by Stoney deGeyter | Feb 27, 2021 | All Posts, True Stories, Writing Tips
When I set out to write my first novel, all I had was an idea and the belief I could write the story. Whether I could write a good story, well, that remained (remains?) to be seen. Nonetheless, I took up the challenge. As I thought through my story idea, I realized it...
by Guest Author | Feb 24, 2021 | All Posts, Fiction, Guest Authors
Emma sat down to eat the supper her mother had left her: corn chips and dip. The dip was made from leftover spaghetti sauce, salsa, and cream cheese. Her mother was the queen of throwing random things together and calling it a meal. What if I don’t eat any of the...
by Stoney deGeyter | Feb 20, 2021 | All Posts, Movies, Music, TV & Books
For the past 20 years, I’ve been a huge fan of the X-Men movie franchise. Ever since the original X-Men movie released in 2000, I’ve watched all the movies multiple times (including 2020’s The New Mutants.) But in all that time, I’ve never had...
by Guest Author | Feb 17, 2021 | All Posts, Fiction, Guest Authors
“…offering outstanding comfort sir, thanks to the massage leather seats and state of the art air con system.” Dom snapped to his senses just in time to hear the end of the salesman’s protracted description of the gleaming, black Jaguar which stood before them....
by Stoney deGeyter | Feb 12, 2021 | All Posts, Fiction
Read Chapter 6: Reconstruction Acceptance A muffled voice comes from deep within the shadows. I feel my way down the steps. “Karyn? Is that you?” “Mmmmm mnm mmmmmmm!” At the bottom of the stairs, something brushes my face. I jerk back. It’s a pull string for an...
by Guest Author | Feb 10, 2021 | All Posts, Guest Authors, Poems
I don’t know you anymore.I don’t know if I ever truly did.But I know where I stand now,and while I don’t stand against you,I won’t stand with you anymore.And if that makes me a traitor in your eyes,If this is what I have to do to strive,then I...
by Stoney deGeyter | Feb 6, 2021 | All Posts, Fiction
Read Chapter 5: Awakening Reconstruction James holds out a sweatshirt and sweatpants. “Best I could find. There’s a bathroom down the hall you can use.” My heart thumps in my chest, and I’m all smiles. James must be my man. My love. My rescuer. I grab the dry clothes...
by Guest Author | Feb 3, 2021 | All Posts, Guest Authors, Writing Tips
I think of writing as a deep search for connections. I spend the next 80,000 words exploring the threads and revealing them to the reader. Sometimes, I let them piece some of it together. The threads lead me on. The story shows the colours. Out of an inky dark...
by Stoney deGeyter | Jan 30, 2021 | All Posts, Fiction
Read Chapter 4: Depression Awakening With no other options, I follow James down the long, winding driveway toward the light he’d spotted through the woods. It’s a single-bulb porch lamp, attached to a small cabin. The path to the porch is overgrown with weeds, looking...
by Guest Author | Jan 27, 2021 | All Posts, Writing Tips
So, a few weeks back I was working on a blog post about defying the statistics attached to living with a rare disorder… then life slammed in, as it usually does.It started off simple enough, a small cold that I tend to come down with when the weather shifts from...
