“Men are, that they might have joy.” - The Book of Mormon, 2 Nephi 2:27 Her house is filled with dream catchers I used to think were beauti...

After her husband died, she started making dream catchers. Soon, they were all over the house -- hanging from the banisters, tied to tree li...

It started with the computer, which hadn't entirely been on purpose. Iris had been balancing it on the bridge's stone wall, trying t...

The following is the beginning of the first chapter of the novel I have been working on for some time now (think years; I'm a slow write...

I write a column for the Idaho Press-Tribune called the Front Porch. It has a chatty tone and contains the little news you would expect of a...

My final flash fiction attempt for the writing contest I entered was the attempt I submitted (and was rejected based on). I originally titl...

And now for the third flash fiction attempt (I don't know that these got significantly better as I continued on writing them): Jessi...

 My second flash fiction attempt looked like this. In my defense, it was late at night when I wrote it. “It feels like a perfect night to ...

I have not written much flash fiction, but then I saw there was a Boise-area writing contest asking for it. I have been trying to push myse...

I thought it might be fun to rewrite scenes from stories, using my own words, to see the differences. Since I just began reading Anna Kareni...

I recently wrote a 2C Blog post for the newspaper I work for. It doesn't actually get posted on a blog, so I have no idea why it's c...

The following is the beginning of a short story I have been working on. This morning, though, I realized my plan for it was not realistic, s...

The mind is a muscle, they said, and it needs to be exercised like one. So Lorenzo dutifully went to school every day, where they handed him...

Rules: Find a random book, steal the first sentence, and make things up from there. It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to b...

You know, "rewrite" was once (is?) an occupation. Reporters would dictate the facts and quotes over the phone. I wrote a st...