My journal of big words and pretty pictures
I sit in a dim, windowless room, on a cold metal chair, at a battered wooden table. A fresh, yellow legal pad is laid out in front of me, a pen sits sideways on top. It’s a plain white pen with a blue cap. It’s an appalling shade of blue, nothing I would ever wear. … Continue reading The story is everything
About a year and a half ago, our daughter, our oldest child, moved out of the family home. It’s all good. She found her Big Girl job and wanted to join the ranks of Independent Women. I had one less kid at home, and one extra - empty - bedroom. Oh, the plans I had… … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Room
I walk everywhere, and I walk fast. It’s like I’m always in a hurry. If I walk at breakneck speed, my brain moves at hyper speed. Sometimes that gets me in trouble, other times that speed sparks my imagination. Most of my best stories come to me when I’m out for a walk or hiking in the … Continue reading Out walking
Writer’s Block [noun] the state of stymied inspiration; unable to coherently write or lacking the ability to form new ideas or create new storylines; when the voices in your head stop talking to you. We all need a little help, or a gentle push, sometimes to get our imagination going. Other times, it’s fun to … Continue reading Getting the word out
“Writers spend three years rearranging 26 letters of the alphabet. It's enough to make you lose your mind day by day.” ~ Richard Price Seems so simple, really. Just combine a few squiggly marks together to make a word, then another, then a sentence, a paragraph, an entire story. A stack of blocks, teetering on … Continue reading Alphabet Jenga
She stayed in the shadows, avoiding the pools of ghostly light cast on the sidewalk by the street lamps. She sent out a silent prayer of thanks, grateful that there was no traffic on the normally busy avenue. Easily mistaken for a child, she was thin and small. Her coat, something she picked up at … Continue reading Press any key to escape
Thin spiral notebook 