I really can’t fathom at this point how I won NaNoWriMo in 2016. What demonic powers took hold of me then?!
I’ve enjoyed trying to keep up with NaNo this year, but man, my writing progress standards have changed.
Why I Love Myths… and Decided to Write Them
I’ve been talking more and more about the mythology series I have been writing for my fantasy universe. I’m pretty excited about these stories, so I think it’s time I shared why this kind of story is important to me.
I could make this a listicle, but I don’t want to. Follow me on this journey!
Continue reading “Why I Love Myths… and Decided to Write Them”
Misplaced Missive #198 – Believe
So much spirit for trivial things,
When nothing is risked,
When what could be lost,
Will never be missed. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #198 – Believe”
Haiku Sunday – Smile
“Smile”
A rare expression,
but infectious when it shows.
You’ll grow into it.
Steve D
Friday Write-Day: Oh, Right, NaNo Time!
November has arrived, and it somehow still feels like autumn has barely begun. But, as has been tradition around here for… 4 years, November means it’s time for National Novel Writing Month!
I’ve been relatively busy with being a dad and all, so it should come as a surprise to no one that I haven’t prepared in the slightest.
Weekly Writing Challenge #165 – Tanka of Doubt
Woot. The Secret Keeper posted a new challenge on Monday. The key was to use Rough, Gate, Rag, Hip, and Wine in either flash fiction or a poem in a style of your choosing. I chose the Tanka.
Here’s my offering:
Doubt
Would I choose water
Over wine? A too rough truth
Over a smooth lie?
The gate to more is a red
Rag flown from a corpse’s hip.
Jessie Gutierrez
Haiku Tuesday – Olden
“Olden”
A short visit home
to see friends and meet new.
Almost like old times.
Steve D
My buddy is in from L.A. this week, and he met my son last night in a mini-reunion of high school friends. Good times.
Misplaced Missive #32 – Like Knives
Lies are a cover –
Cloaking me from the outside,
From a night I can only assume to be starless.
It’s an art, this,
Hiding from the bad so completely,
You are no longer aware of the good. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #32 – Like Knives”
Haiku Sunday – Zip
“Zip”
A squirrel shifts above,
a white streak through the foliage —
and the chase is on!
Steve D
Rewrites and Erasure: Aka I Loved This, But Now Must Say Goodbye FOREVER
Lovely readers, guess who is editing and crying and hitting the ‘delete’ button allllll over her brightly painted world of words?? Yup, me. It’s terrible. The figurative worst. (The literal worst is taxes.) And yet, here I am, chugging through and changing all these things I once held so dear. Continue reading “Rewrites and Erasure: Aka I Loved This, But Now Must Say Goodbye FOREVER”
Evening Satellite Publishing 