Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Escape by Carolyn Jessop with Laura Palmer
Armageddon Summer by Jane Yolen and Bruce Coville
Brides of Eden by Linda Crew
Green Angel by Alice Hoffman
The Dollmage by Martine Leavitt
Cut by Patricia McCormick
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Don't You Dare Read This Mrs. Dunphrey by Margaret ( Read more... )

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WARNING! This is not a great story. I can feel it even before I submit it to your comments. But it is autobiographical. So I beg of you: Be kind in your criticism.She was sitting in her botany class. The same seat. Everyday. Never changing. The dark green counter top before her holding four apples. One for each seat at the table. Red. Green. Yellow ( Read more... )

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Escape by Carolyn Jessop with Laura Palmer
Armageddon Summer by Jane Yolen and Bruce Coville
Brides of Eden by Linda Crew
Green Angel by Alice Hoffman
The Dollmage by Martine Leavitt
Cut by Patricia McCormick
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Don't You Dare Read This Mrs. Dunphrey by Margaret ( Read more... )

She'd sat across from him every day for nearly ten years as they ate their evening meal. His face was mangled by the furies of war. Something he never would talk about. In fact, in all of these years he had never talked about anything too personal. More times than not the only words that he spoke to anyone each day were no more than "Yes, ma'am. No ( Read more... )

I have made a decision. Once a week I will write a short story. A one-shot, if you will. That is not an outrageous goal nor is it too time consuming as most of the short stories I write tend to end up being a page and a half to three pages long. But it should give me a better grasp of writing a story again. Who knows? This might just work.

If your like was a movie, what would the soundtrack be?

That is a hard one. But I have some answers. Not all and God only knows what the future will bring for my soundtrack, though. Here's what I've got this far:



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Yesterday I went to Krohn Conservatory's Annual Butterfly Show. This year's theme was India. It was absolutely stunning. I love that we have this kinda stuff within easy driving distance. And it cost less than going to see a movie.

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I've been looking myself and my life over in the last few hours. At least since I woke up this morning. Last night, because I was tires, I assume, I was snapping and not willing to be patient for anything. In fact, I was down right pissy. The phone was tossed against the wall at one point. Right before I laid there and fell asleep full clothed. And ( Read more... )

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