Usually in the middle of the month, I post a bit of fiction for you.This month I need your help instead.I am about to enter my novel in PitchWars (see my previous post for more info) and have realized I need a different title for my book.My story is a modern-day young adult retelling of... Continue Reading →
My June Reads
In June, I finished 8 books (this brings my total for the year to 61):Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie StiefvaterThe Last Song of Dusk by Siddharth Dhanvant ShanghviMcSweeney’s Massive Treasury of Thrilling Tales by Michael Chabon (ed.)The Burden of Proof by Scott TurowIn a Glass Darkly by Sheridan Le Fanu4 A.M. Breakthrough by Brian... Continue Reading →
#PitchWars Updated #pimpmybio
It is PitchWars time again! This bio was initially posted in June 2016, and updated in July 2017 in preparation for PitchWars. If you are familiar with #PitchWars, a word of warning. This post is gif-less. Not that I dislike gifs. I appreciate all the gifs that other writers have to offer. I just choose... Continue Reading →
Side Effects May Vary
When I wrote this, I thought it was the beginning of a story. I stopped writing and walked away for a bit. When I came back to work on the story, I decided it was actually finished. A story in less than fifty words.What do you think?NEW YEAR, NEW YOU. The smiling girl in the... Continue Reading →
May was meh (What I Read)
In May, I finished 13 books (that makes me 4 ahead on my GoodReads reading challenge):Feverborn by Karen Marie MoningThe Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles DickensPen on Fire by Barbara DeMarco-BarrettSong of Susannah by Stephen KingBeware the Little White Rabbit by Shannon Delany and Judith Graves (eds.)This is Where it Ends by Marieke NijkampSaga... Continue Reading →
Limitations (or, Why I am Not Finishing StoryADayMay)
I’m a quitter.That is hard for me to say. I don’t give up on things that I commit to do. I don’t change my mind, back out, give my regrets and walk away. I finish what I start.But not this time. This time I quit. And it makes me feel better to say so.Last September... Continue Reading →
Moondance
Day 11 of StoryADay May.The Prompt: Write a story in which the setting is key.Our life has been full of things left unsaid. For some people, silence happens because they are afraid to speak, afraid for someone else to know what lies in their truest of hearts. For us, silence was the ultimate expression of... Continue Reading →
Not All Horns Belong to Unicorns
Day 9 of StoryADay May.The Prompt: Write a story based on the ugly duckling structure, with a life-changing moment or realization or event that comes in the middle.Once upon a time there was a girl who found herself in a bit of a predicament. That girl was me.Like many girls who found themselves in such... Continue Reading →
Coffee
Day 8 of StoryADay May.The Prompt: Write a story with a Cinderella story structure: try, fail, try, fail, try, fail, life-changing moment.I roll over and have a stare-down with the clock. I blink before the numbers blink over. I lose.5:32. In the awful early morning.I am wide awake. I am antsy. I need… something.I need... Continue Reading →
Debris
Day 7 of StoryADay May. The Prompt: Write a story containing only dialogue.F: Uggghh. It’s hot.M: I don’t think it’s that bad. We’ve got some shade from the tree. Maybe you’re running a fever?F: Why would I have a fever?M: Your leg.F: Huh? It’s broken. Why would that give me a fever?M: Infection.F: With what?M:... Continue Reading →
Susan Monroe McGrath 