Task Lyst: A Review

Task Lyst by Scott Hylbert.  I rated it 1 star, "did not like it", on Goodreads and shelved it there as fiction & novel.  You can click the linked title to read the synopsis. Task Lyst caught my eye when it was featured as the work of a Nashville resident on the home page of …

Brief Thoughts on a Bunch o’Books

Hoooo-BOY, my head is spinning!  The Girl and The Boy are currently involved in so many school-related and after-school activities that The Boss and I can hardly keep up.  We haven't sat down for a family meal in over two weeks.  Shameful, I tell ya!  And I became so far behind on posting my thoughts …

A Dream of Flight

My friend Soph at Sophia Ismaa Writes knows how much I love to spin a good yarn and knows I'm almost always a sucker for a good tag.  The other day, Soph tagged me with this awesome new (to me, anyway) storytelling challenge.  Thank you, Soph!  After reading her wonderful story, which I hope y'all …

Thoughts On 2 Books #2

What began as a book blog has evolved into something far more amorphous as the busy pace of my life has accelerated almost beyond my control.  These days I have less time for sharing my thoughts about books than I did 2 years ago so am much more likely to post brief thoughts about multiple …

Call for Collaborators

via Daily Prompt: Quartet At long last, here's the big announcement I've told some of you I'll be making soon! My friend Em and I recently had so much fun with a short story collaboration that we’ve decided to embark upon a similar project, and we want others to join in our fun. Here’s the …

Sick Day pt. 2

via Daily Prompt: Invisible On February 28th, I posted my first piece of flash fiction, titled "Sick Day."  It turned into a collaborative series of sequels written by fellow Bloggers.  I had a great deal of fun with the project but have decided the time has come to bring it to a close, so I'm …

Not Exactly a Cut Above

via Daily Prompt: Above Word count = 395 / reading time = 1 minute, 40 seconds I rated this 2 of 5 stars on Goodreads, where this review is also posted. During the first few dozen pages of Bone Music, the writing was so bad in places that I laughed aloud. The plot throughout the …

Scarlet Snake Lake

via Daily Prompt: Conjure Word count = 1,037 / Reading time = 5 minutes or less I’ve been meaning for months now to write a new story in my Copperhead County series of short stories but have been lacking inspiration.  As I scrolled through my feed today, I was instantly inspired by a post from …

Sleeping Beauties

via Daily Prompt: Forlorn Word count = 336 / reading time = 1 minute, 15 seconds by Stephen King & Owen King For the Amazon.com book blurb, click here.  This review also posted on my Goodreads page. Sleeping Beauties knocked my socks off. I was not expecting to like it as much as I do …

A Casual Encounter

via Daily Prompt: Elegance Hello friends and fellow bloggers!  I hope this post finds you well and prospering.  It's been 4 months since my last bit of original short fiction, and I've been eager to get this story down and share it with you.  This is the fourth short story set in my Copperhead County …