The drifters came upon the dusty Oklahoma town off Route 66 on a gray October afternoon. They were hungry and tired, and were just barely…
Keira sniffed and listened. The chill air carried scents from miles away. She would catch a whiff of something and then the wind would change.…
Jenny plucked the dandelions from the lawn. I didn’t want to say I preferred to dig them up to get the roots. So much of…
I started writing this little blog post several days ago, inspired by @diebitch’s Coffee Love contest. When it grew into a post in its own right, I extracted…
I actually have fresh new beach pictures for Beach Wednesday. Hooray! I am in the Ft. Lauderdale area this week with my daughter, one of…
I find this funny. Almost everyone talks to people every day, and many of us also write emails and text messages and author other types…
It’s so very flattering when my charming comedic friends nominate me to write a Comedy Open Mic post. (Thank you, @diebitch!) But they fail to remember…
This was an entry for The Writers’ Block Art Prompt Writing Contest #12. The image below from @vaughndemont is the “art prompt” for this contest. ### The motel…
I am launching a series here on Steemit to help writers find their voice, improve their writing, and complete their work. Why? Because we are…
Welcome to the Steemit writing workshop. The first post in this series is here: Writing workshop volume 1: The beginning. Developing your writing voice: let’s…