Stepping into Stories, One Word at a Time
Let’s face it. Writing is hard. Sometimes the act of writing is easy. We have an idea, a first sentence, a word, and we run with it. Other times writing feels impossible. Maybe it’s our mood. We had a bad day, and at the end of it, we’re not able to create. If you’re a... Continue Reading →
Single mom Jess Davis is a data and statistics wizard, but no amount of number crunching can convince her to step back into the dating world. After all, her father was never around, her hard-partying mother disappeared when she was six, and her ex decided he wasn’t “father material” before her daughter was even born.... Continue Reading →
Back in May, I started a monthly goal writing document which highlighted my writing goals for the rest of the year. Then every month, around the 10th, I did a check in and wrote down what I accomplished related to writing in the last month. This kind of served a few purposes. On the one... Continue Reading →
There’s a dark well in everyone, I think, and it never goes dry. But you drink from it at your peril. That water is poison. -Fairy Tale by Stephen King Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom... Continue Reading →
There are two kinds of writers in the world. The ones who plot (plotters) and the ones who don’t (pantser). I guess some people can fall in between these two categories, but I have yet to meet anyone. I’m a pantser. This means I start a story with a single line, an image, a scene.... Continue Reading →
Having lost his wife, math teacher Kouhei Inuzuka is doing his best to raise his young daughter Tsumugi as a single father. He's pretty bad at cooking and doesn't have a huge appetite to begin with, but chance brings his little family and one of his students, Kotori Iida, together for homemade adventures. With those... Continue Reading →
Of Worlds Forgotten 