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The Same Yet Different
How many different ways can I write about a similar scene to offer different ideas, angles, and perspectives? This is an exercise in engaging and pulling the reader into a situation that's similar yet complete different. — The alarm gradually pulled him out of a deep...
Doing Circles
Sitting here watching my kids enjoy their Christmas presents going round and around on their scooters and plasma cars, I can't help but think about the parallels to life's journey. Round and around they go, faster and faster, trying new tricks and seeing who can beat...
Telling Stories With Kids
How do you teach children creativity and the art of story telling? With the digital era firmly enshrouding their lives at a very young age it’s becoming harder and harder to get and keep their attention. In spite of this hurdle it's so important that we allow kids to...
NaNoWriMo 2015
I wanted to write a posting to let folks know what I've been up to. There's a big gap between my last writing and today. Trust me when I tell you I've been writing a lot. I've actually been working furiously on researching, outlining, and preparing for NaNoWriMo. For...
Expanding Into Long Form Writing
I’m sitting here on the morning train frozen from head to toe waiting for these heaters to work their thermal magic. Even with the freeze I'm still lost in thought. Yes, I’m wondering when my body is going to regain some feeling from standing in the unusually cold...
Upside
Shane had never seen the sun so bright and clear. It's disk cast a crisp circle in the morning sky highlighting the reds and yellows of the horizon. As he sat on that bench taking in the beauty for the first time he couldn't help but think back on the events leading...
A Simple Choice Of Life Or Death
She never knew what it truly felt like to agonize over a decision until now. Life or death? It seemed like the simplest of questions but at its core a twisted quandary. Life for her meant the death of others, people dear to her. There was the also grim alternative...
750 Word Update
I’ve made it to my ninth writing on this journey. With a mixture of stories, opinions, and introductions I feel like it's been a success thus far. I’ve easily hit my 750 daily word count with yesterday's piece going over 1,000 words. The key is that I’m writing which...
Feeling The Squeeze
“But I’ve already tried debugging the interconnect” said Isaac. “It just doesn’t seem to fail the same way twice.” The tension in the room was palpable since they’d dropped out of the singularity. No one knew why exactly but if anyone could get them back on course it...