Tag: Fiction

  • Like Whiskey in a Teacup

    A scene from chapter 6 of my novel in progress, Land of Canaan . . . The Kind of Girl Your Mama Warned You About~6~ My husband, Hunter, had other ideas – from the first moment we met. And here we are. He was the softest place to land, this…

  • Where the Light Enters

    “The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” — Rumi I wrote a line once, “All I breed is death.”Born of loss. Born of the one thing I wanted more than anything, slipping through my fingers. I wrote a few lines once, “I was the fire, burning through…

  • Love Letters & Bad Poetry

    Listen – I’m tired of writing into the void. No one cares, right? 🤣🤓 It’s seems like a waste of time to post here. At the end of the day, I write because I have to. It’s an actual need. My biggest challenge right now is that I write the…

  • Aaron & Annie: A Short Story About Cutting Yourself Free

    Tonight, I sat at my desk in the front bedroom, facing North Carolina Avenue. This busy southeast D.C. neighborhood somehow seems busier on autumn evenings. From my perch, the neighbor’s walk home from the Metro or Capitol Hill. And every once in a while, I laugh at the man I…

  • My 2024 Reading Challenge Books

    I started the year with a goal of reading 24 books. I adjusted my goal to 18. I just finished my 20th book today. I probably won’t make it to the original goal of 24, but I will get close. While I will probably finish 1-2 (1 of which is…