What do you need right now? I need to write my stories. I need to read many books.I need to promote my website and focus on my looks.I need to draft some posts. Figure out book reviews. Find a community to call my own and contests of the right hues. So much to do toContinue reading “Writing Prompt: Right Now?”
Author Archives: Nikki
Sturdy Little Pecans
Some people have green thumbs. Some don’t. Some have an elaborate garden while others just have a few flowers. Me? Well, I’m trying to grow pecan trees. Just a couple pecan trees, but it’s proving more of a challenge than I thought. I’m not going to give up. One day, I will have my ownContinue reading “Sturdy Little Pecans”
Wildfire
Heat radiating and raging harshly.Destruction everywhere.The flames licked the trees, the leafs, and the life away.Devastation reigned in fiery chaos. Blackened ashes rise, dead.Roaring coals rocketed from the flames,Spreading the destruction across its wake.Faster and faster life perishes. Flee! Habitants, the forest drops defeated!Run for water, run for cover, run for your very lives!There isContinue reading “Wildfire”
How’s the New Year?
I know. We’re nearing the end of June. Which means that 2021 isn’t exactly new anymore. For A LOT of us, 2021 is going twenty times better than 2020. I mean, this time last year, I was working part time at the library with the overcast of knowing the job I scored at the zooContinue reading “How’s the New Year?”
Wastin’ Time
To the style of “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay” by Otis Redding Sittin’ on the dock of the lake,Watching the waves coming from the wakes.Got the sun shining down on me,It’s so nice to be carefree,Wastin’ time. Little ducklings come from the reeds,Looking for sweet, sweet green peas.Got the blue gills nibble atContinue reading “Wastin’ Time”
Advice from an Author: Julie Lessman
A week ago, I had the honor to pick a published author’s brain. Not just any author either: award winning Christian Romance author Julie Lessman. Her first book earned her the American Christian Fiction Writers 2009 Debut Author of the Year Award and she’s written over 20 books since then. So, how does someone likeContinue reading “Advice from an Author: Julie Lessman”
Don’t Panic
Do you ever feel the weight of the world on your shoulders? Like you just get bombarded with so many issues, problems, and tasks that maybe just you want to sit down and cry? I’ve felt like that recently. Things at work have been exhausting. We have many dogs at the shelter that need toContinue reading “Don’t Panic”
Lake Week
Some people get the luxury of taking vacations multiple times a year. Some can only go once a year while others can’t go at all. I have the good fortune of going once a year. My extended family owns a couple lake condos for one week in June. This week, actually. I get so eagerContinue reading “Lake Week”
It’s Okay to Cry
There’s something that’s been bothering me lately and I really want to get it off my chest. A couple weeks ago, my coworkers and I had the misfortune of losing one of our dogs at the shelter where we work. His name was Indiana Bones. He was a beautiful grey pitbull, but he had badContinue reading “It’s Okay to Cry”
Fun With Imagination
Taps and puffs come through the microphone as a feline nose sniffs against it. Cheetah, an anthropomorphic feline, blinks curiously at it before testing the sound again with his paw. “It’s on.” He grins and his pointed teeth flash in the faint studio light. Cheetah slides himself up on the stool and glances over hisContinue reading “Fun With Imagination”
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