Writing

Ayden Ace and the Dirty Face

August 14, 2016July 1, 2021 Writing Sparkle6 Comments

Ayden woke up eager to play something new. He had a wonderful new game that was clever, and crafty. He planned to make masks, and give them fun names. So, that’s how it started on a bright sunny day; when his mom wasn’t looking he covered his face in crayon. To get her attention he… Continue reading Ayden Ace and the Dirty Face

Writing

Nightly Infestation

August 12, 2016February 21, 2026 Writing Sparkle5 Comments

“Obsessions are recurring ideas, thoughts, images, or impulses that seem senseless but nonetheless continue to intrude into your mind.” - Edmund J. Bourne, PhD What was that noise? The night feels heavy almost suffocating, can’t anyone else feel it? Her mind stops, her breath catches, and her body tenses. Every muscle of her body is… Continue reading Nightly Infestation

Writing

Hard-work Flowers & Bumblebee Fairies

August 8, 2016July 1, 2021 Writing Sparkle1 Comment

We’d heard the stories, but we had always just thought of them as myth, urban legend, folklore, or fairy-tale… This particular day we were just trying to catch a bumblebee. We should have thought better of it, especially when it landed on the sunflower, but we were so involved. Fae’s voice drove us like an… Continue reading Hard-work Flowers & Bumblebee Fairies

Writing

Writer’s Block

August 3, 2016July 1, 2021 Writing Sparkle4 Comments

Muse: I can see her there. It could be almost anyone, but I know with certainty that it is me. I’m so close to this that the only thing that marks it for something inside myself is the soft mist that surrounds the edges of the image, a slight blurring that casts a flat white… Continue reading Writer’s Block

Miscellaneous

Steer by Stars: That F*cking Title

July 30, 2016June 30, 2021 Writing Sparkle1 Comment

One of my biggest challenges when creating a piece of writing is coming up with a title. As a rule, I usually have no trouble coming up with a working title, but focusing that working title into a finished heading is not my strong suit, or my favourite activity. However, I think it goes without… Continue reading Steer by Stars: That F*cking Title

Writing

Trading perfume for Bug Spray

July 23, 2016February 21, 2026 Writing Sparkle1 Comment

The thing I love about camping, is sitting still. I think this love is something that is reminiscent from my youth. Just finding that spot outside, and sitting, drawing in the warmth, breathing it in deep and then lazily letting it out; meanwhile listening to the birds call to each other in various musical tones,… Continue reading Trading perfume for Bug Spray

Writing

Seedling Kids: School Lessons

July 17, 2016February 21, 2026 Writing Sparkle

With a majestic height reaching to the sun, and a thick hairy stem that is often over looked, this is a stalk that’s size is such that stories that shame Jack and the Beanstalk live in its branches. However, people’s eyes travel up past the healthy shoots of triangular toothed shaped leaves to the flower… Continue reading Seedling Kids: School Lessons

Writing

New Shoes

July 7, 2016June 30, 2021 Writing Sparkle

It was the first Monday of Kindergarten. Jacob was nervous. His hands were trembling as he tried to seal the Velcro laces on his old shoes. He liked the comfortable feel of his shoes on his feet as they snuggled against his toes. He didn’t mind the dirt-caked rubber, or the grass stains. “I have… Continue reading New Shoes