I decided a few years ago that I needed to take my career more seriously. I knew how to write sentences, and sort of knew how to write stories. What I was missing, I decided, was open mic nights. I know a lot of musicians and I talk to comedians, and a lot of their…
Honestly, I was kinda blogged out—until, after a multitude of phone calls and emails to kick start a Leave Of Absence from my night job, the following thought occurred to me: “Rainey, you forgot to give characters in your new WIP health challenges, and/or physical limitations. Oh, for Heaven….” Below, I’ve listed those that came…
My eight-year-old recently asked why so many Disney movies feature deceased or wicked mothers. After a moment to reflect, I answered, “Because if the main characters had positive role models and caregivers, they would get into a lot less trouble and then there wouldn’t be a story.” In Disney’s first full-length animated feature film, Snow…
As you may have learned by now, this year’s anthology theme is “True Story.” Editors Amy and Deb invite open interpretation of the prompt and rightly so. Like most human constructs, truth exists on a spectrum, at least insofar as it pertains to literature. On one end of the scale lies biography and other journalistic…
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