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Letty Rose and the Mistaken Identity: Chapter 1

The Stakeout The roof felt more sterile and work-like than she hoped. Each second she stayed there felt like an hour. Letty’s expectations about the stakeout on top of the building felt more exciting than reality. When she had found herself on a roof before, she had been in the throes of passion and a […]

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A Dog-Shaped Hole

I thought my heart was whole before I met you and your mom But through cuddles and love, you filled a spot I didn’t know I had. You might have been picked for your funny-looking eyes But there was nothing funny about your love. Throw yourself on me and cuddle during the movie Lick up

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The lock of a door.

The Door

I’ve been trying to really work on my creative writing this year, and to do that, I’ve been entering weekly contests over at Reedsy. I liked this short story, so I wanted to post it here. Prompt: Write a story about someone who finds a secret passageway in their house. “Are you sure it’s up

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First Draft Finished!

Yesterday, I finished the first draft of the book I started for NaNoWriMo 2018. I’m planning on calling it Letty Rose and The Murder Next Door. As happy as I am to finish the first draft of my second novel, I still have a long way to go. As the saying goes, your first draft

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My Version of Episode 9

Back when The Last Jedi came out, I was pretty angry. I didn’t like the route that Rian Johnson took Star Wars and I was complaining about it pretty heavily. While complaining, my sister actually told me that she thought I could do a better job writing the next movie. I wasn’t sure if that

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‘Star Wars Episode 9’ Rumors: Why Rey’s Lightsaber Could Be a Big Twist | Inverse

Rey’s lightsaber will be the biggest twist in ‘Star Wars: Episode IX.’ Provided of course, that Lucasfilm doesn’t ruin it in the trailers. All recent ‘Star Wars’ have relied on lightsaber twists, meaning ‘Episode 9’ has to keep this lightsaber in the dark. — Read on www.inverse.com/article/52037-star-wars-episode-9-rumors-rey-lightsaber-spoilers-twist I read an interesting article about the lightsabers

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NaNo Prep – The last act

I’m going to keep this one pretty short and sweet tonight. You know the drill by now, after all.  We’ve filled in Acts 1 with scenes that answered the questions you had about your character.  We split Act 2 building our characters up and knocking them down.   When last we left, our character was headed

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NaNo Prep – Act 2

Hopefully, you guys are making some good progress.  I haven’t had any time to actually spend on my own novel prep, but hopefully, that will change this weekend.  Even though I haven’t sat down to plan this out, I have been running through these prep ideas in my head. Still, I have lots to plan.

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NaNo Prep – Conflict

Yesterday, we filled in some of the space between the beginning and the start of Act 2.  Hopefully, you’re having fun and your answering some of the questions that a reader might have about character. Before we go much further, I want us to really look back at what we’ve done so far.  So all

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