Dear Diary: November 6, 2018 – Read, Write, Eat, Write Some More
I decided that for the next month or so, I shall be writing in my diary on my blog.
Post #258 – Bloody Mary on the Rocks – Prologue – Murder Mystery Fiction
PROLOGUE “The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time.” Johann Kaspar Lavater
Post #240 – A Passage from My New Book – Critique Appreciated
BOUQUETS IN RED WINE – A LETTER ABOUT ROMANCE TO MY GRANDDAUGHTER
Post #220 – Wildflower Seeds – Memoir
When I was five, I saw my first Shirley Temple movie.
Post #108 – Throwback Thursday Photo Story with Memoir Excerpts
II found it hard to fit in with a cliquey group of girls my age who lived across the street. Who would want to hang out with a bony, bucktooth, bashful kid from a weird family? Patsy, Judy, and Debby let me tag along behind them but […]
Post #96 – Chapter 5 – Cast Down – A Memoir Excerpt
John’s mistreatment escalated. One February afternoon, when I was twelve, he drove me to his house. He gripped my wrist, nonchalantly strolled into his mother’s kitchen, and introduced me as his girlfriend. She examined me head to toe, curled her lips, and then busied herself stirring a pot […]
Post #91 – An Orphan, Lost Love, Her Favorite Song – Memoir
Background Snippet: We were Catholic, and confirmation classes had begun the October before Aunt Loretta broke my heart. Oblivious to my ongoing depression, Mom wouldn’t let me quit. It bothered me. Mom said I should be grateful to have the privilege of Confirmation at age twelve. It implied […]
Post #46 – A Street of Shadows – Memoir
_______________________ Chapter 1 – Desperation and Hope “Like wildflowers; You must allow yourself to grow in all the places people thought you never would.” ~ Ernest Victor Thompson I might rather have been withering away in a dungeon during the Middle Ages. The road to safety might be […]
