The Faux Fountain Pen
The scribblings of a girl trying to become a real writer.
30 January 2012
The Curse of the Novel
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I’ll just come out and admit it: I can’t write short stories. It’s not for lack of trying. I’ve tried to write several short stories, w...
26 January 2012
What’s in a Sexually Ambiguous Name?
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Let me preface this by saying that the “What’s in a Name” blog was not supposed to be a two-parter. But as usual, things are beyond my c...
19 January 2012
The Poem Without an Ending
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It’s an accepted fact among poets that a poem is never really finished, you just stop working on it. Even once a poem is published, the ...
08 January 2012
Trade-Off: A Poetic Discovery
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I know, I know, I’m not supposed to blog until Thursday! But this was just too fun to let go or forget. Let me start by saying that the Poe...
05 January 2012
Resolutions
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Well, it’s that time of year again. The time for delusions. For some reason, we equate the new year with new beginnings, new opportunities....
15 December 2011
Sweet Sixteen
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Remember when I said I give my characters birthdays? Well, today just so happens to be Jordan’s birthday. Remember when I said I was crazy?...
17 November 2011
Please Don't Feed the Muse
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It was all one big, practical joke. I was all prepared for a writing extravaganza. Three days off from work, the first of which just so hap...
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