Can we all just agree that January lasted an entire year? Because it lasted an entire year. Seriously, that was the longest month ever. And, thank goodness, a fairly productive one for me, considering I set my expectations way too high and had to rein it in a bit in the last week. Mostly to…
He was dying when he told me, “I had an almost life.” The nurses sent for me when he woke up. His face was gray in the moonlight, gray against his sheets, gray against the hospital walls. I sat on the edge of the bed, listening to the heart rate monitor blip softly in the…
No two writers are the same. Isn’t that a lovely thought? I know this because I am part of a writer’s group. We meet once a month. Sometimes every third month. What can I say? Life happens. When we do get together, we talk about our work, read each other’s books, and, sometimes, write together.…
Fun fact: it is snowing today. Actually, it has been snowing all week. I think it might have something to do with it being January. And my living in Colorado, where we randomly get blizzards in January and sometimes have to stay at home because the snow is almost as high as our knees and…
Guess what? I have a hobby. And it’s not writing. Shocker, right? Writing used to be my hobby, back when I was seventeen. I would spend all my extra time writing, and I never wanted to do anything else. I would get all my work done, and then go write and love every minute of…
Writing is an incredibly vulnerable business. Anyone who has ever shared their writing knows this. Not only are we opening up our hearts and sharing pieces of our souls with the world, but we are also exposing ourselves to a great deal of criticism. And the world is full of critics. Unfortunately, there is also…
A.R. Geiger