the dance of the pendulum
back and forththe dance of the pendulumback and forthboth sides extremebalance is in betweenthe dance of the pendulum Continue reading the dance of the pendulum
Category: My Writing
Lonely as a Cloud
It wandered lonely as a cloudThe last remnants of will you marry meSlowly melting away into the blueThe faded letters revealing the sadnessThere would be no happy endingThere would be no ‘I do’A forlorn wanna be groom and a defiant not ready brideSplitting the bill of their livesSeeing each other for the last time Continue reading Lonely as a Cloud
Ava and Hart…their story
Pre lockdown life, just as I started writing Book 2 of THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER series, I got distracted by two characters. My mind kept drifting to Ava and Hart from COFFEE AND CONVERSATIONS. Having spent July rereading and republishing COFFEE AND CONVERSATIONS, I couldn’t shake the two of them from my mind and I felt like I could get a short piece out … Continue reading Ava and Hart…their story
Sometimes a Comment Brings You to Tears
WARNING: Contains spoilers to The Anger of Angels I have a coworker who’s opinion I truly and deeply value. I hold a great deal of respect for them as they are one of the wittiest, smartest, and damn fine humans I know. A few weeks ago, they made a comment on one of our end of day calls that they were reading a new novel. … Continue reading Sometimes a Comment Brings You to Tears
Music Inspiration for The Anger of Angels
Through the various adaptations and incarnations of THE ANGER OF ANGELS there have been a lot of playlists and but only one song made it over to the final playlist and that was Duran Duran‘s “She’s Too Much”. When NIN released Ghosts V and Ghosts VI, it was like the Universe clicked. Both were the perfect inspirations for the novel. They became the musical noise … Continue reading Music Inspiration for The Anger of Angels
Quiet Within
If I said I loved you and would move mountains for you, would it even make your heart quiver? Would it shake for a mere moment knowing that someone loved you so much they would do anything for you? I didn’t think it would. It’s not that I don’t love you. I love you with all my heart and my soul. I love you to … Continue reading Quiet Within
Turn Me Off Please
The buzzing noise in his head echoed louder and louder, covering the silent whispers from his mind or were they in his mind? Maybe they were just the silent whispers of his television? He couldn’t tell. His reality blurred between him. Flipping between the vision of the television snow and his living room. As plain as it was, it was his. Comfort and quiet. How … Continue reading Turn Me Off Please
The Sound of Sirens
The sound of the sirens woke him. It was getting closer. No. It was growing further away. No. Definitely closer. Paralysed, he laid in his bed with eyes pinched shut. Listening. His brain swelled with pressure as the siren echoed in between his ears, reverberating between a soft hum and a shrilling ping. There had been no weather warnings that day. The weatherman had forecasted … Continue reading The Sound of Sirens
Never Get Old
“I’d like to offer you some advice,” he said, putting the cup of tea down in front of me and lighting a cigarette. “And what’s that?” I asked, wrapping my hands around the cup of tea. I had expected it to warm my hands and soothe my soul, but it was cold and did anything but soothe. “Take care of yourself. First and foremost. You … Continue reading Never Get Old
30, 6 Word Sentences Tell a Story
The thought behind this is that I originally wanted to do a post a day on Twitter that were “6 word stories”, but I skipped that idea all together and decided to do 30 “6 word sentences” that in the end would tell a story in the inspiration of flash fiction. Here they are in order from start to end. No longer needed. Heart for … Continue reading 30, 6 Word Sentences Tell a Story