Book Review: Standing S...

  How well do we really know the people we love? That, among other questions, is what I’ve been asking myself since finishing Standing Still almost two weeks ago. Kelly Simmons’ Standing Still focuses on Claire Cooper, a wife, mother and journalist with an anxiety problem...

Red Writing Hood: Road ...

For this week’s Red Writing Hood prompt, we were asked to create a piece detailing a road trip: In 300 words or less, create a fiction or creative non-fiction piece that lets us feel the wind from an open window or the dry heat of a car vent.   “This was such a good idea! Why...

Red Writing Hood: Not J...

For this week’s Red Writing Hood prompt we were asked to create a conversation between two characters in 300 words or less: Using surroundings, body language, visual cues and blocking, in addition to the spoken words, show us who they are and what their relationship is without...

NaNoWriMo: Getting Star...

Well, we’ve arrived. National Novel Writing Month (henceforth known as NaNoWriMo) begins today, and as of this writing, I still haven’t decided which project to focus on. In case you’ve never heard of it, NaNoWriMo is an annual writing challenge that runs for the entire...

Book Review: The Lock A...

Let me sum it up for you: the term ‘page-turner’ was invented exactly for a book like this. Steve Hamilton’s novel The Lock Artist tells the story of Michael, a young man who makes his living as a boxman. When a group of criminals needs to pull off a major robbery,...

RemembeRED: Conjure

It was all there, between those high, arched eyebrows and the irises that practically glowed green. Even when his lips weren’t smiling, his eyes were. Even when his body was still and silent, his eyes were more alive than any I’d ever seen before. And even when our eyes fell upon the...