“...how cruelly he has trampled on my love, betrayed my trust, scorned my prayers and tears, and efforts for his preservation, crushed my hopes, destroyed my youth’s best feelings, and doomed me to a life of hopeless misery, as far as man can do it, it is not enough to say that I no longer love my husband - I HATE him!” I am a huge Brontë fan. While Charlotte, Emily, and Anne often get lumped together, they had fairly distinct voices. Anne especially has been overlooked or …
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I love writing, and I also love to write ABOUT writing, classic female authors, and whatever else might be on my mind. I hope you enjoy the variety!
Writer’s Digest PAD Challenge: 4/4
April is National Poetry Month. Writer's Digest is hosting a poem-a-day challenge. You can go to their website each day, get a new prompt, see an example, and post and share your work with other poets. It's really cool. Follow the link below.
Writer's Digest PAD Challenge
Today's prompt: Write a catch up poem. This is not to be confused with a ketchup (or catsup) poem, but hey, write one of those if the poetic spirit moves you! But I'm …
Updating Shakespeare: Can a Woman be a Tragic Hero?
One thing any Shakespeare fan will tell you is that his plays have a timeless universality. Take Othello. Issues of racism are still extremely relevant. However, if I wrote a revisionist piece based off of the play, I would explore the extreme sexism and the misogynistic views that nearly everyone in the play holds, with the exception of Emelia. She astutely realizes that in regards to men and women, “They are all but stomachs, and we all but food. They eat us hungrily and when they are …
Favorite Daughters: Cover Reveal and Giveaway!
And here it is! I am quite pleased with the cover, and feel that Black Rose Writing did an excellent job. Favorite Daughters will be released 8/25/22. But you can enter to win your free, autographed copy today! It's easy to enter. If you haven't already signed up for my mailing list, sign up today and you're automatically entered. If have already signed up, then leave a comment on this post, and that will be your entry. (BTW, if you know me personally, don't let that stop …
Fish(er)man
A few weeks ago, I posted a creative writing prompt using myths, legends, or fairytales. I did the prompt myself, and the result is my flash fiction piece, "Fish(er)man", which is below. It is also a companion piece to another flash piece I wrote last fall, "Swim Challenge". The characters are different, but the setting, Rainy Lake, which separates the border of Minnesota and Canada, is the same. Also, both pieces have a touch or more of magical realism. "Fish(er)man" is a reinvention of …