The weight of his hand in mine pinned me to him, like heated lead or softened steel.   Skin to skin- whiskey neat against peached porcelain.   “I’m listening.”   Two words, a command, really. Meant to bridge the deepening gorge between us.   Silence. Swirls of phrases stained the tip of my tongue, but ...

Missed part one? Check it out here!   “Hey, a girl who likes to eat. I can respect that.” Thomas winked at me and I smiled gratefully around my forkful of what was supposed to be spaghetti. Sasha caught my eye and something in her expression made me pause. Sympathy and understanding passed between us ...

I cannot halt the beaming of sun rays,   nor quiet the whisper of winds.   I cannot change the rising of moon tides,   nor alter the dance of time.   Am I not simply these blooded bones?   Red life? The streaming of heat through an icy shell?   Yet, this cell-filled skin ...

Hi everyone! I’m Jess, and I have published one awesome poetry book, and two parts of a serial fiction book that I am pretty sure is really REALLY terrible, but it’s okay because I’ve rewritten it and it will be out next month… hopefully… So… with all that said, I want you to know two things about ...

The most beautiful things cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart. Yes, the heart, that old brag of I am, I am, I am. Yet, we weigh ourselves down with fear- that little death, one of obliteration. Obliteration of our freedoms, of our fates, of our destinies. Of all the lives ...

Want to write a story that readers can’t put down? Want to have your reader’s on the edge of their seats, anticipating your next release? Want to give them something they crave? Something they can’t get enough of? Immersion. That’s the word you’re looking for. It’s what every reader wants and what every writer aspires ...

Okay. If any of you out there are anime fans, take a seat and hold on tight. I’m about to blow your minds. Ever wondered where anime got all of its crazy, unique, and interesting ideas? What if I told you that most everything in anime reflects not just the culture but also the ancient ...

All I see are rows of houses with sharp-cut edges to get caught on. Line upon line which house those partaking in the becoming of the world. Yet, the world becomes without a thought to what it houses. What houses me? Blooded bones, cell-filled skin, and the snap of an electrical synapse? It seems an ...

In the first Act of your story, we enter the “Stasis World.” This is the world as is, before you and your writer genius gets in there to shake things up. This world is super important. You must know where a hero has been in order to understand and appreciate where they end up. This is your ...

We may not want to admit it, but there IS a formula for writing a best-selling novel. We writers want to think our ideas are special, that the paths our own novels take are unique and one of a kind. That’s only half true, though. Every great story, since the beginning of time, follows a ...