Weekly Writing Challenge: Cliffhanger (Part 1 of 2)
This is a small excerpt taken from my novel, The Carpenter’s Son. This is from Chapter 11, entitled Food From the Ocean. A description of the novel can be found here. The following afternoon Brian...
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This is a small excerpt taken from my novel, The Carpenter’s Son. This is from Chapter 11, entitled Food From the Ocean. A description of the novel can be found here. As the two men arrived below,...
View ArticleWeekly Writing Challenge: Cliffhanger | We Saw the Flags of our Fathers...
Photo © petersb We saw the flags of our fathers hoisted on banners above our heads. The rain beating down on us was relentless. I was surrounded by a legion of my countrymen. Patriots, farmers, but not...
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Photo © petersb An eruption of death occurred. Horses crashed their bodies into our wall of spears. Men flung from saddle to ground. Swords clashed, and spears stabbed. The force knocked me to my feet....
View ArticleI Breathe In and Hold It: Part 1of 2
Photo © of Emiko and Daniel I breathe in and hold it. I dare not breathe out. My body is sprawled on the thick green marshes of Bannockburn. Concealed with me under the green flora is twenty of my...
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Photo © of Emiko and Daniel Swish. An arrow behind me darts two feet above my head and lands straight into the back of the boys skull. His body jerks forward as he falls face first into the cold wet...
View ArticleWriting a Novel is Like Starting a Long Term Relationship
Photo © Jhayne I’ve been thinking a lot about writing a long format story. I recently wrote a short 20,000 word Novella and self-published it via Amazon and Smashwords. The process was daunting at...
View ArticleIt’s all par for the course
Photo © Anton Zhyzhyn Direct intervention, subtle sedition. Ignorance and apathy; a system. Don’t Push. Avoid, Avoid, Avoid! The battle cry of the indifferent. The illusion of change. The illusion of...
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