#ASI: Mandy Eve-Barnett

Hi, Mandy, thank you for agreeing to this interview. Tell us a little about yourself and your background? I am originally from England but moved to Canada ten years ago. This is the third continent; I have lived on, as I was born in South Africa. The sharp contrasts in culture, weather, landscape and experience

#FamilyLegacy Short-Story Chapter 1

I trap my daughter’s hair under a worn-out handkerchief. I will fix the small Afro when I get back, I think I’ll try cornrows this time. “Shayla, please try not to scratch for mommy.” I sigh, she vigorously rubs her arms instead. I have to clip her nails too. I don’t want her to get

The Loss of a Great Grandfather (A Short Story)

Those damn bagpipes haunt my dreams, every single night. While the horned version is heard throughout the town every afternoon at seventeen hundred hours. That tune signals the end of the day and that the fallen have returned home. It has to be the saddest song in the world, in the history of music. A

#ASI: Elizabeth Cash

Hi Elizabeth, thank you for agreeing to this interview. Tell us a little about yourself and your background? -I was born in Lake City, FL but moved to St. Augustine when I was six. I’ve lived here since then and have grown to love it, and I consider it my hometown. I am 23-years-old, married

Random Update and #CampNaNoWriMo

Chapter four of Finding Family is up, just thought I’d pop in and ask how ya’ll are liking it? Anyone? Anyone like it? Bueller? Bueller? Just curious, keep in mind it is the rambling of a crazy person. I will say that chapter five is not ready yet, but I do have a week to

Writing Prompt #I

What would you do if you woke up tomorrow back in the seventh grade, and all the past years between then was a dream? If I woke up in 2002, I would first stop my two year psychotic crush on a teacher. No wait, I wouldn’t stop that, it lead to a great story idea

#ASI: Madeline Antonia Rosenberg

Hi Madeline, thank you for agreeing to this interview. Tell us a little about yourself and your background? My name is Madeline Antonia Rosenberg. I have always loved to read and write romance novels. Hot Mess is the first complete novel that I have ever written.  My characters and I LOVE flavored coffee and I

#ASI: Olivia Dannon

Hi Olivia Dannon, thank you for agreeing to this interview. Tell us a little about yourself and your background? About me, well I grew up in a single parent home my parents divorced while I was too young to remember. My mother raised me and my siblings on her own and showed me what it

Boy-friend

I sent my cousin off to Alaska the other day and felt a bit nostalgic about high school. It’s foolish of me to do so, because high school is but a drop in the bucket compared to the rest of life, but still it was a happy time. Now it is marred by a black

#Book Work

Awhile ago I announced the title of a new book I’m working on, and the title wasn’t concrete. I have now chosen a better title and it is going along smoothly. “Crap…I’m A Vampire” has taken a turn in story development and is now titled, “To Paint a Vampire.” It is about a shy Chrissy