EX: Writer’s Toolbox – Sixth Sense Cards

It’s been a long while since I cracked open my Writer’s Toolbox to practice writing. Real Life had intruded and the desire to take photographs pushed the notion of doing so to the background.
However, I went and purchased a new kit from B&N over the weekend, called No Plot! No Problem! from the creator of [...]

EX: Writer’s Toolbox – Sixth Sense Cards

Carly went out into the blustery cold, on a late Friday afternoon to check the mailbox. I watched her from my bedroom window on the second floor. I was thankful to have such an advantageous view, as it helped wile away the hours that I was stuck at home doing nothing. I envied Carly, my [...]

Short Story: A Magical Snowflake (Gen)

Title: A Magical Snowflake
Author: Chark (aka Serenity Blaine) [yes, I have an alias or nom de plume]
Genre: Young Adult/Children
Rating: G
Ten year-old Mara is standing outside on a cold winter day in Wisconsin feeling disgruntled with life as she knew it. Her parents had just come home with her new baby sister and Mara is [...]

Short Story: Prophecy of the New Moon (Gen)

Author: Chark
Rating: PG
Word Count: Approx. 3000
Summary: A young girl learns that she is linked with a prophecy, one that has been ten years in the making.
Excerpt: “…thought my birth and the tenth anniversary of it would be a heralding of… the apocalypse, maybe? I’m certainly no devil spawn or harbinger of doom.”
Warnings: None really, unless [...]