Two Hopeful Haikus

Dawn The sun sets at night and darkness falls, but don’t fear, for dawn must follow. A Kind Word When you look around and see others struggling too, one kind word can help. Thank you so much for reading my haikus! I really hope you enjoyed and were encouraged by them. I always love writing …

3 Reasons You Should Try NaNoWriMo

Well hey there! This post is a little close to the beginning of NaNoWriMo, but I wanted to write it anyway. If you're a writer, sitting on the fence between fully committing to NaNoWriMo 2021 (National Novel Writing Month, where you attempt to write a 50,000+ word story in the month of November) I would …

Poem: Looking Up

Been looking down at where my feet land every day, trying to make sure my steps are flawless, on track. Afraid that one look up will make me lose my way, stray from the path and be unable to come back. ~ Refusing to leave the house and have fun with friends, terrified that a …

Motivational Poem: Crawling

I’m crawling, climbing, fingers dig into the dirt. I’m falling, slipping, My feet backslide a little. ~ Teeth grind together. Stinging, raw fingers find grip again. A journey I weather, ascending the mountain of Life. ~ I see pits in the rock face. Gnarled hands reach out to snag me. They say to give up …

The Importance and Power of the Climax

Ah, the climax. The part that everyone always gets to when reading a book. Unless they set the book down. Or the book doesn't have a climax. Whiiich would be weird. Almost every book has a climax, the part of the book that reveals much of the secrets that come up throughout the story, brings …

Short Story: Strength Together: Part 2

Drake ducked under Terrance's swing and then countered with a blazing left cut. Terrance caught it and pushed it forcefully out of the way. Drake slid his blade away from his friends' and leaped high, ready to defeat Terrance once and for all, and then a tap on the back meant he had been defeated. …

Short Story: Strength Together: Part 1

Everything was a haze. Everything but the sword and the eyes. Moving his own sword upward, Drake Romell watched his opponent's eyes to determine where the next move might be executed. Drake saw the eyes flick to the left. There. The man would strike there. When his opponent was just beginning to move his blade …