Here are some discussion questions for the first part of the book. Please feel free to bring up other discussion points and questions that inspired you while reading the book.

1.       Do you find the book difficult to read due to the perspective it was written in? Does the story coming from Christopher’s point of view enhance the book and create a ( Read more... )

Here's my entry for Week 1 of March ( Read more... )

This is my entry for week 3 of December. The topic is "truth ( Read more... )

This is my entry for Week 2, topic = chaos. This piece might be hard to read for some, but I tried to cut down on some detail.

Lucy

Me don’t know those noises. They’re different. They don’t come from them. These noises scare me. I hear Him and Her. Him is yelling. When him yells, him hurts me. If me can get small enough, the noises won’t find me ( Read more... )

This is my entry for Week 1 of December. The topic is unity. The town was a name that popped in my head, and is in no way affiliated with the other Oakdale's that actually do exist. The idea for this entry popped into my head b/c over the last three weeks we've had almost a thousand people laid off from their jobs.

A Christmas Unlike Any OtherIt’ ( Read more... )

This is my entry for October, week one. The topic is: Begin the writing with "There it goes."

*Based on a true story, although the names have been changed to protect the innocent.

There it goes. Her glassy blue eyes watched as the plane flew over the road she was driving on. With a restrained sniffle, she returned her gaze to the street, trying ( Read more... )

This is my entry for Brigits_flames. Topic: Canary in a Coal Mine. Rated PG. This piece was actually loosely inspired by a story I heard while watching the Olympics about an athlete from another nation. I also focused on a part of the explanation that focused in on the canary's life being "short but meaningful." Hopefully, the topic is conveyed how ( Read more... )

This is my entry for week 2 of August. Topic: Brilliance.

Ms. ScarletObsession had become a thicket, spreading through the forest of his mind with every news print that fell across his desk. Johnston Bryant had found that sifting through the newspaper was a catalyst at improving the monotony of his job. Being a psychologist for ten years, he had ( Read more... )

This is my entry for Week 1 of August. Topic: Shadows of Self ( Read more... )

This is my entry for Week 4 Brigits_flame. The topic is "Tears of God."

God's Tears

Friends are like stars…you can’t always see them, but you know they are there.
~ Author UnknownMemories are the reminiscence of a life lived that help shape and develop the life we have yet to live. With each passing day, a memory can become overgrown with the ( Read more... )