I was exhausted from being in the hot attic rooting through my parent’s things, as well as my tumble down the ladder, so I headed back home with the suitcase […]
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I walked slowly down the hallway with the yellow bowl in my hands in front of me. I called out to my mother, ahead of my entrance to the living […]
My eyes began to flutter and I could see the attic stairs ascending to the great dark threshold above me. As I sat up my body ached, and I could […]
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I had just fallen down the attic stairs. I was falling and falling, until I guess I blacked out. When I opened my eyes, I was on the floor. But […]
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I was trying to take stock of everything in the attic to help me come up with a plan, when my gaze fell on an old suitcase. It was a charming old piece of luggage. Obviously, it had seen many travels, and yet it hadn’t lost it’s luster. The suitcase was tucked away in a corner, behind several boxes. I don’t even know how I noticed it so quickly. Except that…I don’t know how else to put it, but it *called* to me…
Another short fiction writing exercise written for Neil Gaiman’s Masterclass on Storytelling. The park was peaceful in the afternoon and the sun glimmered through the leaves of a mature tree, […]
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In the midst of Neil Gaiman’s Masterclass on The Art of Storytelling is a module all about “Finding Your Voice” as an writer. One of the exercises was to practice writing using another author’s “voice.” Here is the result.
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A story written in one sitting as an assignment for Neil Gaiman’s Masterclass on The Art of Storytelling. This is my rough draft for The Girl Who Loved Books.
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Observations on the assignment of starting a Compost Heap for Neil Gaiman’s Masterclass on The Art of Storytelling.
A few musings on the process of writing Gruff, Gruff & Gruff, LLC, Neil Gaiman’s Masterclass on Storytelling, and what I think happened to the Troll in the end.
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