Tag: amwriting
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Spied: Part 2
Who has been watching me from this home? This had me wondering as I looked all over the house. The rooms were empty as I looked at each one. Everything around the house was dusty and old. Filled with cobwebs, I decided to step up to the spiraling staircase again for the fifth time that ... -
Pip and Tino Go To Mars – Part Three
“Pip, wait up! What’s wrong?” I didn’t say anything, and I didn’t stop until we were back at the library. In between pants I told him about meeting Boss. Tino looked really nervous when I got to the part about the reading. “You don’t think we’ll get in trouble do you?” “I don’t think so. ... -
Finding My New Dream
I have struggled my whole life to find that one thing I’m more passionate about above all else. Growing up, I wanted to be everything from a teacher to a singer to a lawyer to an astronomer. When I was about 11, I decided I wanted to be a fashion designer, and this is the ... -
Pip and Tino Go To Mars – Part Two
We covered the holo base and disk and headed to the house the gang used as a base, an old mansion that was just outside the city, a mile away from Virgil’s library. The house had six bedrooms and a huge living and dining room. There used to be a music room, but a storm ... -
Ghosts On The Stairs – Part Two
Read part one here! The smell of bacon and freshly brewed coffee called me from my slumber. I carefully made my way downstairs; every muscle in my body hurt. “How are you feeling?” my mom said as she kissed me on the head like she used to when I was home from school, sick. I ... -
Pip and Tino Go To Mars – Part 1
I was laid out on the rooftop squinting at the sky trying to see Mars through the smog when my stomach rumbled. I winced at the noise. Not really caring, I wondered what the people on Mars ate for dinner. Probably really fancy stuff since everyone there was rich. I rolled onto my side as ... -
Ghost On The Stairs
I sat rocking in my computer chair. I hated nights like this when nothing was coming to me. I couldn’t focus; I could feel unseen eyes on me. Just like when I was a kid, I listened for my mother’s rhythmic snoring. That sound used to always make me feel better when I was younger ... -
NaNoWriMo: 7 Tips for Success
Every November, there is a goal-oriented writing event called NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month. The goal is to write 50,000 words in 30 days. Starting on November 1st, participants can go onto the website and keep track of their word count. It keeps track of your progress, shows the average word count you need ... -
Dragon Champion – Part Four
How does someone explain to the world that they never expected to change it? That they had only hoped to find the missing part of themselves? Yet, here they stood with the world as they knew it over and gone. From the moment that young Caleb had arrived on Sunset Island, he had known the ... -
the color of emotions
only time would tell us what we need to know the feelings that build up inside of us switching from option to option as it works its way through us. at first, it’s nothing then it grows becomes a monster of its own something all-consuming in the end some say that no one knows what ...