An excerpt from a project I’m currently working on… — My California Raisins beach towel covered my head like the veil of the Virgin Mary. Sam panted next to me. Everywhere I looked it was too bright. High noon in the middle of an oppressive summer. If I was uncomfortably…
Category: My Work
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.…
Memorial Day Weekend at the end of the week which makes this weekend the official start of summer. I always see summer as my chance for new adventures, and I’m really curious–considering the major life change that just occurred–what my adventures will be this summer. In the meantime, here is…