Flash Fiction Friday – Different, Familiar

Evenin’ guys! Check me out, I remembered to post this on Friday this week. Tonight, I went to the house warming party of my next door neighbor, who happen to have moved into the apartment of the parents of someone I was best friends with basically up until I hit my teens. So since I couldn’t think of anything else Continue reading Flash Fiction Friday – Different, Familiar

Guest Spotlight: A Thank you to Katherine Applegate by Drae Box

Here it is, my second ever guest post, finally up! Drae Box is a up-and-coming fiction writer (and very friendly, to boot!), with books Kateti and The Royal Gift both scheduled for release later this year. The former of the two can be read for free if you sign up to her newsletter! Drae also has a very active blog Continue reading Guest Spotlight: A Thank you to Katherine Applegate by Drae Box

Flash Fiction Friday  – The Map

Today’s piece of flash fiction isn’t based on a prompt. It came to me while in the car on the way to a family thing this weekend. My dad asked my to read the map while he drove, which my mom usually does but she was going there view a different route so she wasn’t with us. Here it is: Continue reading Flash Fiction Friday  – The Map

One Year to a Writing Life – General Impressions + December

It’s now been over a year since I started working with One Year to a Writing Life. With varying degrees of enthusiasm, I’ve worked through all 12 chapters so I thought it was time to summarize my general impressions of the book here.   But first, I’ll talk briefly about the last chapter, called Writing the Way Home. I had trouble getting into Continue reading One Year to a Writing Life – General Impressions + December

One Year to a Writing Life – October – Memoir and Mosaic

With all the excitement of NaNoWriMo, I nearly forgot that I hadn’t posted about chapter 10, which I worked with during October, of One Year to a Writing Life. The title of the chapter was Memoir and Mosaic which I found both intriguing and off-putting. Intriguing because… well, mosaics rock. And off-putting because writing a memoir is not something I’ve ever Continue reading One Year to a Writing Life – October – Memoir and Mosaic

Teddies, Teddies everywhere

I’ve always had a thing for teddies. My favorite teddy was given to me when I was only a couple of weeks old and was my constant companion throughout my childhood. His name is Nalle (which is Swedish for teddy) and these days he lives on my bedside table. He used to be blond, with longer fur and a silky ribbon Continue reading Teddies, Teddies everywhere