Legend Goddess (Wednesday Words 3.30.16)

Welcome to a piece of Wednesday Word’s flash fiction on Darkling Dreams! A good friend of mine, P.T. Wyant, is doing a blog post every Wednesday called Wednesday Words with a new prompt for a bit of flash fiction writing, just to get in the habit of writing something, anything. (Even if said flash fiction is complete …

Creeping Closer

The first session of Camp NaNoWriMo is only three days away... I'm so not ready. Well, maybe a bit ready. I'm definitely not ready. I know what I'm working on for the month. I know my goal and how I'll stretch that goal if I get close to it. I know where I'm at in …

Snippet Sunday: March 27, 2016

Welcome to Snippet Sunday on Darkling Dreams! Where writers come together to share a few sentences (8-10) of their current project — whether it’s a recently released novel, a WIP (work in progress), or an older manuscript that’s being revived. Intended to hook readers, gather feedback and build an author’s fan base, Snippet Sunday is the …

Lists and Progress

This week has been a series of big ups and downs for me. It started off decent enough, and now it's just gone way downhill. Remember me saying last Friday I was going to have four days off to tackle a ginormous to do list? Turns out I had 29 items listed on that list, …

Burning Murder (Wednesday Words 3.23.16)

Welcome to a piece of Wednesday Word’s flash fiction on Darkling Dreams! A good friend of mine, P.T. Wyant, is doing a blog post every Wednesday called Wednesday Words with a new prompt for a bit of flash fiction writing, just to get in the habit of writing something, anything. (Even if said flash fiction is complete …

The Benefits of Flash Fiction Writing

I promise this is not going to sound like a lecture. I hope at least. For those that don't know what flash fiction writing is, here's a little explanation: Flash fiction writing is about just taking a quick idea and seeing what it sparks. It's to write a couple hundred words or so on a …

Snippet Sunday: March 20, 2016

Welcome to Snippet Sunday on Darkling Dreams! Where writers come together to share a few sentences (8-10) of their current project — whether it’s a recently released novel, a WIP (work in progress), or an older manuscript that’s being revived. Intended to hook readers, gather feedback and build an author’s fan base, Snippet Sunday is the …

Plans Hitched

I am cutting this post extremely close to the midnight deadline of Friday tonight, and I am so blaming work for that. You see, today was supposed to be my first day off of a period of five, after working seven days straight. Supposed to be. At 9:45 this morning, I was rudely awakened by my …

Embermyst (Wednesday Words 3.16.16)

Welcome to a piece of Wednesday Word’s flash fiction on Darkling Dreams! A good friend of mine, P.T. Wyant, is doing a blog post every Wednesday called Wednesday Words with a new prompt for a bit of flash fiction writing, just to get in the habit of writing something, anything. (Even if said flash fiction is complete …

Dreams and Writing

How many of you out there have had a vivid dream that turned into this amazing plot and storyline? Probably a lot of you. Our imagination loves to brew up crazy ideas and scenarios in our heads while we dream. The tricky part is remembering them when we wake up so we can use them. …