Photo by Lum3n on Pexels.com Today marks the start of National Novel Writing Month, otherwise known as NaNoWriMo. If you're unfamiliar with this event, it's a challenge to writers to write 50,000 words by the end of November 30. This equates to 1,667 words per day, or 2 to 3 hours of actual writing, watered down by poor word choices,… Continue reading On Writing: NaNoWriMo
Author: Kate Landers
A writer, among other things. Former Texan now living in Tennessee.
On Writing: The Not-Knowing
Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com As we find ourselves in the spookiest time of the year, I, like many of you, probably, have been reading a lot of scary stories. My favorite kind are the ones that make me feel off-balance the whole way through, before... BAM! ...revealing the sinister truth at the very end.… Continue reading On Writing: The Not-Knowing
Little White Lies
Photo by bongkarn thanyakij on Pexels.com Craig suppressed a gag as Martha set the plate of broccoli casserole, her “specialty,” in front of him. “I made your favorite,” she smiled. “And there’s plenty more in the kitchen.” “You shouldn’t have,” he said, subtly leaning to the side so as to avoid the hot aroma wafting… Continue reading Little White Lies
To the Woman Hiding in the Bathroom Stall
Photo by ROMAN ODINTSOV on Pexels.com I have been you, many times in my life When I had no one to eat lunch with at my new junior high When I wanted to prove to myself that I was a rebel and I could smoke my step-mom's stolen cigarettes in the Band Hall bathroom When… Continue reading To the Woman Hiding in the Bathroom Stall
Abandoned Spiderweb Still Catches Flies
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com I only think of you at times when I am too far away to do anything about you - The abandoned spiderweb stretched like a hammock between my ceiling and a door I never close. Sometimes on my way to the kitchen I look up and I see you've caught… Continue reading Abandoned Spiderweb Still Catches Flies
I was 8 weeks along
Photo by Adrianna Calvo on Pexels.com I wrote this in my diary on January 9, 2014. My miscarriage began on the morning of January 2. It started Wednesday night. I woke up with cramps and when I went to pee, there was blood in the toilet. I woke John up and told him what was… Continue reading I was 8 weeks along
Legs
Photo by Vova Krasilnikov on Pexels.com I’m never going to forgive u. She hit Send, and as a second thought, quickly typed Hope ur happy. Then, before she could receive a response, she turned her phone off and set it on the bedside table. She closed her eyes and let her head droop for a… Continue reading Legs
Recipe for Potentially Vegan Kolaches
Photo by Skitterphoto on Pexels.com Kolaches are sweet rolls filled with savory stuff AND I DON'T CARE WHAT ANY CZECH SAYS. If you fill them with sweet stuff, they're "sweet kolaches." If you fill them with sausage, they're just "kolaches." I say “potentially vegan” because what they’re filled with depends on your preferences. I AM… Continue reading Recipe for Potentially Vegan Kolaches
Things I’ve Written While Half-Asleep, Lonely, and Bored at Writing Conferences
Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com ~Breakfast tacos so good, people don't care they're being sold at a gas station ~Falling asleep again ~Wish I had coffee and a nap ~Asleep again. And again! A MILLION TIMES! ~A house covered in coke tabs. ~New Braunfels is an old German town settled on the San Marcos… Continue reading Things I’ve Written While Half-Asleep, Lonely, and Bored at Writing Conferences
Till Death do We Part
Photo by freestocks.org on Pexels.com Charles Hannigan raised his wine glass, silently toasted his wife, then slurped down all six ounces of merlot. His blond moustache was the purple of children’s toothpaste when he lowered his glass. Julia Hannigan took one look and rolled her eyes as she angled herself away from him. “Really, Charles?”… Continue reading Till Death do We Part
