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Short story: The challenge – part 2 (erotic romance)

October 22, 2020October 22, 2020by Writer of Words, etc4 Comments

Disclaimer: subject matter may not appeal to all

The challenge – part 1 – it makes more sense if you read this first.

Sabrina stared at her phone, wondering if she should respond to the flood of incoming texts from Melanie, her friend who had hosted the party on the weekend.

< Call me back > the texts urged Sabrina. < Do you have time now? Let’s chat. >

But Sabrina hesitated. If she gets into a phone call with her best friend, she’s bound to get caught up in a lengthy conversation. Mel had a way of pulling things out of her that she wasn’t always ready to explore out loud. Sometimes her friend’s insistence made her feel flustered and overwhelmed.

Sabina scrolled around her phone a little more, procrastinating her inevitable response. She always ends up calling Mel back, it’s practically a given. Today, though, she’s a bit more hesitant than usual. Nick was on her mind, and had been ever since that conversation they had in the car after the party.

Absentmindedly, she decided to check her email app again. Still no message from Nick. Continue reading “Short story: The challenge – part 2 (erotic romance)” →

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Short story: The challenge – part 1 (erotic romance)

October 1, 2020October 22, 2020by Writer of Words, etc12 Comments

Disclaimer: subject matter may not appeal to all

“Try giving up control,” Nick had said to her once.

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Short story: The mysterious man from the beach

September 29, 2020October 1, 2020by Writer of Words, etc28 Comments

Your discomfort ~~should not~~ does not inhibit my creativity.

“This used to be my boat,” Robert told her as they stood at the gate of the Yacht Club, peering through the cast iron fence. Continue reading “Short story: The mysterious man from the beach” →

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The next step: on writing and fear

September 28, 2020September 28, 2020by Writer of Words, etc10 Comments

I wrote something slightly out of the ordinary for this blog. A little story. 😳 Continue reading “The next step: on writing and fear” →

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Sensitive material on your blog; how not to alienate regular readers

September 18, 2020September 18, 2020by Writer of Words, etc29 Comments

Some of you may have noticed that my blog does not follow a traditional niche.

Nor do I write to a specific target audience.

So it is probably not surprising that this blog has attracted, and welcomed, a global and culturally diverse following. And, most importantly, many of you feel comfortable coming here from across all the continents to express and share your own views and perspectives on whatever topic I blab on about.

How fabulous is that? 🙂

However.

I’ve been thinking about diversifying my content a little bit. 😲

Here’s the preamble of my brain’s inner workings:

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Some thoughts about Rilke, writers’ block and creativity

September 2, 2020by Writer of Words, etc16 Comments

I read a book by Rainer Maria Rilke some time ago called Letters to a Young Poet.

There is a passage that I came across today that I feel the need to share here with you:

“Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. Do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them. It is a question of experiencing everything. At present you need to live the question. Perhaps you will gradually, without even noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answer, some distant day.” (Rainer Maria Rilke)

There is much to take from this that is healing and helpful when you are feeling down or anxious, confused or depressed. Continue reading “Some thoughts about Rilke, writers’ block and creativity” →

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Unpublished author: the working life of a writer

August 8, 2020August 8, 2020by Writer of Words, etc52 Comments

I have 2 questions:

Do you know anyone who has a Patreon?
Do you follow/support anyone with a Patreon?

I’m just curious what people like you and me, bloggers who write and engage for the sake of storytelling, think or know about Patreon. Continue reading “Unpublished author: the working life of a writer” →

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A nail, a hammer, and a bike ride

July 26, 2020July 26, 2020by Writer of Words, etc28 Comments

So. I have bad news about some pieces I submitted. But, that’s ok. I’m going to get myself a long nail and a hammer, so I can start a collection of rejections. Like Stephen King did. He mentioned this in his book On Writing.