Have you ever took a moment at a Renaissance fair to find a bench with a view? Have you ever just paused and gazed at the people all around you? Sitting at a bench at the Ren Fest, watching the passers go byIts there that you can just let your imagination fly. Children run passContinue reading “A Bench at Ren Fest”
Category Archives: Creative Writing
To the Roleplayers
Here’s the roleplayers on the writing forums.The ones who create a story with one character interacting with the characters of others. Here’s to the ones learning how to write.And how to share the spotlight.Here’s to the ones who build an awesome plotAnd a world where their characters stumble a lotIt’ll never see the light ofContinue reading “To the Roleplayers”
Believe in the Magic
The motion of a penThe stroke of a brushThere’s magic in making something from dust Some shading hereA bit of detail thereCan you feel how it tingles the air? Words of a storyLines of paint An artist’s creationSomething published or framed Do the best you canTo put your mind on the pageA drawing of charactersAContinue reading “Believe in the Magic”
Mwezi Hu: The Death House Pt. 1
“I thought this place was burned.” My skin crawls as I wonder the same thing Vyke said. The outside of this manor is black, burned from a fire long cold. Dying trees surround it and monsters we can’t make out howl in the woods. The inside is in perfect shape. The four of us walkContinue reading “Mwezi Hu: The Death House Pt. 1”
Mwezi Hu
My dungeons and dragons group began a new campaign a couple weeks ago. I thought I’d share the tale with you. We’re following the storyline of “Dungeons and Dragons; The Curse of Strahd.” A dead scent trails through the luscious forest. With it, I feel the faintest of a chill that conflicts with the noonContinue reading “Mwezi Hu”
Personal Writer’s Block
How many times have you find yourself staring at your computer screen or journal and you just can’t figure out what to put on the page? Maybe you have a deadline, but you’ve lost motivation. You find yourself scrolling through the internet instead of getting done the things you need to get done. That’s whereContinue reading “Personal Writer’s Block”
Silver Lining
When all is dark and treacherous A light does shine throughIt creates a silver lining For us to hold onto You see it in the cloudsOn a dark and stormy dayYou see it on the horizonThe sun beats shadows away Everyone’s silver liningMeans one thing or anotherIt can be in different formsBut to us itContinue reading “Silver Lining”
Beat You Up
One word or slip up Or forgot something to do You don’t beat up Because you did it too Still learning the routine All ins, outs, and true Grace is the new mean When learning something new Yet, a mistake weighs the heart A wrong word, something unsaid A missed spot or observation It leavesContinue reading “Beat You Up”
The True Ending: Nuray Solana
It all came to down to this. All the bandits and necromancers, politics and pirates, leviathans and abominations. It led us here. My feathers are quaking. My heart is racing. A field of burning sand stretches out before us and at the end of it is the elemental. The primordial being of fire itself standsContinue reading “The True Ending: Nuray Solana”
Society’s Rebel
Here I am in my space. Going at my own pace.I don’t have a big, old house. I don’t have a loving spouse. I don’t have kids running amuck. Or schooling that doesn’t suck. I’m nowhere near gaining a profit. With my career and empty pockets. Take a look at the facts and I’m sureContinue reading “Society’s Rebel”
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