777 Challenge for #Writers: SICK

I did a 777 Challenge while I was working on the third book of The Sculptor Series. This time I’ve been tagged by wonderful writer and critique buddy, June Hur, who is working on a historical fiction called A Thousand Rivers and the Moon (cool title or what!)....

Are Writers Sociopaths?

Excerpt from Of Human Bondage by William Somerset Maugham. I finally finished reading Of Human Bondage. Honestly, I didn’t want it to end. It’s an amazing book that resonated with me on multiple levels. My copy has kept me company toilet-side for the past...

Summer Flash Fiction Contest

Can you write a 450 story? Of course you can! Write a flash fiction piece using the theme “I knew it was a mistake the moment it was over.” Then pop on over to my friend, Shonda Brock’s blog to enter her Summer Flash Fiction contest for a chance to...

The Bitter Taste of Dying

Just a few years ago, Jason Smith was lying in his bathtub, the blood slowly draining from his slit wrists. Now he is here to tell us how he reached the point of suicide after his long, dark descent into prescription opiate abuse. The Bitter Taste Dying is a story of...