe not the hundredth time, but how many times did I drive past the library, which is about two point five miles from my house, and see that group advertised and not do…
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Tuesday Poem – Words in Verse
Let my words in verse Tell a story over-rehearsed. If truth be found buried there, Stop searching elsewhere. Perhaps hidden beauty tainted Resides in the picture painted, Speech no longer open or plain; Only confusion purposeful will remain. 12/31/14
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Excerpt from Mile Marker 139
Today I’m sharing chapter two of my work in progress, Mile Marker 139: You can read chapter one here: Chapter One Chapter Two: Sarah Wilcox “Four years and all that money, and this is what you’re doing with it?” Mrs. Wilcox asks for what feels like the hundredth time that week as Sarah readies for work.…