Spring fever isn't just a need to get out and enjoy the sun. Sometimes it's as simple as having an outlet, like a friend's birthday that allows for tom foolery of all kinds. Today's visit to the chaos den known as Soulful Nightclub is Nira's birthday.... Nira’s Birthday Thudding and banging announced that Bebe was … Continue reading Friday Fiction Foolishness
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Thoughtful Thursday, Inevitably
This whole month dealt with our more unpredictable characters. So, let's think about their reckless feeling ways, and the choices that sound completely chaotic but actually have control in them. The outcomes are inevitable, the path there is the ride. A very basic writing example is that your character stops to change a tire. This … Continue reading Thoughtful Thursday, Inevitably
Misfits, Mayhem, and Fiction Friday
A short and simple interlude today, as we see our chaos types who are also protectors find new ways to be all that and more. Mayhem to them? Any day that ends in a "Y" of course. Soulful, just about any time these three get together. “Did you see the way Tweets threatened me tonight?” … Continue reading Misfits, Mayhem, and Fiction Friday
The Misfit Arc of Thoughtful Thursday
I have a discussion topic for us this week. Yes, we are talking misfits and mayhem, but why is that so memorable? Is it because the misfit has a different past, that makes them have a journey we could take alongside them? Or is it because the misfit refuses to conform to fit in, and … Continue reading The Misfit Arc of Thoughtful Thursday
Still Hungover You, Friday Fiction
It's a quick and dirty flash fiction from the side of our filthy rock star. My question to you, dear reader, is he still hungover with the feelings he once had and chasing shadows? Or... if you sync that much with someone, can you feel them whenever you're together? Does the magnetism, emotional or otherwise, … Continue reading Still Hungover You, Friday Fiction
Book Hangovers For A Very Thoughtful Thursday
The first book I ever wrote became the Red Letters series because I couldn't learn when to stop telling that story. Still can't, but at least it's shaped right now, and the staying in world gives us plenty of Fiction Friday content. So, today's Thought for Thursday is about Book Hangovers. That feeling when you … Continue reading Book Hangovers For A Very Thoughtful Thursday
Already Regretting It Is A Mood
If you have been following me this month, you saw the New Year's Eve fiction in my Red Letters world. Where our rock star on the rise tried to make time that mattered with the woman who was having a bit of a rough night of it. While she walked out of there regretting that … Continue reading Already Regretting It Is A Mood
Pining For A Tender Tuesday
In a week we discuss the weight of feelings, today's question is simple but heavy. What kind of pining weighs more on you? Who do you feel for the most? The person who left for honorable reasons like career, timing, protecting you from their mess. They loved you enough to walk away so you could … Continue reading Pining For A Tender Tuesday
A Soulful Friday Fiction
What do you do when you feel like the bad energy in a happy situation? When everyone around you seems happy and you're just disconnecting from everyone? Today we have Remmy, a little short fiction on his feelings, and a little character background into what and why he weaves in and out of the series … Continue reading A Soulful Friday Fiction
Numb Thursday Thoughts
Sometimes that hollow feeling, those burn out moments, leave you feeling numb. Out of it. Is that a form of protection? Is numbness a lack of vulnerability, or so much vulnerability that you've exhausted yourself? I write real characters who've gone numb. The PTSD mindset shows itself, and you see them power through because stopping … Continue reading Numb Thursday Thoughts