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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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Jan 24, 20232 min read
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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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Nov 22, 20223 min read
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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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Sep 27, 20221 min read
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The Sun Always Rises
Take These Broken Shards is a new book that I started about a month ago. I've mentioned it a couple times in my newsletter. But I haven't...
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Sep 20, 20221 min read
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My neighbor - A Poem
Today we have a poem I wrote a little over a year ago, a poem which my mother has shared with almost every friend and relative since....
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Sep 13, 20221 min read
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The Rain Still Fell
The dark storm clouds gathered above her head as wind whipped her long, straight dark black hair around her face. The storm was...
TheRainyDayWriter
Sep 6, 20221 min read
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Just a Dream - When the Stars Went Out Snippet
This snippet is part of When the Stars Went Out, my first WIP. Last Thursday, I posted about it and today I'm posting one of my favorite...
TheRainyDayWriter
Aug 30, 20221 min read
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Here We Go 'Round...
I have to admit that for today's post I was a little at a loss for what to post. The first post in my series about the Green Ember (more...
TheRainyDayWriter
Aug 9, 20221 min read
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A Mountain Night
The black mass of the mountains was silhouetted against the navy blue hues of the sky. The fingernail moon hung above the hulking figure...
TheRainyDayWriter
Aug 4, 20221 min read
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The Crossing (#2)
Small, silvery minnows dart around the boy's feet. The minuscule creatures flash in between his toes, but he takes no notice of them....
TheRainyDayWriter
Jul 29, 20221 min read
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Are you there?
This snippet is from a project of mine, titled Journey to the Lost Lands. It was started about six months ago, and I still don't have...
TheRainyDayWriter
Jul 27, 20221 min read
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The Crossing
"Rose!" The voice drifts across the island, carried by the spring breeze, but to the girl in the light blue dress, it doesn't exist. For...
TheRainyDayWriter
Jul 11, 20221 min read
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A Sea of Glass
The dark storm clouds gathered above her head as wind whipped her long, straight dark black hair around her face. The storm was...
TheRainyDayWriter
Jul 11, 20221 min read
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