We writers all resonate with different methods - typing, handwriting, chiseling, hieroglyphs, whatever. What works for one writer may not work for another, so we love to compare our methods with each other's.
Author Update: My Favorite Ways to Write
#Spooktober2020 Day 2: Asylum
"Please, you have to help us! They're coming!" My screams made the humans encircling us flinch. Several projectile weapons rose, prodding me back toward the middle and our stolen space cruiser. They shrank away, glancing up at the red, boiling clouds above. Clasping three-fingered hands together, I hit my knees in the green grass. "Please..." … Continue reading #Spooktober2020 Day 2: Asylum
#Spooktober2020 Day 1: Illusion
In the corner of my vision, the notification light on my phone blinked blue. Again. Again again again. Never when I looked right at it. Just in my peripheral. Still, I picked the phone up. Swiped the screen open. No app notifications. No one to communicate with me. Not even a dumb automated political message. … Continue reading #Spooktober2020 Day 1: Illusion
Book Review: The Tangled Lands by Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias S. Buckell
Introduction The narrative of The Tangled Lands, written by Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias S. Buckell, follows the separate but intertwined stories of a handful of people living in or attempting to leave the Blue City, so named for the blue fires whose smoke detects those who have recently used magic. Choked with bramble and briar, … Continue reading Book Review: The Tangled Lands by Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias S. Buckell
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I'm not telling you to develop a thick skin, because you may never manage that. But I am telling you to be brave. And most of all, clever.
The Hopeful Wanderer – The Gift of Knowledge
A sense of familiarity closed around my shoulders as I crept through the crumbling ruins of a massive apartment complex. By the several levels towering above me high enough to almost block out the sun and the many rotted out doorways peering down at me, this place had once housed hundreds of people. Now moss … Continue reading The Hopeful Wanderer – The Gift of Knowledge
Book Review: The Hatch by Michelle Saftich
Introduction The Hatch by Michelle Saftich takes readers through a dystopian future in which humanity has begun colonizing other life-supporting planets, while the humans who remain on earth must survive the planet's harsh climate in tiny bunkers several levels below ground. EASA, a totalitarian government and spearhead of planetary exploration, utilizes all resources in the … Continue reading Book Review: The Hatch by Michelle Saftich
The Hopeful Wanderer – Bloodred Blight
Blood, slick and swift, dribbled like drops of rain from the needle tips of a tall, old pine. Red gathered around the base of the trunk, staining scrub, dirt, and stones alike. Lessening along the height of the pine, but climbing ever upward, spreading down limb and bough. A bloodred pool glistened at the tree's … Continue reading The Hopeful Wanderer – Bloodred Blight
Author Update: 10 Things I Love That You May Not Know About Me
When we started to write lists of ten things we loved, I learned so much more interesting things about the people in my circle. For example, one of my college English professors enjoys weightlifting! I would never have known.
The Hopeful Wanderer – Sea Sparkle
Craggy rocks nipped at the soles of my feet as I clambered from a sparkling sea. Close to shore, blue light limned the water around every stone, brightening and dimming with the ebb and flow of the waves. Blue clung to my skin, outlining my toes, creeping up my legs. Growing heavier and heavier. Should … Continue reading The Hopeful Wanderer – Sea Sparkle
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