Last June, I wrote a post about how grief is weird. I talked about how it's an ongoing process and it doesn't ever really go away. It's a natural part of life and it's ok to feel grief when someone is gone. This weekend reminded me that it is also complicated. When a public figure … Continue reading Grief
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Prompt 362 – Beautiful Disaster
What do you consider to be a beautiful disaster and why? I’d never met a more unfortunate soul than Daria Smith. If her life were a novel, critics would call it unrealistic. Not even a fictional character could endure so many tragedies, so much suffering, in a single short lifetime. But Daria did. She survived … Continue reading Prompt 362 – Beautiful Disaster
Prompt 360 – Charitable Giving
How do you feel about wealthy people that don’t give back? I’m pretty firmly in the “there are no good billionaires” camp and borderline “eat the rich” camp, even if they do “give back.” The mere concept of giving back is preposterous to me. That a person could have amassed so much wealth as to … Continue reading Prompt 360 – Charitable Giving
Return to Normalcy?
Salutations! Feels like it's been a year since I had a normal update post. And I guess technically it's still not a normal post because I'm updating on Monday instead of Sunday. The last quarter of 2019 was really insane, huh? The first two weeks of 2020 have been no walk in the park either. … Continue reading Return to Normalcy?
Prompt 357 – Game of Life
Why do you think people sometimes refer to life as a game? Splat. Kay flinched as the rotting flesh exploded on impact. “Whoo! 50 points!” Joel laughed, pressing his foot down on the accelerator of the armored truck and twisting the wheel to aim for another body up the road. “Why must you do that?” … Continue reading Prompt 357 – Game of Life
Prompt 356 – Alone Time
Describe something that you do when you’re alone that you’d never do in front of people… The car door closed. The engine rumbled to life. A low thumping bass emanated from behind the window. Then, tires rolled over gravel and out into the road. The humming engine and thumping base faded into the distance. The … Continue reading Prompt 356 – Alone Time
State of the Closet: 2020
*rolls backwards into the blog on rollerblades a week late with Starbucks and crazy sunglasses* What is up my fellow writing kids? Happy New Year! Congrats! We survived another trip around the ball of space fire that keeps us alive! *confetti explosion* It has been a weird couple of weeks for me. I have not … Continue reading State of the Closet: 2020
2019 Reading List
Hey there! Another night, another post. This one will be a bit different. As writers, we tend to spend a lot of time in our own worlds, but it's necessary to step out of them once in a while and refill the well. I do not read nearly as much or as often as I … Continue reading 2019 Reading List
Prompt 351-Blooper Song
Create a song about the funniest blooper or moment in your life. Give it an even funnier song title. Kitchen Comedy Club The sisters are grown And spread far from home But the memories linger and simmer Of younger days And silly ways The times when they were simpler The holidays arrive They reunite In … Continue reading Prompt 351-Blooper Song
Prompt 350-Self Care
What is the best thing you could do for yourself right now? It’s almost poetic that this prompt caps off another set of 50 prompts. Over the course of the blog, I’ve taken a few breaks, several of them at some multiple of 50. I was always planning to take a break again for NaNo, … Continue reading Prompt 350-Self Care
Closet Full of Notebooks 