Do you ever feel stuck? Like you’re in a place you just can’t get out of no matter how much you want too? Whether it’s being stuck at a job, in a relationship, a living space, or just not moving up the “ladder of society?” Maybe you have all these desires and dreams, but youContinue reading “The Light in the Stuck”
Author Archives: Nikki
Tales from a Renaissance Fair
This past weekend, I had the great opportunity to go and enjoy a Renaissance Festival. I’ve always loved them. The costumes, the buildings, the reenactments. They all add to a kind of magic that fills the air. I was super excited to go. I hoped it would reignite my passion for my stories or giveContinue reading “Tales from a Renaissance Fair”
Writing Exercise: I remember…
A couple days ago, I was reading this webpost about advice from famous authors. I never got to finish it and I can’t find it back–you see, I was trying to read it and work with dogs at the same time and we all know that’s never successful. I ended up losing the article fromContinue reading “Writing Exercise: I remember…”
Writing Prompt: Your Favorite Room
In the place you live, there is one room. One room you like to go. For me, its my own. Where I’m never alone and I know where to find my bow. The walls are all filled and give mystical chills that make my heart thunder. Just take one look. You’ll know it belongs toContinue reading “Writing Prompt: Your Favorite Room”
Writing Prompt: On a Quest
Include the following in your story: medieval, derive, corn, daughter, molten, oar, rhythm, ears, antique, yammer. Light was a hazy breath upon the eastern skyline. Colors of royal orange and lily pink tickled the whisping clouds. I lifted my groggy head from the side of the boat. Back and forth, the waves rocked my shipContinue reading “Writing Prompt: On a Quest”
Little Dragon
Little Dragon reading a book Little Dragon enjoying the look Of a story with knightly tales, Where adventure, wonder, and magics hail Engrossed in the story, Little Dragon does fly Over fields, plains, and castles high All the while tucked in bed, Sword battles ring inside his head. Someday, he knows, he’ll have an adventureContinue reading “Little Dragon”
Why We Care
Something people don’t really think about day to day life at an animal shelter. You come, pick out your animal, and take them home without much thought to their life before their life with you. I work at an animal shelter. It’s my job to take care of the dogs. I clean their kennels, setContinue reading “Why We Care”
To Be Nice
You’d think it would be a given, right? Whenever you meet someone, go to a new place, start a new job, or even when you’re hanging out with a group you’ve hung out with a thousand times, you’d think it would just be a given that people would be nice. However, you have to rememberContinue reading “To Be Nice”
Your Worst Self
Do you know a time when you felt like you were at your worst? Maybe there’s a situation that just brings out the ugliness in you? Turns you into someone you don’t want to be and especially don’t like to be. Maybe you can think of a moment right now. How are you working onContinue reading “Your Worst Self”
Just Stand Up
“Alright, it’s time to go. If we’re going to catch that window, we gotta leave now.” The bacon’s still sizzling when my uncle comes out of the bedroom. My cousin and I are spending the weekend down at my godparents’ lake condo. We just want to relax from daily life, go skiing, boating, the typicalContinue reading “Just Stand Up”
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