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I have been working on a story for weeks. Which is absolutely not my way. Normally I sit down and write for a bit and I'm done. Sometime...

Next Sunday that is.  So I've talked about doing an exchange with Dana over the past year and a half. It's a way to keep us both wri...

A few weeks ago I had the passing thought that maybe I should actually learn about the craft of writing a little bit more.  Which is weird r...

I had a dream last night that I thought, OH this is going to be a great story.  Let me give you the highlights.  It started with Brent and I...

I've had people ask that a lot. Where does the story come from? Sometimes, okay often, I think it's asked with worry. Considering th...

So yesterday's poem was a surprise to me.  Not that I wrote it. I mean I want to write 8 this month.  But the last stanza.  I pulled a t...

Yesterday as I started National Poetry Month with a whimper I thought, why is this not coming to me at all? I mean last time I did it, it wa...

She had steeped the tea for two hours. Strained the water three times. Mixed in a cup of sugar. Reduced it on the stove for another hour to ...

I had an idea for a short story. It came to me in the middle of the night. I rolled it around in my head for awhile and thought, yeah, this ...

Eight years ago a car manufacturer issued a recall for one of their brands.  It was Kia, it was on Friday the 13th and it was for the Soul. ...

If you haven't read the short story Rebellion  that I posted early this week then you should read that before you read this blog.  Last ...

When I'm writing a fiction piece I am often looking for that click moment. When the right key hits the right lock and everything opens u...

When you are writing characters one of the harder things to do is creating personalities. It's really easy to fall into the trap of maki...

Okay, you all know I don't usually give trigger warnings. In fact you know I don't like them at all. I've talked about it a lot....

This week's theme will cover: Trigger warnings, safe spaces, PC, woke, cancel culture and other things that a certain type of conservati...

About an hour after I posted yesterday's blog I got the feedback portion from my submissions. That was actually part of what made that l...

So if there are any of you that are watching Drag Race Canada and aren't caught up on this season you should back out now so you don...

If you haven't read the second half of job security go back and read it first.  Okay, now... Faye's dream. She dreamt of an office w...

Writing a multipart story right now. Just put the first part up. It's a short piece, but an establishing piece for me. I want to get the...

On my "On this Day" posts right now I have multiple years where and I so close to being done with NaNoWriMo. That crunch time of t...