They came from all walks of life. Bankers, lawyers, factory workers, young and old. They had hopes and dreams, lives stretched ahead of them. They had mothers, sisters, wives, and children. Yet when the world changed in an instant they steeled their resolve, put down their lives and off they went. They traded their suits … Continue reading Never Forget
Month: May 2018
Reading Day
To write, one must first read
Writer’s Desk
Getting to know Randall Holmes, tying up loose ends, and other things
Reading Day
Bits of fascination from the past week
Short Story Saturday
Getting back to keeping it brief.
The Junk Drawer
A reset: Ashes, Breaker, The Inheritors, and more
Reading Day
Each week, I devote part of my Sunday to reading. I tend to accumulate a lot of saved links on Facebook during the week, and I like to try to keep up with what fellow writers are posting here on WordPress. At the end of my reading day, I like to put up a post … Continue reading Reading Day
Free
It was hard to believe that he'd ever been unable to fly. Once, when his hair was blond, Abel had never even seen a plane before. Then, after Pearl Harbor, everything changed, and he was pulled from his farm and his family and shipped off to a field in Texas. It was there that he'd … Continue reading Free
Writer’s Desk
Taking a step back to get a better view
Forward
The room was quiet and dark. Why hadn't her alarm gone off? Something else was wrong. The sun was up. Was she still on the Daedalus? It wasn't right; she'd never even seen Earth, never set foot upon solid ground. Yet here she was, in a dimly-lit bedroom facing a sun-soaked alley. Through smudged glass she gazed out across … Continue reading Forward
Writing Tomorrow 