Fiction
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Dragon’s Daughter
A Little Background Similar to my nymph short story, I found myself inspired by my friend’s book. The journey of his main character pulls me in every time I read the drafts, the side and back stories, and when we brainstorm about it. So much so I decided to pay a tribute, of sorts, to…
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The Lumber Mill
A Little Background Most of the time I know what I’m writing. Sure, I’m uncovering the map, and truly profound discoveries occur, but I always remain on the same map. I don’t hop between genres, times, and tropes like a hipster’s Pictionary. This story was a little different. A flash of a…
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Thanks, Mom
A Little Background A dear friend gifted me a typewriter. An old one and a beautiful one. Its fingers work well, not perfectly, much like mine. Once I struck those keys I was in love. And as my friend is constantly pushing me to be a better version of myself, I thought I’d write…
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Looking Through Time
A Little Background I thought a reader’s response to this story would be befitting instead of my lead in. Plus, I’ll end up doing a longer blog about this. Wow! I’m still processing this because I didn’t expect it to be so powerful, so evocative. This took me to a different place than I…
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A Nymph In The Shaws
A Little Background This story came to light as a challenge from an author friend. I’d put something on his plate and he mine. Being engrossed in a series about nature as well as being a person who appreciates the blues of oceans, the clear waters of mountain streams, and the kaleidoscope of…
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Dewaria Ablaze
A Little Background Dewaria is introduced in the first book of my series. I should say that a Dewarian is introduced. In the second book, readers walk abvoe and below Dewaria, but it is known only by its common name, The Burnt Lands. The allure, that I so enjoy as a writer, is the…
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The Early Days
A Little Background Annie was an unintentional success. Readers adore her, and likely it’s due primarily because she gets under Brim’s skin at every turn. By the time readers are introduced to her, they have been master and apprentice for decades. There is a natural wonder as to what the early…
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Fields of Home
A Little Background A few steps and a few crosswalks from my office is a quaint coffee shop. It reminds me of something that could be in the Gilmore Girls. One day, with Fall in the air and on the leaves of the few trees growing from within the concrete jungle, I found…