Tag Archives: the writing process
Grannies with Guns: NYCM SSC
(Where a Writer’s Ideas Tangle in Puns) This is my third year participating in the New York City Midnight Short Story Challenge, where writers are packaged into heats with prompts unique to each, and have 8 days to write a … Continue reading
Saveet Visits Again
Welts burn where Avaareet whipped me for rolling the grass more slowly than the others. I rub at my right calf, where hair no longer grows from scars long-healed. Temple life favors no one, but an orphan least of all. … Continue reading
Please Welcome Saveet
I am Saveet, She Who Failed. My mother named me before she threw me at the unlucky acolyte of Neeshnaet’s temple who drew water from the river. My mother intended to drown me, forbidden or not, but dared not do it … Continue reading