Welcome to the WATCH “RWISA” WRITE Showcase Tour – Day 6! #RRBC #RWISA @boom_lyn

July 6, 2019.Reading time 12 minutes.

It’s my honor to be a member of RAVE WRITERS INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF AUTHORS—a division of Rave Reviews Book Club. And yes, today’s stop on the WATCH “RWISA” WRITE Showcase Tour is “Moi! Yours truly! Let me know what you think. Solace by Linda Mims Eighteen precocious kindergartners stared as Carly walked into the colorfully decorated […]

The Kiss

May 21, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

The Daily Post—WP Monday It’s awkward to know when it’s right to take that first kiss. From the moment I saw Frazier, kissing him was all I could think about. No, he wasn’t the type I’d envisioned myself falling for. He wasn’t movie star handsome or body-builder athletic, but there was a magnetic power in […]

A Memory In Honor of Mother’s Day

May 8, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

There are things I try not to dwell on. One of them is that my mother is no longer on this earth. She is out of reach and that’s not a thing I’ve allowed myself to examine. What I have examined is the speed with which cancer overtook her, causing her rapid demise. Mama didn’t […]

Add Glitter To Old Stories

April 13, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

It’s time to go back and revisit those old short stories and novels you wrote years ago and tucked away. Did you print them as hard copies, stick them in an envelope, and place them on the back of the shelf? Or, did you remove them from your hard drive and place them on […]

Sometimes You Have To Take One For the Team

April 11, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

The Daily Post prompt—FROTH The froth oozed from his mouth and joy lit my heart. He was dying, and I didn’t regret it. In fact, a sense of freedom bubbled up inside of me. The weight I’d been carrying for the last seven years had taken wing and was trying to escape through my mouth—my […]