Writing
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Winter Ghosts
March 2025 Short Story of the Month They whispered through the dark, empty trees like a warning in a foreign language. Winter was coming, and with winter the ghosts would be restless. During the rest of the year, we spent little time in the house, opting instead to remain outside until the yard was filled Continue reading
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May 2025 Prompt
I need to get my ducks in a row, but they are very uncooperative. However, I’m not admitting defeat yet. This month, I am trying to get caught up on my writing projects. And on that note, here is this month’s prompt: Harry shuffled the deck of cards and pushed it across the table. “Deal,” Continue reading
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April 2025 Prompt
So behind this month in like everything… I am trying to get caught up on things, but it might take me a couple of weeks. My husband had the great idea that he and I would paint our deck by hand, just the two of us. It’s a huge deck. A lot of it had Continue reading
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March 2025 Prompt
It’s March! And things are going… right now I feel like everything is in a transition phase. The seasons are changing. My husband and I are working on a diy project that is going much slower than we thought but progress is being made. My writing is going, just slowly. And I have a job Continue reading
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Time Stopped that Day
February 2025 Short Story of the Month “How did you know?” I asked, not sure I wanted the answer. I thought I had been careful. I thought she would assume I was up to normal teen things, like drugs and acting out. “Seriously? That’s what you want to know? How do I know?” She was Continue reading
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February 2025 Prompt (Finally!)
Okay, so let’s review. This year, I’m reusing prompts that I’ve used in the past. I’m starting fresh and seeing how I can approach a prompt differently. January was fun, and I’m looking forward to continuing this. Here is the original and the new short story using the same prompt from last month: But more Continue reading
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Another Day in Camelot
January 2025 Short Story of the Month Edmund was trying his best not to sneeze. Whatever was in the powders he was grinding with a mortar and pestle was the most awful and peppery thing he’d ever smelled. He looked at the dust he was creating and figured it wasn’t going to get any finer. Continue reading
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Goals for 2025
It’s that time of year again where I make my list of goals. I have to admit that I’ve been dragging my feet about this because this year has been off to a slow start for me. It’s been really cold and not pleasant in the great KC area till this week, and the weather Continue reading
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New Year, New Writing Challenge
I realize January is slipping away, but I’ve finally decided what writing challenge I’m going to do this year. Like most years, I’m going to write 12 short stories, one a month (in theory), and share them here, on my blog. Here are my new guidelines for this year’s challenge: For this month, the prompt Continue reading
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Year in Review 2024
Happy new year! (The year turned over while I was writing this!) So here are the goals I actually finished in 2024: Everything else I meant to do did not get accomplished. It was a crazy summer, and what is usually one of my most productive seasons, was kind of a wash. However, it was Continue reading
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