Down and Out – Part 1
My newest story is stretching all sorts of mental muscles. YA is not my cup of tea. The stakes are… dissimilar to my regular offerings. To be perfectly frank: I need to be more awake and dedicated to crafting a…
The Reign is Over – Part 19
I had fully intended for this to be the final entry for The Reign is Over. Like all good stories however, this one refuses to go down without a fight. So here we are. The finale will likely be two…
The Reign is Over – Part 17
I honestly didn’t think I would find the strength to keep writing this story. There was a dead-space period where I couldn’t muster the effort because I thought I was posting for myself. Then I found out that the co-worker…
The Reign is Over – Part 14
I’ve been given a rare opportunity to have a day off mid-week. Whenever I have a night where I need to work, I spend most of the day before it asleep. My job has become a constant strain on my…
The Reign is Over – Part 13
The project is dead! Long live the project! One of the things that I have begun to notice about writing is that there isn’t a time where you’re ‘done’. Whenever you manage to finish whatever you’ve been working on, there…
The Reign is Over – Part 12
I am writing this post ahead of schedule. Allow me to repeat myself: I am currently writing this blog post, and it is absolutely nowhere near my self-imposed (and oft-missed) deadline of Midnight the day of. I am, by all…
The Reign is Over – Part 11
We are now in rarefied air here at The Quill. I don’t think I’ve ever had a story go to eleven parts before. Honestly? I usually run out of interest or determination somewhere between six and eight. My meh-o-meter finally…
The Reign is Over – Part 9
It’s been hard for me to get started tonight. I find myself in a really weird spot with this story. I started writing it to please a work friend who expressed interest in having his name appear in something that…
The Reign is Over – Part 8
Battling depression means that some days, you must contend with thoughts that no one should ever have to experience. The struggle consumes the day, as the minutes of remaining atop the pile stretch into hours. I won, this round, but…
The Reign is Over – Part 6
These last few nights have been a riotous shite-show of a sleep schedule. I have gotten roughly 1-5 hours of sleep each night for almost the whole week. I can’t lie to you, last night no amount of medication or…