Crown
The jewels you crown me with have always formed mouths. There is no time in my memory when they did not. They spew out the words you taught them, so as they sit upon my head, they repeat your voice in my skull. They remind me why they are there….
First Date
[A playful piece depicting a scene of two of my characters that are part of a roleplay I have with my friend. I used this as a description experiment along with a fun thing to see how these two characters play off each other. Alex is she/her; Cenwynn is she/her.]…
A Small Group
In Portland, Oregon, my family sent me to a women’s small group. Depression’s hooks sank into me then. It accompanied me as a shadow, stalking my steps, grabbing at my ankles as I stumbled down the sidewalk. The small group leader’s house sat in the middle of a well-off neighborhood….
Happiness
1.14.21 There is a certain freedom in taking a breath. I do not always feel as if I inhale. The weight against my ribs can bear down upon me with such heaviness that my lungs seem only to gasp, to struggle, to choke. It limits oxygen to my mind,…
How To Write Fight Scenes
Writing fight scenes is something I definitely have a hard time doing right. So in order to better myself, I’ve been reading and listening to tips from a lot of other authors, and taking notes whenever I come across a fight scene in the books I read (currently reading the…