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TheRainyDayWriter
Oct 28, 20231 min read
Blog Change
Dear readers and writers and generally lovers of words: In July of 2022, I began to post on this blog, and it has been fun. There have...
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TheRainyDayWriter
Feb 21, 20232 min read
Audrey's Journal (Part 2)
A couple of months ago—back in November or October, I think—I posted a snippet titled Audrey's Journal. To be completely honest, I didn't
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TheRainyDayWriter
Jan 24, 20232 min read
You Can't Just Leave Like That
It's been a while since I've posted (or written...) something for Take These Broken Shards—the last snippet I posted about it was in...
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TheRainyDayWriter
Jan 17, 20232 min read
We're All Broken
The first week of January, I conducted a survey to see how many of my writing friends, schoolmates, and acquaintances—in short, the people a
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TheRainyDayWriter
Jan 10, 20232 min read
The Tower
This morning, as I stared at my computer screen, the curser blinking at me and the blank page taunting me, I remembered a photo I had seen a
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TheRainyDayWriter
Jan 3, 20236 min read
2022 Recap | 2023 Goals
Time changes in a way that's hard to pinpoint. One day, you are ten, and time seems so slow as it passes, minute by minute, hour by hour,...
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TheRainyDayWriter
Dec 28, 20222 min read
Free as a Bird
It feels like it's been a long time since I published anything...and as I look back on the post lists, it has been a long time. A couple...
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TheRainyDayWriter
Dec 6, 20223 min read
Don't Publish Your First Story: A lesson (and encouragement!) to young writers
To fellow writers and readers and generally lovers of words—but above all, to young or new writers: We've all heard it. "Your first book...
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TheRainyDayWriter
Nov 22, 20223 min read
Siblings Times
Fellow readers and writers and generally lovers of words: Today's snippet, the first part of chapter eight from What the Stars Say, is...
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TheRainyDayWriter
Nov 15, 20225 min read
My Top 5 October Reads (Part II)
Fellow writers and readers and generally lovers of words: This post has been overdue for...a long time. So, you might remember that in...
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TheRainyDayWriter
Nov 8, 20221 min read
I Remember (part two)
Her eyes were shining with tears, yet she smiled bravely. Her voice trembled when she spoke, yet on her face was a smile.
I remembered feel
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TheRainyDayWriter
Oct 31, 20223 min read
Introducing...Take These Broken Shards!!!!
Dear writers and readers and generally lovers of words: As you know, this month I'm doing NaNoWriMo (don't know that? Oops. Well, I'm...
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TheRainyDayWriter
Oct 28, 20224 min read
Guest Short Story! - A Flower Of Love
Dear writers and readers and generally lovers of words, I know what you must be thinking. Really, Agnès? Three posts in one week? I know,...
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TheRainyDayWriter
Oct 25, 20221 min read
I remember (part one)
I remember seeing her, that day.
The tears trickled down her cheeks, streaking her faces in pale light lines. Her eyes were red from crying
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TheRainyDayWriter
Oct 24, 20223 min read
Guest post: Alethianna Mercy!
Hello, fellow writers and readers and generally lovers of words! Today I have the honor of sharing a guest post from Aletheianna Mercy....
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TheRainyDayWriter
Oct 18, 20224 min read
Interview with Pearl Christine! (and schedule update!)
Hello, fellow writers and readers and generally lovers of words! Today I have a special interview with a friend, Pearl Christine. Pearl...
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TheRainyDayWriter
Oct 11, 20222 min read
Audrey's Journal (part i)
I've started a little series (that's going to be around 2,000 words) that takes place about five years before my project, Take These...
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TheRainyDayWriter
Oct 4, 20224 min read
My Top 5 October Reads (Part I)
Hey, folks! It’s October, the time of the year for jumping in leaf piles, getting ready for snow, and (probably my personal favorite)...
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TheRainyDayWriter
Sep 29, 20224 min read
Iron by Madisyn Carlin - Character Interview & Book Spotlight
Hello, friends! Have you ever wondered what's going on inside a character's brain? Are you looking for a new read? If so, this post is...
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TheRainyDayWriter
Sep 27, 20221 min read
Who made you this way?
This snippet doesn't have very much of a story to it, but I'll share the background to it anyway. Like the mulberry bush rhyme that I...
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