by Stoney deGeyter | Jan 23, 2021 | All Posts, Fiction
Read Chapter 3: Anger Depression “You look like a James.” I don’t mean for it to sound rude, but it comes out that way. “That doesn’t sound like a compliment.” “Take it how you like.” The rain has stopped and we trudge down the middle of the road, looking for help....
by Guest Author | Jan 20, 2021 | All Posts, Guest Authors, Writing Tips
The year 2020 was a year most like to forget. Last year was not all that different for me since I deal with suicidal and depressive modes on and off. And in recent years, I discovered I am autistic. Writing was on the back burner for me. The most I accomplished...
by Stoney deGeyter | Jan 16, 2021 | All Posts, Fiction
Read Chapter 2: Guilt Anger The man beside me bolts upright, holding his head in his hands. “What happened?” he moans. I sit up. “You’re alive! Oh, thank God.” He pulls his hands away and cocks his head. “Yeah… still here.” “You okay?” He hesitates. “Bit of a...
by Guest Author | Jan 13, 2021 | All Posts, Guest Authors, Writing Tips
Writing can be a lonely business. Obviously, it’s a task you have to do on your own, but is it really ALL by yourself? If you want to succeed and retain your sanity, there are several groups of people you need in your corner to make up your writing community:...
by Stoney deGeyter | Jan 9, 2021 | All Posts, Fiction
Read Chapter 1: Denial Guilt My eyes flutter open. I’m surrounded by blackness. Raindrops pelt my face like some sort of sick water torture. Laying in mud, I’m unwilling to move despite its attempt to engulf me from behind. The horn, the headlight, the sizzling and...
by Guest Author | Jan 6, 2021 | All Posts, Guest Authors, Writing Tips
There has been a true backlash of sorts in the past few decades against what are considered fantasy tropes. This counter-archetype revolution seems to have spawned the popularity of the “grim-dark” subgenre in fantasy fiction. It became quite vogue to write against...
by Stoney deGeyter | Jan 2, 2021 | All Posts, Fiction
Denial A cloud of acidic steam fills my mouth with the taste of antifreeze. A beam of light fails to penetrate the night that surrounds me. The single headlight, absent its counterpart, reflects off the raindrops and filters back through the shattered windshield....
by Guest Author | Dec 30, 2020 | All Posts, Guest Authors, Writing Tips
Like many authors, my writing started with a story that I just couldn’t get out of my mind unless I put it to paper. Walking my dog through a local park on a foggy evening, I began to wonder what might be hiding in the misty haze that blanketed the night. I...
by Guest Author | Dec 23, 2020 | All Posts, Guest Authors, Writing Tips
After you’ve written your first (or second or third) draft, it’s time to go through your manuscript and cut out any unneeded words cluttering it up. Wordiness muddles your message, slows momentum, and drags an anchor through the forward movement of your story. Any of...
by Stoney deGeyter | Dec 19, 2020 | All Posts, Writing Tips
After I completed the second draft of my first book, I knew it needed work. I wrote a story set in locations I had never been to. Or if I had, I had never really paid attention. If you know me even a little, you know I can be somewhat of a perfectionist. In my novel,...
