Read Complete Poem Stories 9 Shares 518 Favorited 12 Votes 659 Rating 4.30 Featured Shared Story My best friend and I were separated this year. We have been best friends for two years, and he ended up going to a different school this year. I don't know how I'm going to finish out...
I’ve been traveling for my first event with my new job and didn’t anticipate the lack of Wi-Fi and free time I’d run into. Challenge #24: “Complete the Great Ohio River Swim on September 29th, 2013.”– from Bill Keating, Jr. The Keatings and the Haydens have a multi-generati...
and my reasons for sharing are twofold. Firstly, because it sums up whatMostly Soldiersis all about and hopefully makes someone curious enough to buy a copy. Secondly, because writing a synopsis is the worst thing ever, so it’s good to share examples and help other writers out. ...
There’s a weird freedom attached to being a mom for a few years. It’s the type of freedom you don’t know to dream about when you were lying awake in your childhood bedroom trying to dream dreams like all the Disney characters do. The type that you didn’t know you wanted. The ...
"For how can I be sure I shall see again the world on the first of May." My window was a painted sunset, in floating strokes of purple, orange, and raspberry's blood. I played a song about roses and taste of hope, my hips swaying free of audience, but mindful of the noodles not...
My guess is that Robin Somers has inhabited all the landscapes that her characters experience. She is an advocate for wild horses, has lived in the California Gold Country, and has been a crime reporter for a local newspaper there. Lesson. Give place a role in your story. Simply told, ...
But I would never crush a young person’s dreams, no matter all of my rejections, or acceptances. What I wish the couple had said: Send us your work! Keep in touch! The brain is a muscle! Follow your insticts! Experience Life! The world needs writers!
Quotidie,of course, is Latin for "daily." I'll be writing short posts every day for the next ~550 days on my Tumblr. It won't be a blog that's best checked every day; more like a blog that's best checked every fifteen days, when you can jump over to it and absorb all the ...
Literature, in its varied forms, has been a life saver for me. My purpose and love of reading are nearly impossible to unwind as I have worked most of my career as a professional writer. The key question is: what would I be like if I grew up now?
to a new town, reluctantly reuniting with her mother and developing a crush on a handsome rookie firefighter. Cassie battles her own demons and fires that threaten to take away someone dear in this compelling novel. Center shares what she has learned along the way and her reasons for writing...