I met my husband on my way home from my divorce. It was early in the morning and I felt irrevocably broken. After we signed the papers,...

They never reach out with tenderness Nor with a gentle hand It’s always grabbing Clawing And gnashing of teeth It’s always taking And...

He covered his face as he walked through the slums. Smoke assaulted his senses from every direction. Sleek black buildings stretched into...

When I was twenty, I started writing the novel that I'm working on now. I worked a ton on it and was completely obsessed with it....

When creative juices run dry, there is no time to waste! Come on down to Muses Inc. We are the muses fabled in Greek mythology. The very...

Someone is spinning in mid-air. A color rhapsody envelops them. They fly higher and higher into the pure green sky. With arms...

Greetings robots and aliens! I know that I've been sorely neglecting my little blog here but I have been focusing my writing energy on my...

If you asked me when I was in college, what I was going to do with my four-year degree in Writing, I probably would have told you that I...

The first episode of Star Trek I ever watched was The Inner Light an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. At the time, I was eight...

Technically speaking, there are no "rules" when it comes to writing creatively. There are some standard suggestions about traps to avoid...

Greetings earthlings, The last two months were filled with incredible life-changing moments. I spent most of November packing and then...

Something that I've always loved seeing in fiction is experimentation. I love it when an author takes an unconventional approach to tell...

I've been a technical writer for 6 years and counting. I fell into this profession by accident but what started off as a job became a...

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