Sunday, December 26, 2010. She engaged in lengthy staring contests with the doll, her eyes watering as she fought to keep from blinking, certain that during the fraction of a second that her eyes were closed, the doll would move. Jessie shrank back into the bed.

A glimpse of what matters to this writer most and what makes her heart beat a little faster. The Creative Writing Corner of Estrella Azul. Has read 0 books toward her goal of 25 books.

Simmering Tales of Speculative Fiction. Georgie, his wife, had called not fifteen minutes ago and said the baby was coming. But he was stuck in the most important sales meeting of the year, and it was nowhere near over. The end of the serial Fire and Water has come at last.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011. You never know how lucky you are. until you know how lucky you are. You know? His expression softens a little, and he kind of agrees. He took a header from his bike into a tree on a local back trail. He was training hard, so pushing the limits.

Also known as experiments in country living. What happens when you take a born and bred NYC shopaholic and drop her in rural North Carolina on an 8-acre farm with 7 high maintenance goats, 2 cats, and a miniature donkey? Thursday, December 31, 2009. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.

Sounds to me like fighting for crumbs, and forgetting the joy in the mix. Listen, there is nothing wrong with being proud of work. There is nothing wrong with sharing what we do. Our real friends want to know, as we want to know what they are doing.