Today I am sitting in the wi-fi lounge of the church I’ve been attending for the last year. A tranquility fountain bubbles just to the side of me, and calming instrumental music plays overhead. I sit alone in a … Continue reading The “Off-Season”
I got accepted into graduate school last month. I’ll be getting an MA in English, starting in the spring. I guess it was an eventuality. I’ve wanted to do it for a while now, and the timing has never been … Continue reading Graduate School…
Today, my eight year old niece Selah Whitmore wrote a fun story, and I thought I’d share it with everyone. Enjoy, and leave the budding young writer some kudos if you like! THE GIRL WHO GOT BIT A BY HER CAT AND TURNED INTO A SUPERHERO. There was once a singer named Mio who had a roommate named Chanel. Mio and Chanel didn’t get along very well. One day, she was out taking a walk wearing a black hood with blue ripped jeans. She was going home to her mansion when a beautiful kitten came up to her and purred. … Continue reading A Short Story by My Beautiful Niece
Stinky candles in pretty jars Fill the room with flickering, yellow light And a filthy odor that makes Even the pious think twice Before coming to pray (I imagine even God holds his nose) Continue reading Stinky Candles (In Pretty Jars)
Today is the eight year anniversary of when I started this blog. I started it because I had painstakingly written my first novel, and according to all the writers blogs, and agents that I talked to, I needed a web … Continue reading The Next Level–Eight Years
This month, I’ve been working on taking care of some old unfinished business from years ago. You know, that Robert Frost poem where he says, “And knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted that I should ever come … Continue reading Unfinished Business
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