Writing

Backstory: Historical but unauthenticated

This year I am writing a novel and today’s post is a backstory related to one of my characters (unedited). Historical but unauthenticated Cra lived high in the mountains, but unlike the rest of her tribe she found the steep, sloping sides with a mixture of sharp and rounded ridges to be a dull and… Continue reading Backstory: Historical but unauthenticated

Parenting & Other Life Stories

Merry-go-round

The Penis Chronicles presents, “Merry-go-round” One of my favourite summer activities growing up was having a campfire with ghost stories. I liked listening but more often than not I was the storyteller and I loved getting my younger cousins scared out of their minds. Anyway, camping in August this year I said to my boys… Continue reading Merry-go-round

Writing

Faceless

“So where is this campground you’re dragging us all too Josh? You said it was beautiful, blah, blah, blah.” Samantha’s voice all but wines from the backseat. Josh sighed and slowed the truck. Everything looked the same, it was all gravel road and trees marked sporadically by over grown crossroads. “Forget it, this will do,”… Continue reading Faceless

Writing

The Rain

  The forest looked different this morning after days of rain. The eerie feeling hadn’t washed away but instead was magnified by a heavy silence. The branches on the trees pulled towards the ground and with no wind to stir them it felt oppressive and suffocating. The small snippets of sky that could be seen… Continue reading The Rain