Exploring the Places No One is Talking About
The prompt for this week was to write a piece that was observation only, no added emotional bias. I feel like a lot of these ended up being horror. This was difficult to write. As writers we try so hard to infuse our writing with emotion and removing that emotion is not easy. I decided
Yes, I have been reading horror and sci-fi. The sci-fi was a Project Hail Mary re-read after having watched the movie (which is amaze amaze amaze). I did not mean to read this much horror this year but I have been enjoying it. I have put these books in order from least favorite to most
The prompt for this piece was to write a genre that you don’t normally write or aren’t particularly good at writing. I picked a thriller. I read thrillers maybe once every other year – they give me anxiety. I was going to write horror but I actually write decent short horror. See my recent News
The prompt for this week was to write a news story. This is obviously a fake story, but I did my best to write in the inverted pyramid news style of an actual news article that you would find in a newspaper. This was defiantly inspired by the Artemis II trip around the moon. The
The prompt this week was monster as symbols. I went with one of my favorites, of course: the werewolf. Honesty, I’m not sure why I love them so much. I think it has to do with this idea of a monster inside but I also like the more modern notions that when the person shifts
The prompt this week was to write a short horror story. I don’t typically write horror so this was definitely a challenge but I am not unhappy with the way this turned out. This short story has been workshopped a bit and cleaned up – unlike most of my writing group pieces. Happy start to
Title: GallantAuthor: V.E. SchwabPublication Date: 2022Publishing House: Greenwillow Books I really enjoy V.E. Schwab’s books and have read a number of them. She has also published books under the name Victoria Schwab. This book I listened to as an audiobook from the library. Make sure to support your local library. Goodreads Synopsis: Everything casts a
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