Originally written as a contest entry. ( I didn’t win. :p ) — Barriers By Rachel Kelly Davis The wind was warm and it smelled of salt. It was a clear night; pleasant despite the humidity. Tiny bulbs lit the pathway up to the small bungalow. Music and laughter could…
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I have not been able to write the past month. Between moving apartments and work and preparing for what will probably be the biggest change in my life, sitting down to write just hasn’t happened. BUT that is no excuse. One of the reasons why I started this blog is…
I know I shouldn’t say this about my own work, but… I’ll say it anyway. Here’s an oldie, but a goodie. — Originally published on May 21, 2014 Three months ago I found a short story contest online that challenged writers to write a story in ten words or less.…
This was an assignment for my creative writing class. — Newton’s Law of universal gravitation F = (G m M/r2) e, where m and M are the masses of the two bodies, r is the distance between the two, and e is a unit vector directed from the first…
A few years ago, daunted and frustrated at what is considered the standard length for novels, a friend of mine suggested that I try my hand at Flash Fiction, a form of short story writing that puts a limit to the number of words the author can use. In some…
This was another assignment for my creative writing class. Thought it would be a good way to close off Valentine’s Week. — “Okay, what have you never done?” “Yeah, we should brainstorm!” Sherry said. We’d just been given an assignment to go do something we’ve never done and to write…
In August of 2014 a few of my creative writing classmates and I took on a personal project, a compilation or anthology of our essays about living in New York. Since today was full of snow and rain, I thought posting an essay I’d written last May would be fitting.…
New York Minute word of the day: June 20, 2005 A New York minute is an instant. Or as Johnny Carson once said, it’s the interval between a Manhattan traffic light turning green and the guy behind you honking his horn. It appears to have originated in Texas around 1967.…
My Creative Writing 101 teacher once said that writing is a really big act of ego. When a writer writes and presents their work to the world, what they are essentially saying is: “Hey, look at this, read this! It’s good! Hey, hey! Look at me!” And it really can’t…