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Drenched in Moonlight, Chapter One
Alyona leaned back in her chair and resisted the urge to tap her fingers on the desk. So, it is you, you hateful little bitch, she thought as she coolly regarded the sixteen-year-old girl standing before her. “Show me your hand.” Talia demanded. Her dark spiteful eyes were narrowed, uncertainty danced across her delicate features…
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Writing Tips From An Editor #2
Let’s talk about writing habits. Yes, some people have literary genius. They can catch a wave of inspiration, spit out a generational masterpiece in a few months, and then wait for the next ride. It’s the ideal, isn’t it? But that’s not how it works for most people. How many times have you been struck…
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Writing Tips From An Editor #1
As I tentatively take steps towards growing my business, I thought it might be a good time to start a series filled with tips for my fellow writers. As someone who spent years quietly dreaming of seeing my book displayed on the shelves of the book shop, I know how exciting and daunting working towards…
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Cathartic Writing
Today, I wanted to share a technique that I’ve started using, on the advice of my therapist, for releasing intrusive thoughts. Because of my history and my trauma I do suffer with anxiety and I am sometimes caught off guard by thoughts that don’t belong to me. This can come in the form of feeling…
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Judgement Day
I know where I was; sitting on my parent’s couch and watching my good-for-nothing brother manhandle a girl, so intoxicated that she was barely even conscious, towards the staircase. I watched him with wide eyes and my lips pursed tightly, knowing that I should say something and knowing that I should put a stop to…
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Merely Mortal, Chapter One
Prologue She awoke to the sound of screaming. Or at least what she first thought was screaming but was actually the braying sound of the smoke alarm shrieking its irritation at being disturbed at this late hour. Allison or Alli-saurus as her dad would joking call her, raised herself up on her arms and peered…
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The Reverend
The Reverend’s decline began the day his son died. Or perhaps, even before that. He looked upon the still form of his son, the steady rise and fall of the boy’s chest slower and shallower with each passing second. He had watched, safe in the knowledge that the Lord was watching over them, so content…
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