Lessons That Final Note 11 Apr 202218 Apr 2022 How It's Supposed to End) I once had a teacher who illustrated that almost every person has an innate understanding of music, even if they do not know how to…
Short Stories Hunt of the Others: Part Five 16 Mar 202223 Mar 2022 "Get back!" Myers shouted. All the hunters stared in horror as the claws kept stretching further and further out of the silver window, becoming impossibly warped and long, just as…
Lessons The Trojan Surprise 14 Mar 202221 Mar 2022 That's One Big Horse) The story of the Trojan Horse is referenced most thoroughly in the epic poem The Aeneid. Here we learn of the Greek army, besieging Troy, and…
Short Stories Hunt of the Others: Part Four 9 Mar 202216 Mar 2022 Perry flexed his hands nervously as the beast's snout writhed back and forth through the narrow slit of the window. Its face slammed sideways against his pinned fingers, but with…
Lessons I’m Just as Surprised as You 3 Jan 202226 Jan 2022 An Unexpected Philosophy) In the most recent chapter of The Long Walk to Alquoran, I had a moment where I explained the protagonist's ability to stick to a path for…
Short Stories Secrets in the Mountain- Part Two 25 Aug 202131 Dec 2021 The mountain lay to the west, and therefore the morning sun was just starting to shine on it from the opposite horizon, casting a blanket of pink color over its…
Short Stories The Favored Son: Alternate- Part Fourteen 18 Feb 202127 Dec 2021 Tharol tried vainly to communicate to the other boys. "Stop," he mumbled, still half-dazed. "It's a trap-- it's all a trap.... You have to stop Reis--I don't know what he's…
Short Stories The Favored Son: Alternate- Part Thirteen 11 Feb 202127 Dec 2021 After finishing he finished the preparations for dinner, Tharol returned the poisoned bottle of wine, seal firmly reattached, back to the cellar. Then he carried the pots and pans out…
Lessons Don’t Look at Me, This Wasn’t My Idea! 21 Sep 202020 Dec 2021 A Misstep) Sometimes a story doesn't go the way that you expected. Ideas that seemed so solid become mush when you try to write them out, or the pacing that…
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