Tag Archives: suicide
Unrequited #3 – Fair Winds
Many of you know I’ve been working on a memoir for the last couple of years. My working title is Unrequited. As you might guess from the title, the book is about unrequited love. I’ve had many loves in my … Continue reading
A Jar Full of Lighters
Out of cigarettes to smoke out of tissues to wipe away the tears a final swig of whisky to get him through the night then he was gone She came to gather his things and wondered about all the lighters … Continue reading
The End
My “professional” bio says I am currently working on the sequel to The Red Kimono, and that’s true–partly. But in the last year, I’ve been drawn to finish a book I started almost three years ago, called Mo’s Shadow. The … Continue reading
Wearing What I Want
Tonight, after Steve and I had each gobbled down our respective Fuddrucker’s cheeseburgers, his a medium-rare cheddar cheeseburger topped with onion rings, mine medium-well and smothered in pico de gallo, we sat and talked about a variety of things, as … Continue reading
A Letter from Mo
This afternoon, I’ve been working on putting together a workbook based on my workshop, Creative Characterization. One of the exercises involves writing a letter from a character to the author. I’ve done this several times in the past, because it’s a … Continue reading
What’s in Back of the Sky?
This morning, Steve and I were talking about a variety of things when suddenly these words burst from my mouth: If a writer can’t write what’s truly in her heart, if she can’t share what’s really there, then what’s the … Continue reading
