This piece was entered into a short story contest called Two Worlds. I’m not 100% happy with it, but I got very busy as the deadline drew nearer, so it’s what I was able to do in my limited time. I like the general idea of the story, but the contest had a strict 1500 word maximum, so it limited my ability to explore the characters as much as I’d have liked. Perhaps it’s something that will lead to a…
How I’m feeling right now.
Hello everyone, Mondays are going to rotate between “My Favorite Reads” and “What am I Reading?”. Since last week I posted a review of my favorite book, this week is about my current reads. Right now, I don’t have anything exciting on my nook to share. I’m reading two books: “A Quest for Heroes” (Book #1 of the Sorcerer’s Ring) by Morgan Rice and “Book Launch” by Chandler Bolt. I’m only about 30 pages into “A Quest for Heroes,” and…
One of my goals for this blog is to use it to keep everyone up to date on what’s going on with my novel. As many of you know, I completed the first draft of my fantasy story at the end of November. I read a lot of advice about what to do next, but the prevailing theory was to put it away for a bit, work on something else, then come back to it fresh. So I set it…
The right word makes all the difference.
I felt the need to start off this column with what is perhaps my favorite book of all time. I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve read it or how many people I’ve passed it along to. I know I’ve purchased it at least four times because the loaned-out copies don’t always make it back to me. 🙂 Almost Like Being in Love By Steve Kluger An all-consuming love discovered at 18 shapes the young lives of…
This is the short story that started this journey for me. It’s only fitting it be the first piece I post on this blog. Some You Can’t Heal The crack of the whip as it connected with flesh ripped through my ears and terrified me beyond all I’ve ever felt. As the second strike rang out, tears flooded my eyes to the point where I couldn’t see. The third made my knees buckle, but I stood firm against…
After starting his professional career as a high school theater and speech teacher, SD Reid refined his calling in education while teaching adults. After growing wearing of the bureaucracy of the public school system in Texas, he made the only logical and packed his things and moved to Eastern Europe. There he taught English as a foreign language for a little more than three years. Upon returning to the states, he continued his work in adult education, teaching GED…
Since I was a little kid, I always wanted to write, but it wasn’t until recently that I put any effort into making that happen. I have attempted many projects over the years, most of which were abandoned before completion. But in the summer of 2016, I stumbled across a short story contest with a theme I could relate to. I wrote out a piece I felt was pretty good, and I asked a friend of mine (a poet) if…