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Five Sentence Fiction – Tears Sean placed his hand on the pocket of his shirt and like each time before it brought a smile to his face knowing it was still there waiting.  His forehead was soaked from the rushed three mile walk, his eyes swollen with unwanted tears as he reached his destination, theirContinue reading “Five Sentence Fiction – Tears”

I was tagged by Breeana Puttroff Here are the directions: 1.          Go to page 7 or 77 in your current manuscript 2.          Go to line 7 3.          Copy down the next seven lines (sentences??) as they are – no cheating 4.          Tag 7 other authors I plucked my seven sentences from my steampunk novel theContinue reading “Lucky Seven”

Five Sentence Fiction is a prompt started by LillieMcFerrin, check out a wonderful interview with Lillie over at Bullish Ink.  Some much deserved attention to a great writer, editor, and friend.  Five Sentence Fiction:  Scorching Madisontook each step as gentle and careful as the one before, avoiding the broken glass, burnt wood, and melted objectsContinue reading “Five Sentence Fiction: Scorching”

So for the past few years I’ve been big on making lists for goals and etc.  And the past year it has become an even bigger habit as I have tried to make some changes to my life and the lists help. So here I am, with another list.  Angie Richmond has started a newContinue reading “22 Things”

Just like last weeks Six Sentence Sunday, this weeks is brought to you from my current work in progress (well it is what I’m working on when I’m not editing). Cadrala’s long dark hair was pulled from her mud covered face, in only her boiled leathers, her true armor hidden in the under growth soContinue reading “Six Sentence Sunday”

If I disappear for a few days or even a few weeks, I know where you can find me.  I’ll most likely be somewhere rocking back and forth, cursing George R.R. Martin’s name….or incoherently mumbling (no comments from the peanut gallery). Season 2 of the HBO series Game of Thrones is coming up soon (AprilContinue reading “What are you reading?”

So a couple weeks back I was given another blog award, thanks to Margaret McCrina over at The Bookworm.  I don’t really have a list of bloggers to send this too, after looking most already have it (Plus, the last time I stole most of my list from Lillie McFerrin).   But I thought I shouldContinue reading “Versatile Blogger award”

I had planned on plucking this weeks Six Sentence Sunday from my long in edit fantasy novel The Heart of Quila.  At the same time I’ve been struggling to write pretty much anything for a few weeks now.  Then came  Lillie McFerrin‘s Five Sentence Fiction – Sacred a week ago and I finally had a sparkContinue reading “Six Sentence Sunday – Cadrala”

Five Sentence Fiction – Exquisite I could not have picked a more perfect night or location, a bright full moon lights the sky for the stars to dance.  The cabin with its cedar siding, large windows over look the lake was everything I had hoped for, just as the agent said.  Not another person aroundContinue reading “Five Sentence Fiction – Exquisite”

The scent of battle swept across the courtyard, past the tall statue of a man long dead.  He stood with his massive stone arms leaning against a broad sword nearly as tall as him.  A hood fell over his face covering his eyes and crown, the last true warrior king and the ones whose deedsContinue reading “Five Sentence Fiction – Sacred”